Metrohm 786 Swing Head - Manual (Page 20)

3.3 Mounting the Swing Head to the Sample Processor ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭
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Figure 6 Guide chain - Opening chain links
2 Insert into the guide chain
￭ Place the required tubings or cables into the guide chain.
3 Close the guide chain
￭ Close the clip for each chain link again by hand and apply forceful
pressure to snap them into place.
Caution
Take care to ensure when mounting tubing and cables that there is no
traction on the drives while moving the lift or swiveling the robotic arm.
This could lead to overloading of and possible damage to the drive.
Remove the clips of the two lowest chain links when you install the rinsing
and aspiration tubing.
3.3.3 Mounting the robotic arm reinforcement
In cases in which it is necessary to take up or strip off a filter or a pipetting
tip on the robotic arm, you must mount a 6.2058.090 robotic arm rein-
forcement. The reinforcement provides the robotic arm with stable resist-
ance when picking up or stripping the tools used and prevents it from
bending.
The reinforcement has to be placed before mounting a robotic arm. Proceed
as follows: