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ROBOT MANUAL
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General Precautions
All wastes, e.g. ethanol, must be disposed of according to local regulation. Ethanol is
flammable and should be handled accordingly.
Do not use in explosive environments.
For safety reasons the front door interlock should never be interfered with or overridden.
If the door is opened at any stage this will trigger the actuator head or germicidal lamp
to stop until the door is closed.
Cleaning Procedures
Removable Parts
The design of ClonePix
2 permits all components coming into close proximity with biological
material to be removed and cleaned:
Picking Head
The picking head can be regularly sprayed with 70% ethanol
in situ
and allowed to dry in the
HEPA laminar air flow.
For more thorough cleaning use the following procedure:
1.
Remove picking head from ClonePix 2 (see instructions below), and remove pins
and picking tubing.
2.
Submerge head into a beaker of 70% Ethanol.
3.
Depress highest piston to allow interior to fill.
4.
Leave 10 minutes.
5.
In a sterile environment, lift head out of ethanol.
6.
Depress highest piston to allow interior to empty.
7.
Leave to air dry.
8.
Replace picking head.
An alternative is to treat with Sterilizing Agent (K8080) as follows: (
Note:
This approach
cannot be used in North America)
9.
Remove picking head from ClonePix 2, and remove pins and picking tubing.
10.
Make up Sterilizing Agent (K8080) in 1 liter warm water.
11.
Submerge head into sterilizing solution.
12.
Depress highest piston to allow interior to fill.
13.
Leave 10 minutes.
Do not leave head in Sterilizing Agent for longer than 10 minutes because acetic acid
generated as a by-product may cause discoloration or deterioration of function
