General Description

Front end laboratory automation system designed to automate decapping, sorting, labelling, aliquoting and archiving steps in clinical laboratories

GUI

Icon driven user interface under Windows 2000

Tube loading area

3 user definable trays in one drawer with up to 300 positions per standard configuration

Tube sizes

All commonly used tubes with heights from 70–110 mm and diameters from 10–16 mm

Decapper

Sample selective tube opening of primary tubes, parallel handling of rubber and screw caps

Camera

Digital camera for tube type recognition

Sample transport

Endless tube transport chains, 3 independent robots/standard configuration

Destination area

Drawer concept with up to 1080 samples per sorter module in user definable racks

Throughput

AutoMate 1250 (Standard Configuration) typically 800 samples/hr
AutoMate 2550 (High Speed) typically 1200 samples/hr

Archiving function

Parallel processing of archiving, sorting and resorting. Primary and secondary tube archiving.

Aliquoting module

Disposable, conductive tips, 1000 µl each, liquid plus clot detection

Label printer

Thermodirect or thermotransfer label printing, Format: 20 x 40 mm – 40 x 40 mm

Dimensions
(L x D x H)

2555 x 1335 x 1660 mm

Weight

720 kg