Anachem has added tube and vial handling capabilities to the Flexus, a modular laboratory automation platform that can be configured to enable walk away functionality for most protocols.
The Flexus TVH tube gripper moves tubes and vials from one area of the working deck to another, to access different peripheral devices at various stages of a protocol.
The TVH capping/decapping unit removes and replaces screw caps as required for addition/removal of reagents/samples while protecting materials from evaporation or contamination.
Other additions to the Flexus platform include a balance to enable the addition of liquid based on mass to improve pipetting specifications for viscous liquids.
Other applications include sample dissolution and dilution to pre-determined concentrations.
The integration of a Covaris adaptive focused acoustic device enables isothermal mixing, dissolution and disruptive processes to be applied to many sample types.
This aids compound management.
All Flexus models can incorporate a range of peripheral devices such as a plate gripper, centrifuge, vacuum station, plate reader and washer, nondispenser and so on.
These can all be integrated to automate a range of molecular biology protocols, protein precipitation and plate-based assays.
The choice of one, two, four or eight flexi-span probes and tip options allows the customisation of the Flexus.
Annular gear pumps provide accurate and precise pipetting for liquid handling applications.