General |
| Crystallization Methods |
Sitting Drop |
| Ambient temperature |
4 to 30°C |
| Computer requirement |
PC with Windows 11, 10, 8 or 7 |
Vapor Diffusion Method
|
| Volume of droplet |
0.1 + 0.1 to 8.0 + 8.0 microliters |
| Plates accommodated |
All high quality plates can be used |
| Number of wells dispensed |
1 to 96x5 |
Microtips
|
| Number of bores |
2, 3 or 4 |
| Cross-section of microtip at tip |
0.45 - 0.95 mm |
| Cross-section of each bore |
150 micron I.D. |
| Dead volume |
Zero |
| Material |
Transparent flexible water repellent fluoropolymer (FEP). Protein
channel is treated to prevent the air-bubble from breaking up. |
Liquid Handling Accuracy
The CV (coefficient of variance) has been measured using 50% PEG 4000 and 95% PEG 600 (with 5% red dye) as follows.
|
| CV for 1 µl total drop volume |
3% |
| CV for 200 nl total drop volume |
5% |
| CV for 100 nl total drop volume |
6.5% |
Universal Syringe Driver
|
| Number of discrete steps for syringe volume |
More than 22,000 |
| Displacement for each step |
3.2 microns |
| Volume dispensed per step with a 100 microlitre syringe. |
5.2 nl |
| Maximum speed |
4.0 mm/second |
Accuracy of Universal Syringe
Driver |
| R.M.S. error per step |
+/- 8% |
| Nominal maximum error per step |
16% |
| Nominal maximum cumulative error over complete linear
displacement |
2 steps |
Automatic XYZ Plate Loader
|
| Linear displacement of table: |
| travel, first horizontal axis (X) |
130 mm |
| travel, second horizontal axis (Y) |
130 mm |
| travel, first vertical axis (Z) |
48 mm |
| Nominal maximum cumulative error over complete linear
displacement |
0.1 mm |
| Length required on bench |
285 mm |
| Depth required on bench |
570 mm |
| Height in extended position |
340 mm |
| Weight |
6.5 kg |
| Time taken to dispense 96 well 1 drop experiment into e.g. SwissCI MRC 2 drop plate |
<10 min |
| Maximum speed: |
| X |
55 mm/s |
| Y |
55 mm/s |
| Z |
25 mm/s |
| The speed is software controllable and is fully
variable |
Chassis
|
| Width |
270 mm |
| Depth |
200 mm |
| Height |
450 mm |
| Weight |
8kg |
No. of Chassis Units
|
| OryxNano |
1 |
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OryxNano Minimum space required
|
Minimum space required for OryxNano in minimum depth configuration.
(Other configurations are possible)
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