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15 - Script Commands
MCA96 Commands
15.68 MCA96 Commands
The MCA96 (Multi Channel Arm 96) is a special liquid handling arm which is fitted
with a 96-tip pipetting head. The pipetting head can be fitted with a tipblock (a
replaceable block with 96 tips) or with DITIs. The spacing between the tips is fixed
(9 mm).
The MCA96 can be optionally fitted with gripper fingers to allow it to pick up and
move labware. In contrast to the RoMa, the gripper fingers cannot be rotated (they
are always parallel to the X axis of the pipetting instrument).
The MCA96 has important performance advantages when pipetting to a large
number of wells simultaneously. For mechanical reasons, the same volume is
pipetted by all of the tips.
For mechanical reasons, the MCA96 tipblock, DiTi rack, trough and wash block
can only be used on the carrier type “MCA96 Carrier”. These four labware types
cannot be used on other carrier types.
Freedom EVOware is provided with special liquid classes which should be used
for pipetting with the MCA96.
15.68.1 MCA96 Aspirate Command
The MCA96 Aspirate command is used to pick up liquid from specified positions
on the worktable of the pipetting instrument using the multi channel arm.
Fig. 15-110 MCA96 Aspirate command
The parameters of the MCA96 Aspirate command are as follows:
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