BNX 1536™   LIQUID HANDLING SYSTEM

The BNX 1536 liquid handling system provides both precise dispensing and thorough microplate washing in a single instrument. The small footprint houses a built in vacuum and air pressure pump. No external vacuum pumps are needed. Each of the four reservoir bottles has its own fluid path to individual dispense heads, allowing four different fluids to be dispensed into a single microplate. A single aspiration head allows fast and efficient liquid removal from microplate wells for plate washing applications. The intuitive software provides a high degree of control over operating parameters, allowing rapid processing of robust assays and gentle processing of cell-based assays. The system is robot compatible, with a robot friendly plate carriage and accessible RS-232 COM port.


BNX 1536 Integrated Bulk Dispenser and Microplate Washer

Key Features and Benefits

  • Combined dispenser and washer
  • Four independent dispense channels
  • Low volume dispensing down to 0.5 μL is ideal for 384 and 1536 well applications
  • Fast! Dispenses a 384 well plate in less than 8 seconds; a 1536 well plate in less than 15 seconds
  • Very low dead volume conserves precious reagents
  • Built in magnetic stirrer enables uniform cell dispensing across the entire plate
  • Completely self-contained

Flexible Software

BNX 1536 Software

With its Windows® compatible, drag and drop software, the BNX 1536 provides a high degree of control over process parameters. Column selection offers the choice of dispensing only a few columns, or a complete plate. For optimal dispense accuracy, the software allows fine tuning the dispense volume using the Liquid Factor tool. Dispense pressure can be lowered for a gentler dispense when using loosely adherent cells or weakly bound antibodies. Aspiration controls allow the probe height, probe offset, aspiration rate and aspiration time to be set for lowest residual volume or gentlest processing.

Performance Specifications

Dispense accuracy: ±50 nL at 1 μL (2 μL for 96-well)

Dispensing range:

  • 96 well format: 2.0–300 μL
  • 384 well format: 0.5–112 μL
  • 1536 well format: 0.5–13 μL

Dispense precision: ≤ 5% CV (typical)

Residual volume: < 1 μL average/well

General Specifications

Dimensions: 15"(H) x 12.6"(W) x 24"(D)

Weight (shipping): 51 pounds

Power source: 100-240 VAC, 50/60 Hz, 2 A

Dispense/aspirate probes: Stainless steel 304

Dispense manifold: PET (polyethylene terephthalate)

Dispense head: PET (polyethylene terephthalate)

Aspirate head: Aluminum

Reservoir bottles: Polypropylene

Fluid contact tubing: Silicone

PC requirements:

  • Win98/Me/NT/2000/XP or higher
  • 154 MB HD free space
  • 96 MB RAM (256 MB for servers)
  • Interface connections: RS-232


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