Key features
Overview
The Oil Dilution System was supplied to bp Pangbourne in Southeast England and has been commissioned to replace an older system doing the same thing. The system prepares oil samples with varying dilution rates. The prepared samples are sent for downstream elemental analysis using Inductively Coupled Plasma (ICP) technology.
The system is loaded with empty tubes and oil samples, which are processed by a Labman XYZ robot. The robot, equipped with a two-axis Labman gripper for tube handling and a Labman pipettor for managing oil samples using 1ml and 5ml Eppendorf tips, operates efficiently across the workspace. At the center of the workspace is a Sartorius Balance used for gravimetric weighing of samples.
The system operates two linear processes, Main and Calibration, where samples are produced in 15ml or 50ml test tubes, these output tubes are used within the ICP process.
Labman have focused on enhancing software accessibility to make it easier for users to operate and have included upgraded features such as adding samples mid-run. When the process is complete the system generates an ICP output file that contains all necessary information for completing the analysis.