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BioRobotix Brand Tips
Q. Do MBP’s Span-8
tips available with ART® filters?
A. Molecular BioProducts is the only company
to offer Span-8 tips as sterile, non-sterile, and with our patented
ART® filters.
Q. Do MBP’s Span-8
tips require special adjustments to work on the Biomek FX?
A. No- as long as the Span-8 pod has been installed
by Beckman. MBP’s tips are the same size (20ul & 250ul)
and same length as the original Beckman Span-8 tips.
Q. Does MBP manufacture
tips for automated workstations with the ART® filter?
A. Yes!! All of MBP's BioRobotix brand tips
come available in sterile, non-sterile, and our patented ART®
barrier varieties. Please see the BioRobotix brand tip section
for more details.
Q. I can't find a tip
for my robot!
A. Please try our Tip Search engine and if
that doesn't work - call customer service at 800-995-2787 or
858-453-7551.
Q. What is a liquid
sensing tip?
A. Liquid sensing tips, also known as conductive
tips, are made by impregnating carbon into the plastic resin
the tip is made out of. This makes the tips black in appearance.
These tips can then be utilized on workstations that have the
liquid sensing feature.
Q. What is a Span-8
pod?
A. The Span-8 pod is an independent 8-channel
axis available for the Beckman Biomek FX system. It can exist
singularly as the only pipetting head or in a dual bridge system
with the Biomek FX 96-well or 384-well head.
Q. What is different
about the Span-8 pod?
A. The Span-8 pod has independent axis control
including variable height, variable span, volume, liquid sensing
and liquid level tracking.
Q. What is the liquid
sensing feature on an automated workstation?
A. Liquid sensing makes reference to the capability
of an automated workstation to detect liquid in some kind of
reservoir. This is usually achieved by sending a small electrical
current through a liquid sensing disposable tip (made with carbon).
Once the tip touches the liquid, the small capacitance built
up in the system is discharged. The instrument reads the drop
in capacitance as the signal that it has reached the liquid.
Q. What material are
Span-8 tips made out of?
A. Our Span-8 tips, like all of our liquid
sensing tips, are impregnated with carbon, which provides an
electronic signal to the workstation when they come into contact
with liquids.
Q. What MBP BioRobotix
tips work on a Span-8 head?
A. We have made our 918 & 919 series tips
in liquid sensing material to accommodate the liquid sensing
feature of the Span-8 pod. - However, if you choose to turn
off this feature and wish to use clear tips, some customers
have found that our SoftFit regular 918 & 919 tips can also
be used on the Span-8.
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