Dear Anne, We have intermittently using the loader for about 4 years. Several problems did occur. The most frequent one was the jamming of the lifter rod. The lifter rod is moved upward by a spindle. The spindle in its turn has two ballbearings. the lower bearing can under circumstances be exposed to the sealine fluid spilled by sample injection needle. if the driptube round this needle is removed fluid can leak directly on the lifter rod this passes along the sealing ring into the spindle compartment (anybody still there?). And as most of us know ballbearings dislike sealine fluids and get jammed eventually. We constructed a solution to divert the sealine fluid away from the bearing. Perhaps an other fix can be found in replacing the sealing ring by a real sealing ring: a simmer ring. We were reluctant to try this for this might give to much friction in the rod movement. I hope this is any help to you. Greetings Paul Reinders research engineer CKHL/Flowcytometrie E1-Q Leids Universitair Medisch Centrum 2300 RC Leiden 071-5261672 / 071-5261636 > ---------- > From: Husebekk Anne > Sent: dinsdag, 10 september 2002 10:12 > To: Cytometry Mailing List > Subject: loader > > > Ikke sensitiv > > We have had relatively well-functioning automatic loading units on two > FacsCaliburs for some time. Since January this year they have been almost > constantly out of order telling us that there is 'vertical motion > time-out'. > BD has tried to fix them several times without success.We are running > around > 100 samples on each loader a day. > > Is there anyone out there with well-functioning loaders for FacsCalibur? > > Anne Husebekk > Dept. of Immunology and Transfusion Medicine > University Hospital of Northern Norway > 9038 Tromsų, Norway > Phone:+47 776 26299 Fax:+47 776 26304 > Mail: anne.husebekk@unn.no > >
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