Everyday chemical compound management must be accurate, safe and effective. This in particular implies powder dosing and dilution to prepare solutions in varying containers.
To meet the increasing automation needs of chemical libraries, research centres and control laboratories, Xpert Automation has developed a new miniaturised robotic platform to distribute powders and prepare solutions from them: XpertDose®.
Our XpertDose® leading edge laboratory robotics platform is patented technology. It can be used to distribute single or multiple powders for use in preparing solutions in solvents.
XpertDose® can be used to weigh and dose all types of dry powder, such as fine powders, granular powders and heterogeneous mixes. Furthermore, the combined use of debridging and ionisation techniques also makes it possible to handle electrostatic, fine, compacted, granular, flaked or heterogeneous substances.
Our robotics platform also guarantees extremely high dry powder dosing accuracy using a patented powder dosing cap. It thus becomes possible to control powder distribution for weights varying from a few tenths of a milligram to several dozen mg, depending on the grading. It should be noted that the final weight is recorded to an accuracy of 1/100th of a mg.
Using the automated powder dispensing provided by this laboratory robot, you free up valuable operator time. Automation makes it possible to significantly reduce the risks of human error. Furthermore, robots make it possible to avoid people having to work in the most difficult environments.
Operator safety can be enhanced by connecting the platform to an aspiration system that makes it possible to de-pressurise the robotic enclosure before opening inter-locked doors. Thus, operators are protected from residual volatile substances when accessing at the end of a batch.
With its CE marking, the platform obviously meets the 2006/42/EC Machinery Directive requirements.
Direct solution preparation makes allows accurately preparing (beaucoup de make it possible!!) samples in various containers, while avoiding all risks of spillage or loss during transfers. This is financially advantageous as the laboratory suffers no losses when handling precious substances. The risk of accidents is also reduced, thereby increasing operator safety.
Preparing solutions directly in the final bottles or tubes is a real time saver, as several handling operations are removed, and a money saver due to the elimination of intermediate consumables.
XpertDose® is therefore the ideal tool for the direct, one-step preparation of the 10 m Molar master solutions on which chemical library collections are based for pharmaceutical research screening.
The automation of the sample preparation process using XpertDose® has many advantages in the chemical and biological sectors:
