3.2.3 Cassettes, Cassette tray and racks
Introduction
Fractions can be collected in deep well plates and in tubes of different sizes. A number of cassettes
and racks for different tubes and deep well plates are available. The cassettes are placed on a rack
with six cassette positions. The Cassette type codes are scanned by the Cassette code reader to deter-
mine the type of Cassette.
Available cassettes, trays and racks
The following Cassettes and racks are available:
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Cassette 3 ml tubes (for 40 tubes)
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Cassette 5 ml tubes (for 40 tubes)
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Cassette 8 ml tubes (for 24 tubes)
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Cassette 15 ml tubes (for 15 tubes)
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Cassette 50 ml tubes (for 6 tubes)
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Cassette for deep well plate (24, 48, 96 wells)
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Cassette tray (for six cassettes)
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Rack for 50 ml tubes (for 55 tubes)
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Rack for 250 ml bottles (for 18 bottles)
For information on dimension requirements for tubes and deep well plates to be used in the fraction
collector, see Fraction collector tubes and bottles, on page100 and Deep well plates, on page101 respec-
tively.
Illustrations of Fraction collector F9-C tray and
racks
The illustrations below show the Cassette tray, the Rack for 50 ml tubes and the Rack for 250 ml bottles.
The fronts of the tray and the racks are marked with the GE-logotype.
In the Cassette tray, the cassette positions are marked 1 to 6.
Rack for 250 ml bottlesRack for 50 ml tubesCassette tray
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3.2.3 Cassettes, Cassette tray and racks