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Reviewer
Member since: 2020
Organization: Bayer CropScience
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- Ease of use
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- Value for money
Great systems but hard to purchase hardware items after the fact.
Application Area: biological sample preparation
"Tecan carriers are quite easy to use and change as needed. They are a great value for the money, made of quality material that is durable and lasts a long time. The only downside is that most (if not all) of the various types of carriers that are used on Tecan instruments are not available for purchase individually from Tecan. If you need a new carrier or a different type of carrier, there does not appear to be any option to buy from Tecan."
Review date: 14 Oct 2022 | Labware Carriers
Labware carriers can be placed at any position on the worktable. Mounting is simple for the user, thanks to a numbered grid system that ensures carriers are correctly guided into position. This allows easy removal of the carriers without invading the instrument workspace. Virtually any combination of carriers is possible allowing each system to be effortlessly adapted to support different applications.
Carriers for sample tubes are available for a wide range of tube diameters. Carriers are also available for smaller tubes such as Eppendorf® tubes, cryovials and PCR tubes. Microplate carriers can accommodate any microplate-based footprint, usually 24-, 96- or 384-well plates, as well as, for example, reagent troughs, MALDI targets and microscope slide adapters. Special carriers are available for high density formats such as 1536-well plates and crystallography plates. Temperature-controlled carriers are available to heat or cool reagents, e.g. media for cell-based applications, microplates and tubes.
Disposable tip carriers support racks of tips for pick up and easy, aerosol-free disposal. Using the same grid positioning, but placed at the edge of the worktable to optimize use of space, Tecan has a range of microplate hotels designed for storing numerous microplate-based objects. This includes deep-well plates or Solid Phase Extraction (SPE) cartridges ready for automatic loading onto the worktable with the robotic manipulator arm.
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