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Some robot systems (MWG, Qiagen, PerkinElmer, Caliper (Zymark)
Sciclone and some custom systems) have the ability to pick
up the pin tool from a docking station much like a tool
changer on a CNC. If your robot system has this "hot
swapable" capability then you will want to use the VP 550 or
VP 550A Docking Station. Both Docking Stations have an
indent feature that captures the bottom float plate of all
our tube style pin tools except the PerkinElmer pin tools.
This indent feature holds the pin tool securely while the
robot picks it up or parks it. The bottom
surface of the Docking Station has the same dimensions of a
microplate and will fit into tiles or nests built for the
SBS standard microplate. This facilitates placing the
Docking Station on the robot deck. |
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The new VP 550A docking station was developed to accommodate our new pin
tools with 30 mm exposed length pins (FP_T series). As these longer
pins would touch the bottom of the VP 550 docking station we were forced to
build a docking station with greater depth - the VP 550A. We recommend
all future purchases to be the VP 550A as it will handle all our current pen
lengths. If you have already purchased the VP 550 we will maintain
stock on these so you won't have to re-program your robot. |
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The VP 550A-TeMO attaches to the Tecan TeMO deck via ball detents
and mates to the VP 550 or VP 550A with 2 pins that fit into the 2 locating
holes on the bottom of the VP 550 or VP 550A. This feature
allows using a lower position on the TeMO deck so that pin tools with
greater Z heights can be accommodated. |
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The photo to the right illustrates a pin
tool with a TeMO mount docked in the
VP 550A-TeMO docking station.
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PerkinElmer Biosciences makes and sells a special docking station for the PerkinElmer/V&P Scientific pin tools.
Even if your robot does not have tool changing ability you will want a
safe place to store it. The Docking Station is the place.
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Pin Tool docking station, constructed of polypropylene, Bottom foot
print = SBS standard....VP 550
Mounting plates for robot systems
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We have developed
2 basic safe shipping
systems for our floating pin tools. VP
550A-S-S locks a standard pin tool
into standard (VP 550A) docking station.
The VP 550A-PE-S locks either a PerkinElmer,
a Hamamatsu or an Agilent pin tool into their respective
docking stations (VP 550A-PE or a
VP 550A-HA) docking station, thus protecting the pins from being
damaged during shipment.
With each safe shipping system we use 2
polypropylene rails held together by aluminum rods (VP
550A-S-S or VP 550A-PE-S) to lock the pin tool into the
docking station. This simple system holds the pin tool
securely in place and prevents damage to the pins during
shipping. |
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The VP
550A-S-S safe shipping system was designed to work with our
standard floating frame pin tools and the VP 550A docking
station. |
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The VP 550A-PE-S safe shipping system was
designed to work with our PerkinElmer, Hamamatsu and Agilent
floating frame pin tools. Because the PerkinElmer floating
frames and the Hamamatsu/Agilent frames are slightly
different in size they require different docking stations
(VP 550A-PE and VP 550A-HA) but both can use the same safe
shipping system (VP 550A-PE-S). |
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Docking station for the
PerkinElmer Style Pin Tools. |
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Docking Station for the Hamamatsu and Agilent Pin Tools. |
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The VP 550E Docking Station was designed specifically for Pin Tools to be picked up and dropped off by the Tecan MCA384 Head on a Freedom EVO robotic instrument. |
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The VP 550E is positioned on the Tecan Freedom EVO robotic deck using the locater pins on the underside of the Docking Station as shown in the photo on the right. |
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The Pin Tool is mounted on a V&P basic mounting plate BMPTECAN384-10, -11, or -12 or the corresponding basic mounting plate with rotational adjustment feature, BMPTECAN384R-10, -11, or -12 (red plate in photo to right). The BMPTECAN384 attached to the Pin Tool is then set on the VP 550E Docking Station and from there can be picked up or dropped off on the fly as needed. |
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The photo to the right shows the Tecan MCA384 Head after picking up the BMPTECAN384-10 plus attached Pin Tool from the VP 550E Docking Station. |
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If you are using a MultiMek, MultiPette,
PlateTrak, MiniTrak , EP3, Flipper or other system designed by Carl Creative
Systems with a pipet tip loader or fountain pipet tip washing reservoir, you
can use our universal adaptor to exchange those precious deck positions for
any object with a standard microplate footprint. The VP 540M Adaptor
has two holes in the bottom that register to the two pins that locate both
the tip loading station and the tip washing reservoir. The 6 pins you
see on the top here are used to locate a microplate. However static
wash and blot stations can also be placed here. If you are using
a pin tool, you don't need the tip loader. Just another good idea from
V&P to give you more work area. You can see how they are used in
the movie of a Sagian MultiPette robot at this
link.
A custom modified version of the
adaptor can also be used to locate our Bubble Paddle Reservoirs on the tip
loading position. |
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If you are using a
Beckman FX and want a different height or different feature on the mounting
platform. Don't call Beckman, call us we have been solving problems
for FX users when Beckman can't or won't.
Follow this link for
examples applications we have done for the
FX ALP systems. |
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The reservoir on the
right was built for an FX user that wanted a large reservoir that would hold
700 ml and still fit on the FX deck with out affecting other positions.
The VP 530C was
our solution.
We have made many
reagent reservoirs with control wells in a variety of configurations.
Check them out on this page.
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The VP 555 Pin Tool Storage Station is used to protect
the pins when not in use on the robot.
Typically our Pin Tool customers would set our Pin Tools
down on a pipet tip lid box or turn the pins upside down exposing the pins
to dust and debris. We do not recommend either of these options.
We have built a safe Storage Station (VP 555) that will both protect the
pins from accidents and contamination. |
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All of the V&P Scientific Pin Tools except the Perkin
Elmer models can be safely stored in these stations. These Storage
Stations have 2 indexing grooves that capture the bottom float plate on the
Pin Tool. The Pin Tool is simply slid into position and is locked in
place by dropping into a depression in the groove. To remove the Pin
Tool simply lift up the tool and slide out. With some robot systems it
may be possible to use the V&P Storage Station as a Docking Station. |
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The Pin Tool Dryer can be located in any
deck position using the SBS locating feature (VP 581B) on
the bottom of the Dryer. |
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The arrow in the photo to the right
demonstrates the activation switch. When the bottom float
plate of the Pin Tool depresses the switch, the fan is
turned on and dries the pins. When the Pin Tool is removed
the fan is turned off. |
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The VP 581B SBS locating feature on the
bottom of the Pin Tool Dryer is illustrated in the photo to
the right. |
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The VP 700-QS or Quick Switch is simple way to turn an
electrical appliance on and off using the action of a
robotic work station. It consists of switch with a long
flexible actuator that activates a relay when depressed and
inactivates the relay when the actuator is released. The
Quick Switch is located on an adjustable riser that can
pivot 360 degrees. The base of the riser can be attached to
a surface by double stick tape or it can be attached by
screws. The "z"
height adjust coupled with the adjustable
"x"
adjustment and ability to pivot facilitates the placement of
the Quick Switch so the vertical movement of the robot will
activate and deactivate the electrical current to the
appliance. |
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The photo on the right illustrates the Quick Switch being
used to activate an orbital shaker to facilitate the mixing
of sample and the transfer of sample from a source plate to
a destination plate. |
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The photo on the rights illustrates the Quick Switch being used to activate an
orbital shaker to facilitate the cleaning of pin tool being used to transfer
yeast colonies from an agar plate to a microplate. |
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The movie below illustrates the Quick Switch being used to
activate an orbital shaker to facilitate the mixing of
sample and the transfer of sample from a source plate to a
destination plate.
Download Video of VP
700-QS in Acfion
(mpeg movie-
8MB)
Press
the play button to view the video in a flash format, flash must
be installed, or click the download link to download a mpeg
version.
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