Method and a device for handling sample containers

摘要

The invention relates to a method for automatically handling a sample container (100), wherein at least one sample container (100) is taken up in a container carrier (30) in a handling device (95) and a lid (101) is gripped by a gripper head (50) with a predetermined gripping force and the lid (101) is removed by a combined movement out of a translational and rotational movement from the sample container (100). Using an optical capturing device, the lid (101) as well as the sample container (100) are analyzed and are assigned to a lid and sample container type, and that, furthermore, a required torque is assigned to each lid and/or sample container type as required for removing the lid (101), and that, starting from the required torque, the gripping force of the gripper head (50) is adjusted.

主权项

1. Method for automatically handling a sample container, comprising the steps of:
putting at least one sample container in a carrier unit of a container carrier in a handling device, said sample container includes a lid; gripping said sample container, using a lifting gripper, from a starting point in said carrier unit and lifting said sample container out of said carrier; subsequently, gripping a lid with a gripper head; subsequently releasing said grip of said lifting gripper on said sample container; subsequently, using said gripper head, rotating said sample container at least 360° while said sample container is gripped by said gripper head; after said rotation, again gripping said sample container with said lifting gripper; subsequently, removing said lid from said sample container with a combined translational and rotational movement; and, bringing said sample container again to said starting position in said carrier unit after removal of said lid.