Hamilton LabElite robustness

Dear Community,

we are facing issues with our LabElite DeCapper when capping 5 ml Nunc Microtubes (art nr 374320-BR, Nunc™ 5.0 ml-Universalröhrchen mit niedrigem Profil und Außengewinde)

The LabElite DeCapper is part of a Hamilton device and a complex multistep workflow.

As shown in the pictures, in some cases, the caps are placed in an angle, resulting in not closing the tube properly.

It seems to be randomly, when and on which position the issue occurs.

We use the firmware “DC_LabEliteDeCapperLabware_39108Nunc24CryoBankVialsExternalThread_V1.0.3.softwareupdate.zip”
downloaded here: Nunc Scripts - Hamilton

Does anyone have any suggestion how to get more robustness or a way of automated detection when lids are not placed correctly?

Kind regards,
Martin


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