AUTOMATIC SEPARATOR/EXTRACTOR AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR

摘要

The invention relates to an automatic separator/extractor and a method of controlling same, with the object, particularly in all manner of fields such as medical science, agricultural science, scientific fields, or pharmaceuticals, of being able to achieve at high speed and accuracy, extraction or separation of precipitate or supernatant at a high quality, accuracy and reliability, above that which can be achieved by manual means. The construction has; a conveying device for conveying a mounted vessel along a closed path, a dispensing section for dispensing a reagent or the like into the vessel mounted on the conveying device, a liquid processing section for removing and/or extracting liquid other than a precipitate inside the vessel mounted on the conveying device, a separator for performing separation with respect to the contents inside a vessel which is mounted on the conveying device and/or a vessel which is installed away from the conveying device, a vessel moving device for bringing in and taking out the vessel with respect to the conveying device and/or separator, and an operation/control section for performing operation and control with respect to the conveying device, the dispensing section, the liquid processing section, the vessel moving device, and the separator. <IMAGE>