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FLO i8® PD - General Purpose Liquid Handler

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The Re-Engineered FLO i8®, Now with Positive Displacement and Non-Contact Dispensing The FLO i8 PD liquid handler is ideal for optimizing your protocols and bench work, allowing you to focus on the research. Featuring intuitive software, flexible hardware, and positive displacement technology, the FLO i8 PD takes the guesswork out of liquid handling automation by ensuring precise liquid transfers without the need to specify: - Source volumes - Well geometries - Liquid properties

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Benefits:

Liquid Class Agnostic Pipetting: Handle a wide range of liquid viscosities with positive displacement tips without programming liquid classes
Save Time and Cost: The FLO i8 PD offers non-contact dispensing for rapid aliquoting with minimal tip usage, saving you time and money
Incredibly Easy Software: Design your protocol with ease using our intuitive, drag-and-drop interface
Flexible: Simplify all of your tube and plate-based labwork using the independent spanning channels with a pipetting range of 0.2 μL to 1000 μL
Intelligent: Automatically locate labware and detect and track liquid levels with sensing technology built into each pipetting channel
Precise: Reduce variability in your workflows while increasing your traceability and confidence in your experiments (CV <5% at 0.5 µL)
Automation-Friendly: The FLO i8 PD’s software offers an open API for seamless integration

Broad Range of Applications

Assay Development and Design of Experiment (DoE)
Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assays (ELISA)
PCR Workflows
Cell Culture and Bead-Based Assays
NGS Library Preparation
Nucleic Acid and Protein Extraction
Screening Assays (e.g., COVID)
Lipid Nanoparticle (LNP) Formulation Screening

Hardware Features

Channel configuration: 8 fully-independent positive displacement pipetting channels
Tip variety: Formulatrix® brand disposable FPD50 and FPD1000 Tips

Liquid Handling and Labware Features

Wet Dispense: 0.5 μL to 50 μL (FPD50); 10 μL to 1000 μL (FPD1000)
Liquid Viscosity Range: Liquid class agnostic up to 400 cp
Non-Contact Dispense: 200 nL to 50 μL (FPD50); 1 μL to 1000 μL (FPD1000)
Dispensing Technology: Positive Displacement
Liquid Level Detection: Resistance-based and capacitive-based detection

User Interface Specifications

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Electrical Specifications
110-240 V, 50-60 Hz, 360 W typical (500 W max)

Operating Requirements

Temperature 21 °C ± 5 °C (70 °F ± 9 °F)

Physical Dimensions

Width = 780 mm (30.7”)
Height = 883 mm (34.7”)
Depth = 650 mm (25.6”)
Weight = 76 kg (167.5 lbs)