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Tetra High Throughput Cellular Screening System User Guide
0112-0109 H 125
Wash Pins (Pin Tool)
The table below describes the options available in the Wash Pins
process page, for a Pin Tool:
Settings/Options Description
Fluid Type Select the fluid in the wash reservoir during tip
washing, from wash fluid container A or B.
Pump Speed Select the speed (slow or fast) you want the pump
to fill and empty the wash reservoir.
Note: Molecular Devices recommends you
use Fast except with volatile solvents.
Wash Cycles From the list, select the number of times that fluid
cycles through the wash reservoir (up to 5). For
each cycle, the pipettor executes the number in the
Strokes field.
Strokes From the list, select the number of times to raise
and lower the pins. One stroke is equal to one up-
stroke and one down-stroke.
Down Speed Set the speed of the pin tool during the down-
stroke.
Stroke Distance Set the height of one stroke that the pin tool
travels.
Up Speed Set the speed of the pin tool during the up-stroke.
Removal Speed Set the speed that the pin tool is withdrawn from
the wash location. The faster the withdrawal speed
the more fluid remains on the pins.
Pause in Well Set a time to hold the pin tool at the bottom of the
wells in the wash solution after the wash is
completed.
Unload Pin Tool After
Wash
Check to have the pin tool removed after washing
is complete.
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