Arraying |
Capacity |
Up to 126 slides |
Types of slides |
Substrates including glass, matrix, ceramic, and metal
25 x 75 mm (1 x 3") and other sizes
Custom slides can be supported |
Number of spots |
>81,000 with 4 pins/140 µm spacing
>65,000 with 16 or 32 pins/140 µm spacing
>49,000 with 48 pins/140 µm spacing |
Center distance |
User-defined |
Number of pins |
Maximum 48 |
Types of plates |
96- or 384-well microplates, various vendor plates supported |
Number of source plates |
Maximum 32 in stacker, will support lidded or not |
Robotic specifications |
1.22 µm (x, y axis), and 0.24 µm (z axis) resolution, ±3 µm printhead repeatability |
Gridding |
Capacity |
Up to 15 nylon filters |
Filter size |
Standard size equal to 96- or 384-well plate size |
Number of spots |
>10,000 on standard-size membrane, >57,000 on large membrane |
Typical spot diameter |
400–500 µm, solid pins |
Number of pins |
Maximum 48 |
Type of plates |
96-, 384-well microplates |
Number of membranes |
Maximum 15 on platen
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Liquid Transfer and Rearraying |
Plating capability |
From 96- or 384-well plates to 96- or 384-well plates |
Number of plates |
Up to 15 on platen |
Uptake volume ranges |
0.2–10 µl or 10–250 µl |
Number of pipet tips |
Up to 4 (disposable) |
Precision |
2.5% for 10 µl pipet; 1.5% for 250 µl pipet |
Input |
GUI or file
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Colony Picking |
Source plate |
Bioassay dish (22 x 22 cm) |
Destination plates |
96- or 384-well (shallow- or deep-well) plates for inoculation |
Number of plates on tray |
12 microplates plus bioassay dish |
Colony-picking head |
4-pin head |
Colony diameter |
Minimum 300 µm, typical 0.5–1 mm |
Colony recognition |
White and blue (adjustable levels) |
Typical throughput |
200–300 colonies/hr
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Control System and Software |
Controller |
Dedicated controller with motor drives and intelligent processing |
Host |
Pentium PC (current specs) with Windows NT or 2000 and 15" monitor |
Software |
Proprietary graphical user interface |
General |
Dimensions |
130 x 102 x 130 cm (52 x 41 x 52") (W x D x H) |