Has anyone else noticed this?

We purchased new MTS workstations and find that the new centrifuge drawers are very stiff in comparison to the ones we currently have in use - harder to pull open, drawer won't stay open to load cards, harder to latch and start. In fact, we find we need to slam the drawers shut and now notice evidence of apparent splashing out of the MTS cards.

Maybe they just need "breaking in", or is there an adjustment, or are we doing something wrong?

Thanks for any suggestions!

Have you checked with the manufacture to see if you can spray the ball barings that the tracking of the draw slide on, with any lubricant, such as WD-40? If allowed I would try this. Also, splashing that you see can equate to cross-contamination of the wells and therefore should try to be avoided.

try lifting the drawer slightly, then pushing in. Our centrifuge is not new, but has always needed a special touch!