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Mar 1, 2007 10:15 am
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We have a need for a rack design that would accommodate blood tubes of various size (diameter is what is important here) from 3ml to 10ml phlebotomy tubes....
Hello All I am involved in the compound management. We are looking for a device that is able to fill in Argon in 96 deep well plates and 384 shallow well...
Hi Kent we are a custom molding company. Is this a one of a kind sort of thing? By the way do you have any relatives from the Blooming Prairie area? Jim...
Hi Steffen, Our PlateLoc thermal sealer (http://www.velocity11.com/site/?q=node/19) is available with a gas purging option and is compatible with deep and ...
Hi Andreas,The discolouration is normal. There may be some generation of free radicals, but there should be no difference in leaching from irradiated and...
Steffen, We've been using an argon retro-fitted PlateLoc for many years now, like it very much, and I believe were the first group to do it using their plate...
... of ... Zinsser Analytic has developed liquid handling platforms for use in compound management that use various ways to flood plates with argon. An...
Hello Group, I am looking for rolls of a polypropylene seal material for an automated HEAT sealer. To be more specific, it will be used on an AbGene ALPS-100;...
Hi, I was just wondering, does anyone know where I can find some data on gas permeability of plastics ? The ASTM D1434-82 standard seems to have a methodology...
Yes, this is a very open ended question - intentionally. I'm looking to find out what issues lab people and those doing lab automation have with corporate...
There are a number of good websites that can give you gas permeability data for plastics, just google "oxygen permeability polypropylene" and you'll get a...
Hello, Interestingly I come from a different approach - when I start in a new company, I typically move the automation department into the informatics...
Having worked in the three relevant areas (IT, Lab Automation, and the Lab), I've seen a number of issues crop up. I think the main problem lies in your...
Hello, As you may or may not know, I am currently the webmaster for ELRIG.UK and have been for the last 6 years. However as my old age begins to approach (I'm...
Thanks for the comment, that is part of the plan, though through a different forum... I'm using LRIG to get one perspective, another route to get the other.. ...
Other issues: Tracking Licensing Tracking lab processes (auto-discoverying them would be cool) Major issue is as a lab rat myself I always struggled with the ...
Hi Joe, I saw your posting on LRIG. From what we see the biggest problems are with inventorying items and getting the most out of the resources you have in the...
I am looking for a simple way to clamp plates down onto the Biomek FX regular Alps. I need to pierce septa tubes or foil covered PCR plates without lifting the...
Beckman makes a positive positioning ALP which provides some resistance to lifting. If you have a vacuum manifold, you could try turning the vacuum on to hold...
Hello Helaman, One very low tech way we used was to take the plate that you want keep stabilized on the FX-ALP. Tie a cotton string around the landscape plate...
Rodriguez, Richard
Richard.Rodriguez@...
Mar 17, 2007 11:23 pm
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In our labs we have experience with Biotek ELx405 and Embla 384 plate washers (both 192 pin). I am aware of a few other manufacterers out there. Does anyone...
Hi Has anyone got opinions/advice about what type of plate seals are the most stable for long term storage of 384 well plates at -80C? (I searched the old...
Hey Mike 4titude sell Adhesive PCR Foils that to their own specs so from -70 to +150 degrees, I have been using these foils and similar ones for many years at...
Hi group, My name is Ugo guilloret and actually I work as technician in a small drug discovery company (in France). Our compounds library is going to grow (...
Hi Mike, We like the polypropylene Imperma Mat from Nalgene (Cat#264597). We avoid adhesive and heat sealing covers whenever possible as we have had many...
TTP LabTech sell an instrument called the mosquito - Mosquito from TTP LabTech is a flexible and accurate nanolitre liquid handler for miniaturising assay...
Hello Ugo, BioTek's Precision XS ( http://www.biotek.com/products/product_detail.php?pid=144) is a small, flexible and cost effective pipetting system that...
Jason Greene
GreeneJ@...
Mar 28, 2007 4:49 am
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Hi all, I am interested to hear from users with experience with the Gripperable magnetic pintool head on a FX. All comments are greatly appreciated. Thanks in...
