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Welcome to ours....QUADRA-PLUS (TM)
Vertical Space System
Utilizing a 38 inch footprint, the Vertical Space System allows the user to accomplish automated liquid handling tasks that would require a 50 station deck on flatbed systems. Intrinsic to the Quadra-Plus, is the eight station moving shuttle that services the infeed/outfeed stackers and the two pipetting heads with various working elements to meet the demands of today's automated assays and sample preparation requirements.
AutoHand
Fully automates filtration. Stacker infeed/outfeed for the filter plate and capture plate.
Lid Handling Stackers
Stackers infeed
lidded plates, retain lid, process plate, relid and restack.
Ultrasonic Tip Washing
Circulated wash station. Carryover
less than 1 in 10 million.
Solid Phase Extraction
The Quadra is the instrument of choice for this application. Throughput, precision, GLP requirements.
Live Bottom Reservoir
Maintains a constant level of agitated particulate matter (i.e. magnetic beads, cells) to assure uniform distribution for the aspirating tips. Source bottle may be temperature controlled.
Interchangeable
Cassette Stackers
Accepts SBS compliant plates in all thicknesses and reagent reservoirs for your specific application.
Indexing Stage
Changes formats 96 to 384 to 1536. Enables serial dilution. Enables cherry picking
Temperature
Controlled Nest
Peltier heating or cooling of reservoirs.
Magnetic Nests 96 and 384
Retrieves plates from the stackers. Under program control, high strength magnets are energized to hold the beads then release them. All without remounting the plate.
Shaker Nest
Provides an adjustable orbital shaking motion to
the plate or reservoir retrieved from the stackers. Automatically stops and centers for pipetting.
OneWrite Control System
Cassette memory locks in assay protocol.
Checksum verifies correct setting.
Audit trail and time stamp for each device.

Smart Cassette Stackers
Contains read/write memory. Handles reservoirs
or plates, can restack, sort and select. Reliable
pneumatic operation.

Nucleic Acid Purification
and PCR Clean-up
Plates required in the protocol may be stacked
in order.

  • Lysis plate
  • Binding plate
  • Clearing plate
  • Elution plate
  • Filter plate

Minimize contamination and loss through
evaporation by stacking.

Execute Compound Screening
Conduct Campaigns such as:

  • ELISA
  • Ligand Binding
  • Kinase Assay
  • Receptor Binding
  • Cell Based
  • GPCR
  • Compound Library Management

by imploying appropriate accessories and
high throughput stacking.

Two Stationary Robust Pipetting Heads

Disposable Tips

  • 96 well – 450µL, 12 row – Serial Dilution
  • 48 well – 450µL, 8 row – Serial Dilution
  • 24 well – 450µL

Disposable Tips

  • 96 or 384 – 60µL, 0.5µL, Cv 2-3%
  • 96 or 384 – 200µL, 1µL, Cv 3%

Cherry Picker 60µL or 200µL

  • 100 plates – 100 picks – 1 hour
QUADRA-PLUS
Why is the Quadra system unique?
  • Easier programming – the stackers automatically infeed/outfeed different microplates and reservoirs to the shuttle. It equates to a 50-plate deck in 38 inches of benchtop. No need to teach special positioning on a large deck.

  • The shuttle moves the working devices, ultrasonic tip wash and various plate nests, to the stackers and pipettor head for servicing.

  • Smoother more reliable pipetting – the indexing stage precisely moves the lightweight microplate in the
    X – Y and Z direction. The stepper motor driven, full indexing stage can perform serial dilution in the 8 or 12 direction in addition to changing formats in any matrix, not only 96 to 384 to 1536. Our heads are stabilized to reduce potential for errors and losing precious reagents, compounds or other targets.

  • Seven user interchangeable pipettor heads:

    • 450µL disposable tip, Cv of 2-3% at 10µL enables pipeline pipetting
      96 well, 48 well, 24 well plus 8 or 12 row serial dilution

    • Four positive displacement pipettor heads
      96SV...60µL, Cv of 2-3% at 0.5µL
      96......200µL, Cv of 5% at 0.5µL
      384SV...60µL, Cv of 2-3% at 0.5µL
      384......200µL, Cv of 5% at 0.5µL

    • Cherry Picker heads
      60µL positive displacement, 8 channel
      200µL positive displacement, 8 channel
      100 picks – 100 plates – 1 hour – 3 destination plates

  • Nanoliter transfers as small as 2nL using transfer tip pins.

  • The cassette stackers are pneumatically operated to provide the force required for reliable operation. The cassette stackers may be extended to provide 50-plate operation from each side. The ability to restack and sort plates adds a dynamic vertical dimension to flexibility.

  • Unique, new OneWrite(TM) Control System option puts complete control confidence in the hands of one individual. Each cassette has a read/write memory that carries program instructions for each plate to each processing device. A checksum guarantees the correct device and correct program is executed. The cassette memory maintains the audit trail with time stamps.
Compact Size
The Quadra-Plus footprint is only 38 x 29 inches, providing extensive workstation capacity enhanced by automated stackers, but using little bench space. It has the ability to move 100 microplates on and off of the shuttle, to fully automate complex pipetting protocols.
TECHNICAL INFORMATION
Users outside of the USA, please specify frequency and voltage when placing an order
Utilites Physical
Input Power:
 90 - 240 VAC, 50/60Hz
 Unit Dimensions:
(W x H x D)
 38" x 36" x 29"
(965.2 x 914.4 x 736.6mm)
Power Consumption:

 230 WATT Nominal

 Shuttle Extension:

 18" (457.2mm)
Specifications:

 Includes Pentium
Controlled Laptop CPU		 Net Weight:

 260 lbs (117.94 kg)
Ordering Information
Quadra-Plus 8-station shuttle with Quadra96 head and Quadra96 SV head
Cat. No. 500-12

Quadra-Plus 8-station shuttle with Quadra96 head and Quadra 384 head
Cat. No. 500-13

Quadra-Plus 8-station shuttle with Quadra96 SV head and Quadra 384 head
Cat. No. 500-23

Quadra-Plus 8-station shuttle with two Quadra96 heads (one backfill, one non-backfill)
Cat. No. 500-14

Quadra-Plus 8-station shuttle with two Quadra96 SV heads
Cat. No. 500-22

Quadra-Plus 8-station shuttle with two Quadra 384 heads
Cat. No. 500-33


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