Hi all:
We have been using our new Varian Mercury-300 spectrometer for total automation work since Dec 2004, and are having one outstanding problem with it that I'm hoping one of you can assist with.
The SMS robot has some real limitations. We have been able to carefully calibrate the robot so it can handle 7" and 9" 5mm tubes (_barely_, but works in both instances). But we have a number of research groups here that regularly use J-Young tubes.
One problem occurs in that the standard "grippers" on the robot cannot accommodate the wider width of the upper section of the J-Young tubes. We think we can solve this problem by either purchasing new grippers from Rototec, or designing our own.
But the problem we have not been able to solve is that many of our (in-house made) J-Young tubes are longer than 9" in length. There are a couple of issues involved in trying to resolve this problem. Before going too much further, I decided it would be best to see if any of you have solved this problem. If so, we'd really appreciate hearing about what you have done.
Thanks,
Charlie
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Charles G. Fry, Ph.D. Tel: (608)262-3182
Director, MR Facility Fax: (608)262-0381
Chem. Dept., 1101 University Ave, Univ. Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, WI 53706 USA email: fry_at_chem.wisc.edu
Received on Wed Jun 22 2005 - 19:25:36 MST