Gilson 215 manual Plumbing Connections

Installation

Rinse Station and Drain Waste Tubing Installation

You’ll clean the probe using the rinse station. To eliminate carryover of liquids, the rinsing procedure pumps an excess volume of diluent or probe washing solution through the probe and out into the rinse station. The small diameter of the rinse station inserts allow the outside of the probe to be washed along with the inside.

The rinse station’s design accommodates three kinds of rinses:

•Shallow-pocket rinse - Used for level sensing applications where the probe is only immersed in a few millimeters of the sample.

•Deep-pocket rinse - Used for non-level sensing applications. This type of insert allows for a deeper insertion of the probe into the rinse well resulting in a greater area of the outside of the probe to be rinsed.

•Flow-through rinse - Used in applications where a rigorous wash of the probe’s exterior is required.

A second source of liquid is pumped to the rinse station to perform this type of rinse.

It may be necessary to vary the types and volumes of probe wash solutions to most efficiently eliminate carryover of particular compounds. Generally, the smaller the volume of probe wash solution used, the faster your automated liquid handling protocol.

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