Can the Echo systems detect crystals or precipitates in wells or tubes?
The Echo systems are not designed to detect crystals or precipitates. However, the systems will detect materials that affect the flow of acoustic energy in a well or tube. If crystals, bubbles, debris or precipitates occlude the acoustic beam, the system will detect and flag that there is an anomaly during the auditing process, and will not attempt to eject from that well. Any skipped wells are recorded in the transfer files and can be found by checking the server log file or opening the corresponding print.csv file. Note that if the crystals do not occlude the acoustic beam (and this is frequently the case), the system will eject droplets as though they were not present. Back to main list.
