Hamilton Robotics has introduced a heater/shaker package for use with its Microlab Nimbus pipetting workstation.
Hamilton Robotics has introduced a heater/shaker package for use with its
Microlab Nimbus pipetting workstation. The package provides a solution for
applications that require heat for solute mixing or shaking such as
colorimetric, fluorescent or luminescent bioassays, cell viability assays,
and magnetic separations.
The device incorporates high-speed automated pipetting with orbital
plate-shaking and heating. It is easily integrated with the Nimbus
platform, a compact, automated 96-channel pipetting workstation that fits on
any benchtop and in many fume hoods. The platform has an optional labware
gripper arm with extended off-deck reach that enables integration with a
number of third-party devices, and a graphical user interface that provides
easy instrument control and method programming.
The Nimbus heater/shaker package includes device mounting hardware, optimized
test methods, and a choice of either the new Hamilton heater shaker module
or one of several Variomag Teleshake models. The package is offered in
three configurations: shaking only, shaking and heating to 70°C, or shaking
and heating to 95°C.
From Clark Hamilton’s Microliter Syringe to Leading Laboratory Automation Technology, Hamilton’s expertise in liquid handling goes back to the development of the revolutionary Microliter syringe in 1947 by the company founder Clark Hamilton. The strategy of the company has been to grow through innovations based on its core competence in liquid handling and to favor high quality products over short-term profits. The advent of automation in the laboratory was anticipated early. In 1970, Hamilton had already introduced the first semi-automated diluter. The first fully automated workstation for sample preparation followed in 1980. Today’s STAR line instruments represent the latest development in a series of innovative liquid handling workstations. Thousands of Hamilton liquid handling workstations are serving customers in laboratories all over the world, some of the instruments with a track record of over 15 years.
