TOOLS for Zinsser Automated Platforms

Probes

Bar Code

Weighing

Vortexing/Mixing

Heating/Cooling

Filtration

Liquid

Powder

Gas

Vacuum

Labware

Racks/Hotels

Robotics

Stainless steel fixed pipetting tips for liquid handling. Variable span allows access to any kind of labware.

Disposable pipette tips for liquid handling where zero carryover is required.

Deck station for removal of disposable tips, with chute for waste storage of used tips.

Multichannel probes with 2 or 3 channels allow distribution of various combinations of liquid, gas, and vacuum.

Heated probe. Liquid flows through heated coil built in to probe, prevents precipitation of saturated solutions.

3 channel probe with filter on inner channel allows simultaneous delivery of liquid with vacuum; used for rinsing particles.

Ceramic probe.

Different probes can even be configured for the system. Shown here are blunt and angled fixed probes, a disposable tip, and a powder dispensing tip.

4 different powder dispensing tips are available, allowing pickup and dispense of fixed amounts, or with manual or automatic volume variability.

Reading of plate barcode using gripper and deck-mounted scanner.

Reading of vial barcode using gripper and deck-mounted scanner.

Reading of vial barcode using gripper and deck-mounted scanner.

Calli automated platform with integrated Sartorius Genius balance. The integration includes automatic open and close of the balance door. The Calli gripper places and removes labware to the balance.

Gripper places a vial to be weighed directly on the balance pan.

Custom rack made for balance allows placement of multiple vials on the balance.

Custom-made weigh station integrated directly on the Zinsser deck and to the Zinsser WinLissy software.

Deck-mounted high-speed vortexer. Includes automatic clamps to secure labware, and can be integrated with heating (150 deg C or 250 deg C) or cooling via recirculating water bath.

Deck-mounted vortexer with clamped-down reaction block.

Deck-mounted vortexer with cooling via recirculation water bath.

The Zinsser vortexers have been specially designed with a movement pattern that ensures thorough mixing of liquid rather than just moving it around.

Powder reservoir mounted on automatic shaker. The shaker helps ensure even powder distribution prior to dispensing.

Deck mounted sonicator provides enhanced mixing for dissolution of solids.

External vortexing station allows offline vortexi.ng of blocks for long-term synthesis reactions

Single tube vortexer mounted on deck. Gripper can move vials or tubes to the vortexer.

Heavyduty vortexer supports rack larget than the standard microplate footprint, for example 40 x 20 ml vials. Holds up to 2.5 kg.

Stirring tool for powder reservoir ensures even distribution of powder before aspiration for maximum reproducibility.

Deck-mounted high-speed vortexer. Includes automatic clamps to secure labware, and can be integrated with heating (150 deg C or 250 deg C) or cooling via recirculating water bath.

Deck-mounted vortexer with cooling via recirculation water bath.

Microwave from CEM interface to the platform. The gripper move tubes directly into the microwave for rapid heating.

Deck-mounted cooling plate for solvent reservoir and two microplates.

Deck-mounted vacuum station. The lid can be removed by the gripper and parked, allowing access for SPE blocks or cartridge racks. The vacuum is software controlled.

A receiving plate is placed in the vacuum box, reader for the 3M SPE block with lid to be placed using the gripper.

Closeup of SPE cartridges mounted on block, using gas probes for monitored positive pressurization. Vacuum and/or positive pressure can be used.

3 channel probe with filter on inner channel allows simultaneous delivery of liquid with vacuum; used for rinsing particles.

Stainless steel fixed pipetting tips for liquid handling. Variable span allows access to any kind of labware.

Disposable pipette tips for liquid handling where zero carryover is required.

Plate Lifter for retrieving maximum amount of sample from a plate with minimum loss. Useful for CACO2 applications; allows pipetting from plate without touching cell layer on the bottom.

Programmable 6-way valve allows switching to 6 different solvents. Any solvent can be sent to any probe for solvent delivery to labware.

4-channel peristaltic pump for bulk liquid delivery

Redi-Fix tip for aspiration and dispensing powder. This tip has a fixed volume; it will pick up the amount amount each time (45 microliter version shown).

Fixed tips are available in different volumes. THe user can easily interchange them.

Redi Pick-Fix tips are also fixed volumes, but can be automatically interchanged by the system.

Varedi fixed tip allows user to "dial in" a powder pipetting volume.

Varix tip includes software module for programmable volumes.

5 steps of powder pipetting. 1. Shake the reservoir for even distribution. 2. Aspirate powder using vacuum. 3. Strip excess particles from outside of tool. 4. Distribute powder to labware. 5. Clean the tip.

The platform can be configured for gas delivery for a variety of purposes. Adjustable pressure with readout gauges on left side of instrument.

The deck-mounted vortexer is configured with gas ports that can directly connect to a reaction manifold for sparging.

Exploded view of the reactor assembly showing the path of inert gas.

Multichannel probes allow gas to be delivered into vials for pressurization, for inert environment, or even at the same time as liquid for dynamic washing.

Argon box installed on the deck allows selected labware to be maintained in an inert environment.

96 channel drying manifold is connected to nitrogen supply and can be moved over microplates by the gripper for sample drydown.

Deck-mounted vacuum station. The lid can be removed by the gripper and parked, allowing access for SPE blocks or cartridge racks. The vacuum is software controlled.

Multichannel probes allow vacuum to be supplied into vials or labware to remove contents.

Sample Concentrator. Manifold with RS232 controlled vacuum station with water cooled chemical trap, 24-channel head, parkstation for evaporation head, pneumatic valves, software to control vacuum. The gripper moves the lid to the labware on the vortexer.

Variable probes allow access to all types and styles of vials and tubes as well as microplates.

Virtually any combination of racks for vials and tubes can be configured on the deck.

Different size reservoirs for powders are available.

The deck can be configured with shallow well microplates, deep well microplates, and tubes, in any required combination.

Labware can be heated or cooled on the deck.

Desyre reactor assemblies for synthesis reactions are available in different sizes; fitting within the microplate footprint.

The Desyre reactors can have the lid automatically removed and returned using the robot gripper.

Microtube downhold with pneumatic clamping for piercing of microtubes.

Plate Lifter for retrieving maximum amount of sample from a plate with minimum loss. Useful for CACO2 applications; allows pipetting from plate without touching cell layer on the bottom.

TLC plates configured for TLC spotting in the microplate footprint.

Special reactor for Crissy salt prescreening system. The reactor consists of an aluminum carrier with 96 PTFE-inserts (reusable and cleanable in an ultra sonic bath) and adjustable bases with a glass disc on top.

Filtration labware can be automatically placed in a vacuum box using the robotic gripper.

Automatic capper/decapper configured on the deck. The gripper brings vials for automated capping operations.

CEM microwave tube automatically delivered to microwave device.

Automated capper and decapper tools for CEM microwave tools.

24 position rack for 3 ml SPE cartridges.

24 position rack for 1 ml SPE cartridges.

96 position tube/vial rack.

192 position tube/vial rack.

Customer-supplied rack. Virtually any desired rack can be engineered to fit on the deck.

Plate stack allows multiple shallow well or deep well plates to be stacked on the deck and accessed by the robotic gripper to increase capacity.

Random access plate stacks allows multiple shallow well or deep well plates to be stacked on the deck and accessed by the robotic gripper to increase capacity.

Special rack to hold TLC media for automated spotting.

The robotic gripper can pick up and deliver plates, tubes, and special tools for delivery to various devices mounted on the deck.

The gripper can pick up and carry an entire reaction block with lid for movement to a heater/cooler/vortexer.

The gripper can also pick up a variety of special tools, such as this powder dispensing tool.

Gripper picking up a single microwave tube using a custom tool. Multiple tools can be parked on the deck for access by the gripper, allowing different tasks to easily be performed with a single gripper configuration.