Bio-Rad Experion DNA Analysis Kits - Manual (Page 7)

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1.2 System Components
1.2.1 Electrophoresis Station
The Experion electrophoresis station (Figure 1.2) houses all the electrical, optical, and hardware
components necessary to perform the separation, staining, destaining, detection, and imaging of
samples in a single step. The electrophoresis station is equipped with an internal universal power supply
that operates at 100–240 VAC, 50–60 Hz. It connects to a computer (PC) running Experion software.
Fig . 1 .2 . Experion electrophoresis station .
1.2.2 Priming Station
The Experion priming station (Figure 1.3) is used to prepare the microfluidic chips (Section 1.2.4) for
sample analysis. The priming station applies pressure to the priming well of the chip and fills the network
of microchannels with the gel-stain solution (a mixture of Experion gel and stain).
Experion Automated Electrophoresis System
Lid release
latch
Power status LED
Power button
Electrode manifold
Chip platform
Fig . 1 .3 . Experion priming station .
Control buttons
Lever
Chip platform
Priming seal
LED display