Control No.

AIA-600II-T116
Date June 26, 2009
Technical Information Attachments None

Approved Ikegaki Created Etoh

Subject Modification of the discarded cup guiding block

Related Model None To be included in the Operator’s Manual N/A

_ Urgently and mandatory
Application to
_ At the nearest maintenance service
the current
X Voluntary but should be applied when fixing the part in question
instruments
_ Information only

1. Contents
It has been reported that the cup pick-up unit may be often contaminated with substrate solution
splashed out of the test cup when discarding it. The cup detection spring attached to the cup pick-up
unit may work to disrupt a balance of the test cup at the instant the cup chuck claws open to discard it.
To resolve this problem, the new discarded cup guiding block shown below was registered. This
guiding block works to relax the spring function on the cup pick-up unit when discarding test cups
so that the test cup will not be subjected to any force to lose a balance other than gravity force.
The same type of guiding block has been already employed on the AIA-21, AIA-1800 and AIA-2000.

Modified point

Discarded cup guiding block

Fig.1 Current guiding block Fig.2 New guiding block

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Cup pick-up unit By holding up the cup

detection sensor, this
disables the spring
function inside the cup
pick-up unit.

Fig.3 Function of the new Discarded Cup Guiding Block

2. Instruments to be applied
This new part will be installed in the instruments of S/N #2586 and later.

3. Maintenance parts
Part No.: 0022170 Part name: Discarded Cup Guiding Block
Available since the end of JULY

Note: This part will not work on the instruments installed the old-type cup pick-up unit (S/N #2380
and before).
When installing this part in such instruments, replace the cup pick-up unit and the
heat-retaining cover in advance (refer to the Technical Information AIA-600-2-T100 dated
January 25, 2008).

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4. Maintenance parts application procedure

CAUTION
Please wear protective gloves and take necessary measures and cares not to be infected since some
of the parts to be handled in the following procedures are potentially contaminated with infectious
materials.

(1) Remove the sampling port cover (black resin cover).

(2) Remove the part which fixes the discarded cup guiding block (Fig. 4) by loosening the four
screws (shown by red circles).

Remove this part.

Fig.4 The discarded cup guiding block

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(3) Replace the discarded cup guiding block.

Current block New block

Fig. 5 Replace the guiding block

(4) Re-install the removed part at step (2) in reverse order.

Fig. 6 Install the part removed at step (2)

(5) Check actions of tips removing and test cups discarding.

(6) Attach the sampling port cover as it was.

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