VIAFLO 96 / 384 Electronic 96 and 384 Channel Pipette

Pipetting heads

Always work in the optimal volume range

Choosing the appropriate pipetting head for the application’s volume range helps to achieve the best pipetting results in terms of accuracy and precision. The heads are available in five volume ranges: 0.5 – 12.5 µl, 2 – 50 µl, 5 – 125 µl, 10 – 300 µl and 50 – 1250 µl. Changing a pipetting head is easy and takes less than a minute.

VIAFLO 384 can operate with 96- and 384-channel heads while VIAFLO 96 works with 96-channel heads only.

All channels of a pipetting head have their own pistons, making every channel independent from each other to avoid cross-channel influences. It is also possible to load the pipetting head only partially with tips. For example load only 8 tips on one column to perform serial dilutions.

GripTips for reliable pipetting results

Loosing a tip during an assay preparation can ruin the entire assay and a reliable sealing is of key importance for accurate pipetting.

INTEGRA has redesigned the connection between pipette tip and tip fitting to resolve this issue. The unique GripTip pipette tips match perfectly with the Tri-Lobe tip fitting to form an integral system. During loading the tips snap over three lobes, which mechanically holds them on the tip fitting. It effectively prevents tips from falling off and guarantees a perfect sealing on every tip to prevent sample spillage.

The GripTips are comfortably loaded and ejected without any physical effort due to a power assisted mechanism activated by a push button. The loading procedure also guarantees that GripTips are not touched by the user and remain sterile.

Space saving footprint

VIAFLO 96 and VIAFLO 384 are compact and use little bench space.

They can also be easily relocated and fit into most laminar flow cabinets for sterile applications.

Up to three plate holders accommodate tip racks, microplates, reagent reservoirs or other SBS-size labware.

Up to 8 microplates can be stacked to make maximum use of the stage positions.

Plate to plate transfers

• Plate duplication
  
• Supernatant transfers
• Plate reformatting 96 well <-> 384 well

An exact aspiration height can be defined to precisely remove supernatant. The ability to adjust the pipetting speed helps to gently aspirate without disturbing cells at the bottom of a well.

Transfers within plates

• Serial Dilutions
• Mixing and Resuspension

Performing serial dilutions, mixing or resuspending contents of entire plates can effortlessly accomplished without repeatedly pressing a plunger. The number of mixing cycles and the mixing speed can be exactly defined.

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6101 / 6131

6106 / 6136

6102 / 6132

6103

6104

Vol. Range

0.5 – 12.5 μl

– 50 μl

– 125 μl

– 300 μl

– 1250 μl

Accuracy

±1.5%

±1.5%

±1.5%

±1.2%

±1.8%

Precision

≤1.0%

≤1.0%

≤1.0%

≤0.8%

≤0.8%

Technical data

VIOAFLO 96

VIOAFLO 384

Pipetting technology

air displacement

Compatible plate formats       

and 384 well microplates, shallow and deep well

Dimensions (W x D x H)

42 cm x 30 cm x 54 cm (17" x 12" x 21")

Weight

25.7 kg (56.7 lbs)

27.7 kg (61.1 lbs)

Operating conditions  

Temperature: 5°C to 40°C, Humidity: < 85% non-condensing

Power requirements

– 240 VAC, 50/ 60 Hz