Titertek Titan Plate Stacker
Innovadyne Technologies introduces the Titertek Titan plate stacker as an integrated benchtop peripheral for use with all Nanodrop systems for unattended high-throughput operations.
As the Titan's telescoping arm delivers one or two plates to the Nanodrop stage, it is guided into a registered position by a docking platform, enabling the Nanodrop to aspirate from and dispense to, accurately positioned plates. After the dispense protocol the plates may be restacked or transferred to other devices, such as plate incubators, plate readers, and washers, that can be placed on the far side of the stacker. An optional gripper tool can transfer the plates from the shuttle to these peripherals.
The Titan is fully controlled by user-configurable steps in Innovadyne's Nanobuilder© software, enabling seamless installation and eliminating the need to develop custom interfaces. While the stacker is delivering and restacking plates, the Nanodrop can perform wash and aspirate operations in parallel, reducing total cycle time.
Low-profile and deep-well plates are supported. The Nanodrop and the Titertek Titan is a powerful solution for flexible bench top HTS applications in your lab. The small footprint allows the user to place the entire integrated device into a standard laboratory hood.
For more information on Titertek's stacker products, see www.titertek.com/Microplate_Handling.htm.
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Features
Two 384-well plates dispensed to and restacked in approx. 35 seconds
Docking platform registers plate arm onto the stage for accurate plate positioning
Stacker operations initiated by user-configurable Nanobuilder steps
Stacker and liquid handler perform some operations at the same time in parallel
Stacker and stage held in position relative to each other with an adjustable bracket
Optional accessories permit additional peripherals to be accessed from the stacker (plate washers, plate readers, incubators, bar code readers)
Applications
Assay Development
HTS reagent dispensing
Cell dispensing
PCR master mix additions
Primer dispensing
Sequencing reactions
Serial Dilutions/IC 50s
Protein Crystallography
MALDI plate preparation
Performance Specifications
| Cycle Element Times | Value |
| Plates to Nanodrop | 5 seconds, 2 plate retrieval from stack and delivery to stage |
| Dispense to 2 plates | 24 seconds (aspirate, dispense, wash) |
| Plates to Nanodrop | 6 seconds, 2 plate removal from stage and restacking |
Dimensions -- Titertek
| Dimension | Titertek Titan |
| Height (magazines removed) | 15.5 cm (6 in) |
| Height (with magazines) | 58.5 cm (23 in) |
| Width | 37 cm (14.5 in) |
| Depth | 42 cm (16.5 in) |
| Weight | 22 kg (50 lb) |
Dimensions -- Nanodrop II Stage
| Dimension | Nanodrop II Stage |
| Height | 32.3 cm (12.7 in) |
| Width | 53.6 cm (21.1 in) |
| Depth | 24.6 cm (9.7 in) |
| Weight | 13.4 kg (29.5 lb) |
Dimensions -- Combined
| Dimension | Titan and ND-II Stage |
| Width | 71.6 cm (28.2 in) |
| max Depth | 42 cm (16.5 in) |
| max Height | 58.5 cm (23 in) |
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