Available accessories and enhancements help you to build effective solutions using the liquid handlers and imagers that we support. These are custom designed for protein crystallography applications and solve practical challenges for dispensing and imaging your experiments. Here is a list of selected accessories for Tecan, Hamilton and Rock Imager robots.
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15mL x 15 Falcon Tube Rack with Septa for Tecan Liquid Handlers
This ingredient rack holds fifteen 15mL Falcon tubes (conical-bottomed centrifuge tubes). The rack comes with 30 Falcon tube septum lids (Part# FMLX-201578). Rubber inserts in the rack securely hold the tubes so that the liquid handler cannot pull the tubes out when retracting. This ingredient rack works with the Tecan PosID and takes up 1 grid position on the deck. Part# FMLX-201356. |
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15mL Falcon Tube Septum Lids
These septum lids fit 15mL Falcon tubes (conical-bottomed centrifuge tubes). They can easily be pierced by liquid handlers such as the Tecan and completely reseal after piercing (tested for being pierced 10,000 time). The lids are easily pressed in and removed by hand, yet won't come loose when the liquid handling tip is removed. The lids are autoclavable, and are specially designed to guide the liquid handling tip to the same puncture point each time. Available in quantities of 30. Part# FMLX-201578. |
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100mL x 3 Trough Rack with Septa for Tecan Liquid Handlers
This ingredient rack holds three 100mL Tecan troughs (Tecan Part# 10613048). The rack comes with 6 specially designed septa lids (Part# FMLX-201414) and 6 100mL Tecan Troughs. A quick release cover on the rack securely holds the troughs and lids in place so that the liquid handler doesn't pull the troughs out when retracting. This ingredient rack works with the Tecan PosID and takes up 1 grid position on the deck. Part# FMLX-201412. |
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100mL Tecan Trough Septa Lids
These septa fit 100mL Tecan troughs (Tecan Part # 10613048). They can be easily pierced by the liquid handler and form an air-tight seal after piercing. The septa are autoclavable, have 8 tip entry positions, and are specially designed to guide the liquid handling tips to the same puncture points each time. Available in quantities of 6. Part# FMLX-201414. |
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40mL x 10 I-Chem Rack for Tecan Liquid Handlers
This ingredient rack holds 10 I-Chem vials with septa (Fisher Catalog # 057-19-126), each vial holds 40mL. Rubber inserts in the rack securely hold the tubes such that the liquid handler doesn't pull the tubes out when retracting. The ingredient rack works with the Tecan PosID and takes up 2 grid position on the deck. Part# FMLX-200577. |
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15mL x 16 Glass Vial Rack for Tecan Liquid Handlers
This ingredient rack holds 16 glass vials with septa (Fisher Catalog # 14-959-35AA and Fisher Catalog # NC9992499), each vial holds 15mL. Rubber inserts in the rack securely hold the tubes such that the liquid handler doesn't pull the tubes out when retracting. The ingredient rack works with the Tecan PosID and takes up 1 grid position on the deck. Part# FMLX-200584. |
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Deep Well Hold Down Rack for Tecan Liquid Handlers
This microplate rack for the Tecan Liquid handlers holds 3 microplates in portrait orientation. A spring loaded gripper at each position holds deep well plates down so that an Axymat septa (Axygen Par # AM-2ML-RD) can be placed only on a compatible deep well. Other pierceable septa may not be available. Alternately, cap mats can also be used. Normal SBS microplates may also be used in each position but the gripper mechanism will only hold down deep wells. The gripper mechanisms can be operated by hand or using the Tecan's ROMA arm. The ingredient rack works with the Tecan PosID and takes up 6 grid position on the deck. Part# FMLX-201477. |
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96 Position Falcon Tube Rack
This ingredient rack holds 96 15mL falcon tubes (conical-bottomed centrifuge tubes) . A quick release cover goes over all of the tubes in the rack and can be used with a SaranWrap™ as a septa. Typically this rack would be placed on the deck just for copying screens from 15mL Falcon tubes to deep well blocks. The rack holds tubes in an 8x12 grid, just like a 96 well microplate. This ingredient rack does not work with the Tecan PosID and takes up 13 grid position on the deck. Part# FMLX-201277. |
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Falcon Tube Lids for Hamilton Star Liquid Handlers
These lids fit 50mL Falcon tubes and can be picked up by the CORE tips of the Hamilton Star. Heavy stainless steel construction and an o-ring work together to provide a tight seal on the Falcon tube. The lids stack on top of one another to save deck space when they are removed from the tubes. Part # FMLX-201118. |
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Batch Adaptors
These adaptors convert microbatch and vaporbatch plates to an SBS footprint so they can be used with SBS compatible automation devices. To convert a 72 Well Microbatch plate (Hampton Research Part# HR3-120) use Part# FMLX-200935. To convert a Vaporbatch Plate (Hampton Research Part# DI-038) use Part# FMLX-200936. |
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Cover slide flipper
The cover slide flipper allows automation of hanging drop experiments on Tecan and Hamilton liquid handlers. The cover slide flipper uses 12 mm cover slides (Hampton Research Part# HR3-278T) and 48 well greased microplates (Hampton Research Part# HR3-275). The automation process is simple:
- the flipper slides out a cover slide from a stack and presents it for drop setting
- the liquid handler pipettes a drop on the cover slide,
- the flipper flips the cover slide over,
- the liquid handler transfers the cover slide to a microplate using a special suction cup that automatically attaches to a liquid handling channel.
The cover slide flipper connects to the liquid handler’s controlling PC via a USB cable. Control of the cover slide flipper can be done from Rock Maker or via DOS command prompts. Reliability and ease of maintenance has been designed in from the start. For example, cover slide sensors ensure that the cover slide is properly dispensed and flipped. The cover slide flipper is available in two versions: single channel, Part# FMLX-201377, and 4 channel, Par # FMLX-201507.
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Digital Thermoelectric Protein Chiller
The protein chiller holds 8 Eppendorf Tubes, 0.5mL each, and chills them to a pre-set temperature between -2 and 18 degrees C. A control box displays the current temperature and allows the user to enter a set temperature. A feedback sensor monitors and displays the actual temperature with 0.1 degree C precision. The top of the chiller is specially designed to hold down the Eppendorf tubes so septa (Fisher Catalog# 50823906) can be used to keep the protein from evaporating. This device uses thermoelectric (Peltier) element for cooling so there is no need for a large, noisy compressor. Chiller rack dimensions: 144 x 60 x 62mm. Control box dimensions: 175 x 125 x 62mm. Power requirements: 85-264VAC at 150 Watts. Part# FMLX-201478. |
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Load Port Hotels
Additional load port hotels are available for Rock Imager 1000 (Part# FMLX-200709), Rock Imager 182 (Part# FMLX-200062 for SBS, Part# FMLX-201237 for Linbro) and for Rock Imager 182 (Part# FMLX-200062). These removable hotels allow you to rotate plates in and out of the system more easily.
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