Hi all,
Does anybody know if Hamilton posts tolerance specs for carriers and labware? Technical drawings would be best, but more generic L,W,H tolerances would also be useful. If not, are they available upon request? Thanks!
All Hamilton microplate carriers are designed to properly hold ANSI/SLAS standard microplates conforming to tolerances found in thee documents.
Thanks, @smores, this is helpful. However, I’m more interested in the overall carrier dimensions, particularly carrier height. I’d like to know how much I should expect labware positions to vary in ostensibly identical tube, plate, and tip carriers. For example, if I swap one tube carrier for another of the same type, loading the same tubes in the same way, how much of a height deviation could I expect?
I’m trying to account for manufacturing consistency. How much do these dimensions vary from year to year or batch to batch? Is it comparable to the variability within batches? Does Hamilton have multiple manufacturing sites for certain carriers, and if so, are they consistent with each other? What kinds of deviations have been introduced with model updates (e.g. substitution of milled metal parts with plastic injection-molded parts)? These are the kinds of questions I am hoping can be answered by some tolerance data.
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