From: Fischer, Randy (NIH/NIAMS) (fischer1@mail.nih.gov)
Date: Thu Jan 23 2003 - 13:14:22 EST
Andy, It would of course be absolutely wonderful if any piece of lab equipment worked perfectly right "out of the box". However, we all know that the more complicated the equipment, the more of a break-in period necessary for optimal function. Therefore, the sorter (FACSDiVa) has so many "moving parts", that there is an amount of tweaking to reach optimum performance. The DiVa obviously has to be adjusted daily to some extent automatically meaning it cannot be at peak until the user has become familiar with adjusting the particular instrument. Conversely, our FACSCalibur basically was running to peak performance as soon as the engineer was done with the install, but it has virtually no user affected critical parts (lasers, stream adjustment etc). Randy T. Fischer NIH/NIAMS Building 10, Room 6D50 9000 Rockville Pike Bethesda, MD 20892 (301) 594-3537 fischer1@mail.nih.gov > ---------- > From: Andrew Oberyszyn > Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2003 3:20 PM > To: Cytometry Mailing List > Subject: "Break in period" question > > Hi Flow-ers, > We recently purchased a BD VantageSE and have had some "break in" period > before we got it working optimally. > I was wondering what kind of "break in periods" others have had on > installations of new instruments? > I would prefer to hear about sorter but times for analyzers would be > interestingas well. > > Thanks in advance for any information! > Andy > > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > Andy Oberyszyn, M.S. > Core lab manager > The Ohio State University > University Cell Analysis & Sorting Core > 424 Davis Heart & Lung Institute > 473 West 12th Avenue > Columbus, Ohio 43210 > Tel: 614/292-FLOW(3569) > Fax: 614/292-7335 > E-Mail: cytometry@osu.edu > Website: http://heartlung.osu.edu/hlri/corelabs/flowcore.jsp > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > "What if the Hokey Pokey is really what it's all about?!?" >
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