title: Albert Einstein College of Medicine Mouse array
status: Public on Aug 15 2013
contact.city: Queens
contact.first: Sandra
contact.middle: Eve
contact.last: Reznik
contact.email: rezniks@stjohns.edu
contact.state: NY
contact.address: 8000 Utopia Parkway
contact.department: Pharmaceutical Sciences
contact.country: USA
contact.institute: St. John's University
organism: Mus musculus
description: three axis robot
manufacture_protocol: Newport Vibration Isolation Workstation
  table with a research-grade laser tabletop measuring three feet by five feet by two inches.
  The X-axis slide ( GL20) runs the full length of the table and is bolted to one edge of the tabletop.
  The Y-axis mechanical slide ( KR46) is mounted perpendicular to and on top of the two X-axis slides.
  The Z-axis mechanical slide consists of a high precision miniature slide ( KR20) mounted perpendicular to both the X-axis and Y-axis using a third mounting block resting on the Y-axis slide.
  The Pen Tip Assembly consists of a proprietary design having 12 pen tips contained within a precision-machined housing that is supported by the moving block on the Z-axis slide.
  The mechanical slides are positioned with motors and servo amplifiers from Yaskawa.
  The amplifiers are matched to the motor sizes and include built-in microprocessor control, solid state high voltage power circuits and a plug-in controller for monitoring and tuning each amplifier.
  The PC based servo controller is a four axes controller card supplied by Delta Tau.
  The computer is a Gateway 2000 model P5-166, a 166Mhz Pentium PC with 32Mbyte RAM, 3.2GB hard drive and 17 inch monitor.
  The Servo Controller card runs its own program language and was programmed separately for the appropriate motion routines.
  The titer plate holder consists of a modular assembly that simply snaps into position with spring loaded keying pins designed to fit into the 1 inch holes on the laser table.