We have developed and operated a sample exchange system on the macromolecular crystallography beamlines at the Photon Factory for high-throughput experiments, remote operations, and automated experiments. Automated data collection experiments are carried out according to the sample data description files. To prevent human error when preparing the samples and the files, each cassette and cryo-pin is assigned an ID. We implemented a barcode reader on the sample exchanger to identify a commercially available pin with a 2-D barcode. The barcode can be read after the robot picks up the pin from a liquid nitrogen dewar. However, several pins could not be identified due to frost growth on the barcode. To achieve 100% identification, herein we report the development of a sample tracking system with an RFID tag. The small RFID tag is fixed on the base of the cryo-pin and a reader is fixed on the tip of sample rotation axis. Preliminary tests reveal a 100% success rate when the tag-reader distance is less than 0.6 mm.
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15 January 2019
PROCEEDINGS OF THE 13TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SYNCHROTRON RADIATION INSTRUMENTATION – SRI2018
11–15 June 2018
Taipei, Taiwan
Research Article|
January 15 2019
RFID tag system for sample tracking at structural biology beamlines
Masahiko Hiraki;
Masahiko Hiraki
a)
1
Mechanical Engineering Center, Applied Research Laboratory, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK)
, 1-1 Oho, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0801, Japan
2
Department of Accelerator Science, SOKENDAI (The Graduate University for Applied Studies)
, 1-1 Oho, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0801, Japan
a)Corresponding author: masahiko.hiraki@kek.jp
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Naohiro Matsugaki;
Naohiro Matsugaki
3
Structural Biology Research Center, Photon Factory, Institute of Materials Structure Science
, KEK, 1-1 Oho, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0801, Japan
4
Department of Materials Structure Science, SOKENDAI
, 1-1 Oho, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0801, Japan
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Yusuke Yamada;
Yusuke Yamada
3
Structural Biology Research Center, Photon Factory, Institute of Materials Structure Science
, KEK, 1-1 Oho, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0801, Japan
4
Department of Materials Structure Science, SOKENDAI
, 1-1 Oho, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0801, Japan
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Masahide Hikita;
Masahide Hikita
3
Structural Biology Research Center, Photon Factory, Institute of Materials Structure Science
, KEK, 1-1 Oho, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0801, Japan
4
Department of Materials Structure Science, SOKENDAI
, 1-1 Oho, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0801, Japan
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Masashi Yamanaka;
Masashi Yamanaka
1
Mechanical Engineering Center, Applied Research Laboratory, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK)
, 1-1 Oho, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0801, Japan
2
Department of Accelerator Science, SOKENDAI (The Graduate University for Applied Studies)
, 1-1 Oho, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0801, Japan
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Toshiya Senda
Toshiya Senda
3
Structural Biology Research Center, Photon Factory, Institute of Materials Structure Science
, KEK, 1-1 Oho, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0801, Japan
4
Department of Materials Structure Science, SOKENDAI
, 1-1 Oho, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0801, Japan
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a)Corresponding author: masahiko.hiraki@kek.jp
AIP Conf. Proc. 2054, 060074 (2019)
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Masahiko Hiraki, Naohiro Matsugaki, Yusuke Yamada, Masahide Hikita, Masashi Yamanaka, Toshiya Senda; RFID tag system for sample tracking at structural biology beamlines. AIP Conf. Proc. 15 January 2019; 2054 (1): 060074. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5084705
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