Choice of Pipetting Heads
PlateMate 2x2 utilizes the same pipetting heads as the high throughput PlateMate Plus. With a total of eight different heads available, the PlateMate 2x2 can be configured for almost any application your protocol requires.
Air-Displacement Heads: Utilize pipet tips, and cover volume ranges of 0.5-30µL or 5-300µL in 96 channels, and 0.5-30µL or 1-100µL in 384 channels. Ideal for applications requiring disposable tips, serial dilutions, or higher aspiration volumes.
Positive Displacement Heads: Available with either 96 or 384 syringes, with a volume range of 0.1 to 50µL (with stainless steel needles) or 1.0 to 50µL (with DuraFlex needles). Ideal for pipetting down to 0.1µL, resin/bead mixtures, liquids with high vapor pressure, or caustic reagents.
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Four-Position Work Deck
Can accommodate any combination of microplates, tube racks, disposable or automatic replenishing reagent reservoirs, a tip wash station, or other ancillary devices such as vacuum manifolds. 24V DC power for up to two of these devices is available on the deck, and can be controlled from the software.
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Choice of Robot-Accessible Work Deck or Safety Enclosure
PlateMate 2x2 is available with an open work deck for access by robotic arms and integration into automated environments, or a CE-certified model with a safety enclosure, complete with a light safety curtain in the open front.
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Precise Microplate Positioning
All (four) plate positions feature active positioning with X-Y resolution of 0.06mm. This ensures that 96, 384 and 1536 well plates can all be reliably aligned under the pipetting head. This high level of precision movement also enables the pipet tips or syringe needles to touch off liquid on the bottom or sidewalls of microplates for dry dispenses, as well as deliver liquid into precise locations within a microplate well.
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Small Instrument Footprint
Makes PlateMate 2x2 ideal for use on laboratory benches, or in hoods for tissue culture applications or other sterile pipetting needs.
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Onboard Peristaltic Pumps/Liquid Level Detection
Two onboard peristaltic pumps can be used to fill reagent reservoirs or a tip wash station. Integrated non-contact liquid level sensing ensures that reservoirs are automatically replenished when desired, or that reservoirs are not over-filled.
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Intuitive ControlMate Software
All PlateMate 2x2 functions are controlled with the intuitive drag-and-drop ControlMate software. This is the same software that is used on all Matrix automation platforms, and an available OLE package provides developers with an ActiveX automation interface. Learn more about ControlMate Software...
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