Hamilton has launched its latest line of benchtop devices for automated sample decapping, recapping and identification.
The LabElite line from Hamilton Storage Technologies is designed to provide flexible solutions for sample processing, tracking and security for automated and manual liquid handling workflows.
LabElite devices process all common labware types, providing a flexible solution for optimising workflows.
The company offers three models to meet a user’s application, throughput and sample tracking needs.
Similarly, the all-in-one LabElite I.D. Capper is designed to enable labs to combine decapping/recapping and high-speed barcode reading within one device without any additional user interaction.
The I.D. Capper is specifically designed to reduce sample contamination and assist with sample tracking during end-to-end automated liquid handling processing.
I.D. Capper includes all the features and benefits standard to the other LabElite devices.
When sample tracking is not required, the next-generation LabElite DeCapper is available for decapping and recapping tubes in 48-cryovial or 96-microtube racks.
An innovative “secure mode” provides sample security by decapping and recapping only one row at a time, minimising the time a tube is open and eliminating the risk of cross contamination.
This feature also enables the rows to be paused for “point-of-use” pipetting between capping and recapping, which is very useful for manual workflows.
The DeCapper can process all common tubes, including Matrix, FluidX, Greiner Bio-One, Micronic, Nunc and Corning, with internal and external thread caps.
Moreover, for labs with manual workflows that need an efficient, high-speed 2-D barcode reader for tube racks, Hamilton offers the LabElite I.D. Reader.
This device decodes multiple types of labware including 2-D barcoded tubes in all common 12-, 24-, 48-, 96- and 384-tube racks including honeycomb-shaped racks, providing complete sample tracking during processing.
