Overview

Q-Stacker: The Q-Stacker is a true First-In-First-Out plate stacker for continuous and sequential cycling and queue staging of microtitre plates. The compact package runs manually as well as automatically for robotic applications such as with the Peak KiNEDx Robot.

Mechanism: The simplistic patent-pending mechanism is based on a vertical plate accumulator that loads plates from the bottom and presents them for removal at the top. A single servomotor powers the entire stacker giving it much of its simplicity and reliability.

Software: Automatic control is easily accomplished using a small set of serial commands. In addition, the Q-Stacker can be run as a stand-alone device using the manual push-button switches.

Controller: No separate controller is required. All electronics and serial buffer reside onboard and a single serial cable connects between the stacker and optional PC.

Applications: The Q-Stacker is designed for demanding applications requiring batch processing of microtitre plates or multiple room-temperature incubations such as with cell-based assays. The Q-Stacker can often replace much larger random-access Carousel and Hotel storage schemes.

Patent Pending

Feature/Benefit Summary

First-In-First-Out Cycling
    • Cycles plates in repetitive sequence
    • Great for continuous batch sequence
Queue Staging
    • Plates wait in queue
    • First plate in is first plate out
Multiple plate sizes
    • Standard SBS microplates
    • Deep well plates
Room Temperature Incubation
    • Cell Based Assays
    • Repetitive time periods
Automatic or Manual
    • Manual sequence buttons
    • RS-232 connection
    • Fully automatic
    • Robot accessible
    • Simple Commands

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