Luminex MAGPIX Installation and Hardware User (IVD) - Manual (Page 51)

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Technical Overview
Syringe Pump and Drive Fluid Filter
The syringe pump draws fluid from the Drive Fluid container, in the bottom compartment of
the instrument. The fluid first passes through the Drive Fluid filter, which removes particles
greater than 35 microns in diameter.
The pumping action results from the up-and-down movement of the plunger guide in its
mounting bracket, which moves the plunger up and down in the glass cylinder, drawing
Drive Fluid in through the filter and into the valve and forcing it out into the sample loop.
FIGURE 43.
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Syringe Pump and Drive Fluid Filter
WARNING: Avoid contact with moving parts.
1 Drive Fluid filter 5 Mounting bracket
2 Plunger 6 Plunger guide
3 Tube from Drive Fluid container 7 Syringe pump valve
4 Glass cylinder 8 Sample loop