Metrohm 789 Robotic Sample Processor XL - Manual (Page 9)

1.1 Instrument description
Metrohm Sample Processor, Introduction 1
1 Introduction
This section offers you a first overview of the Metrohm Sample Proces-
sors. All the information applies to both the 789 Robotic Sample Proces-
sor XL and the 778 Sample Processor. You are informed about how you
can use these versatile instruments and are introduced to the most im-
portant parts and controls.
1.1 Instrument description
1.1.1 Field of application of the Metrohm Sample Processors
The Metrohm Sample Processors are very versatile instruments in-
tended exclusively for use in factories and laboratories, where they
cover a wide range of applications. In this way they provide an indis-
pensable service wherever large series of samples have to be proc-
essed, no matter whether in the titration, measurement or liquid
handling sectors.
As a result of the extensive communication possibilities you can work
via the parallel Remote and serial RS232 interface not just with the wide
range of Metrohm titrators, measuring instruments and dosing devices,
but you can also work with any other instruments that have a suitable
communications interface; these can be controlled by or control the
Sample Processor. These abilities mean that they are predestined for all
imaginable automation tasks in a modern laboratory, even within highly
integrated laboratory data systems.
Despite their comprehensive range of commands and the numerous
possible configurations, the Metrohm Sample Processors offer an un-
complicated type of operation that is also suitable for routine work as a
result of the possibility of managing user-defined methods.
The standard methods supplied with the instruments can be used for
routine tasks without any further fuss. After a short familiarization period
the user can alter them to meet any particular requirements and store
them in the instrument. This means that, apart from routine work,
Metrohm Sample Processors can also be used for demanding special
applications.
The run sequences for processing the individual samples are freely de-
finable within wide limits. The same applies to the start sequence and