Microlab
®
STAR Service Manual
10-9
Error Handling (continued)
Incident Corrective Action
Pipetting Channels Step loss.
Squeezer Drive:
1. Clean Dispensing Spindle by removing all old
grease and slightly grease it with new grease.
Using Movement Sensors Menu from Service
Software, perform a whole stroke run-in (approx.
10 times).
Perform an Auto-adjustment.
If no improvement, replace Pipetting Head
Z-movement: 1. Ensure no crash has caused the Pipeting
Channel to lose steps, e.g. a crash involving
Pipetting Channels and Carriers / Labware.
2. Check if the Spring is still in place (e.g. after
transportation).
3. Check if the Belt is still in place.
4. Check all the cable connections of the channel,
focussing on z-motor cable.
5. Check the z movement manually by gently
pushing or pulling the Channel up or down. Do
not forget to switch off current to z motor
beforehand.
6. In the absence of visible Hardware collision with
other components, no corrective action is
possible and the Channel must be replaced.
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