We tested the pieces we printed on 21/08. We found that the dimensions for the refeeder somewhat work, but we needed a way to attach the refeeder to the stepper motor that would control its rotation. Hence, we redesigned the refeeder to have a protrusion on its side that would allow us to connect it … Continue reading The refeeders need to connect to stepper motors
Month: August 2024
Birth of the refeeders
Since refeeding the wheel with tips has been our biggest problem thus far, we came up with an idea to dump tips back into the wheel. The idea was that we would design and print a block that would catch all the stray pipette tips that fly out of the wheel or off the ramp … Continue reading Birth of the refeeders