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GeSiM FluidProcessor - Model FP -Microfluidic and Pneumatic Control System
Fluid automation at the benchtop format can expedite your daily work in the lab. Whether you operate at the micro- or macroscale, the GeSiM FluidProcessor (FP) is your personal central processing unit for liquids and gasses. The FP is a horizontal rack with standardized slots for functional modules. Each FluidProcessor is custom made to order, configured for your particular application. The FP builds up from a library of functional modules, thus the users will get exactly the hardware for their special purpose. The ability of post-sales reconfiguration adapts your FluidProcessor to changing tasks, securing sustainability and investment protection.
The FluidProcessor hooks up to your microfluidic system. The optional combination with a GeSiM “MicCell” flow-cell (see tab FLOW-CELL) results in a fully automated microfluidic setup for many applications in life science and chemistry. Standard fittings (Upchurch Scientific and others) allow an easy connection to other flow-cells, e.g. from Microfluidic Chipshop.
The FluidProcessor and GeSiM Robots
The GeSiM FluidProcessor and the GeSiM robots share the same automation platform.
Whilst the FluidProcessor operates microfluidic cartridges with openings, semipermeable lids, open wells on deck of a GeSiM instrument, it can interact with tool heads for pipetting, 3D printing, or camera inspection installed on the robot. 3D Printing of organoids in chambers of fluidic cartridges, sealing, cell cultivation and camera inspection can be done at one place without moving sensitive targets through non-sterile environments.
Library of Functional Modules for the GeSiM FluidProcessor
How to get hold of your individual GeSiM FluidProcessor?
- Contact GeSiM with your application, drawings, charts, descriptions,
- Select functional modules of interest,
- GeSiM designs your FluidProcessor, completed with internal/ external tubes, filters and reservoirs. Fittings are available for GeSiM flow-cells as well as for your own microfluidic components. A detailed tubing scheme is available for the customer before your FP leaves our manufacturing facility.
What is available for the GeSiM FluidProcessor?
- Syringe pumps, with and without selector valves for precise displacement dispensing
- Membrane pumps for continuous liquid flow,
- Two- and three-way valves
- Pressure regulators for different pressure ranges
- Vacuum generator
- Liquid-level sensors for external reservoirs
- External reservoir bottles of different volumes (250 mL to 1,000 mL)
- Pneumatic extruder unit with cooler/ heater for 10ml cartridges,
- Drivers for piezoelectric drop-on-demand dispensers
- Drivers for chip-based micro-flow sensors (Measurement range below 70 µL/min)
Please ask for the MicCell catalogue with detailed information on all available functional modules.
The FluidProcessor combines fluid handling modules in an application specific manner. The available modules at standardized width plug into the slots of the instrument. Modules will occupy either a single slot or multiple slots. Modules slide in on front or rear panel, depending on their function. Each FP comes with a CPU, power adapter, regulated fans and Ethernet based backplane. It hooks up to the control computer by a usual LAN cable.
GeSiM Fluidics is the operation software of the GeSiM Fluidprocessor. Same as for the hardware, GeSiM Fluidics is modular. Once configured, it reflects exactly the hardware on your bench. A graphical user interface offers click-and-drop for functional modules, tubes, external reservoir bottles and (microfluidic) flow-cells.
GeSiM Fluidics is structured like a simple website and offers three main operational modes. Just move from left to right when working with your FluidProcessor.Configuration: The available hardware modules and tube connections can be arranged to meet your particular application.
Manual Mode: Now the software requires the link to the FluidProcessor. After initialization, hardware components can be operated by mouse click. Simple “operational paths”, e.g., for pumping liquid into a waste reservoir, must be defined.
Sequence page: Create, save, and execute complex sequences for automatic runs and unattended operation.