General Description

Front end laboratory automation system designed to automate decapping, sorting 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, 2 independent robots/standard configuration

Destination area

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

Throughput

AutoMate 1200 (Standard Configuration) typically 800 samples/hr
AutoMate 2500 (High Speed) typically 1200 samples/hr

Archiving function

Parallel processing of archiving, sorting and resorting

Dimensions
(L x D x H)

1820 x 1335 x 1660 mm 

Weight

400 kg