The carousel holds up to four sample racks or well plates.

Parts required

Vials, sample racks and/or well plates

Observe the recommendations in Recommendations on Vial Caps and Well Plate Covers.

Preparations

  1. Position the vials with your samples in the sample rack.

  2. Check the temperature setting for the sample compartment and set the temperature as required. See Thermostatting the Autosampler Sample Compartment.

  3. Check the LED bar of the autosampler. Do not open the front doors when the LED bar is running blue. Parts of the autosampler are moving.

Follow these steps

  1. Rotate the desired segment of the carousel to the front. You can rotate the carousel in the following ways:

    • Select the ROTATE button on the keypad. Pressing the button rotates the carousel counterclockwise to the next loading position.

    • Rotate the carousel manually to the desired direction.

    • Rotate the carousel from the Vanquish Neo ePanel in the chromatography data system or in the autosampler box on the home panel in the Vanquish User Interface.

  2. Position the sample rack or well plate in the selected segment. The sample rack or well plate must sit in the alignment frame and rest on the alignment points of the segment.

  3. NOTICE

    Correct Orientation of Sample Racks

    Positioning sample racks or well plates in the wrong orientation may damage the autosampler or lead to wrong results.

    Position sample racks and well plates always in the correct orientation in the carousel, with position A1 on the top left position.

  4. A1
    Figure: Correct orientation in carousel (here with a sample rack)
  5. Load the support vial holders, if required.

  6. Rotate to the next loading position and load it as required. Continue until you have loaded all segments as required.

  7. Close the front doors of the autosampler.

    The autosampler starts an inventory scan of the sample racks and sample containers in the sample compartment.

Automatic Rack Type Identification

If you use sample racks or well plates with Vanquish rack type barcode, the rack type and orientation is automatically identified during the inventory scan.

Setting the Rack Type Manually

If you use sample racks or well plates without Vanquish rack type barcode, you must manually set the rack type for each segment on the Vanquish Neo ePanel in the chromatography data system.