Biomek i-Series Automated Workstations feature built-in tower cameras.

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Suitable for use in genomics, pharmaceutical and academic customers, Biomek i-Series Automated Workstations are designed with 1 mL multichannel pipetting head for streamlining sample transfer. Supporting Windows 10 software, product comes with exterior status light bar and internal LED light. Unit features spacious, open platform design for accessing in all directions. Device is provided with light curtain and off-set rotating gripper.

Original Press Release:

Beckman Coulter Life Sciences ‘Green Lights’ Innovation with Biomek i-Series Automated Workstations

Next-Generation Liquid Handling Platform Designed to Meet Evolving Workflow Priorities

Beckman Coulter Life Sciences re-emerges as an innovator in automated liquid handling solutions with today’s introduction of the Biomek i-Series Automated Workstations, at the 2017 international conference of the Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening in Washington D.C.

“Beckman Coulter Life Sciences is renewing its commitment to innovation, our partners and our customers with the introduction of the Biomek i-Series Automated Workstations,” said Demaris Mills, vice president and general manager, Beckman Coulter Life Sciences. “The platform is specifically designed to enable continuous innovation to help our customers meet the ever-changing demands of life science research by delivering improved levels of simplicity, efficiency, adaptability and reliability.”

This is the first major addition to the company’s family of Biomek liquid handling platforms in more than 13 years; and marks a significant period of investment in research and development for the company since it became part of the Danaher global portfolio four years ago.

Extending the Biomek portfolio of automated liquid handlers, the i-Series enables a broader range of solutions for genomics, pharmaceutical, and academic customers. It takes the best of what has already made Biomek an industry-leading brand, combined with additions and enhancements directly inspired by customer input from around the world. The company carried out a worldwide dialogue with customers to identify both the overall direction for future product innovation as well as pinpointing key priorities.

“The challenge of being able to handle evolving workflow priorities – and walk away with confidence knowing that remote access would make 24-hour monitoring, from any location, a reality – were identified as crucial factors,” Mills pointed out.

Additional notable features and accessories include:

• Exterior status light bar simplifies your ability to monitor progress and system status during operation.
• Biomek light curtain provides a key safety feature during operation and method development.
• Internal LED light improves visibility during manual intervention and method start-up, reducing user error.
• Off-set, rotating gripper optimizes access to high-density decks leading to more efficient workflows.
• Large-volume, 1 mL multichannel pipetting head streamlines sample transfers and enables more efficient mixing steps.
• Spacious, open-platform design offers access from all sides, making it easy to integrate adjacent-to-deck, and off-deck processing elements (such as analytical devices, external storage/incubation units, and labware feeders).
• Built-in tower cameras enable live broadcasting and on-error video capture to expedite response time if intervention is needed.
• Windows 10-compatible Biomek i-Series software provides the most sophisticated pipetting techniques available including automatic volume-splitting, and can interface with third-party and all other Biomek support software.

The Biomek i-Series Automated Workstations are available in two decks sizes and various pipetting configurations. For more information or to request a quote, visit biomek.beckman.com or contact your local representative.

Beckman Coulter Life Sciences Beckman Coulter Life Sciences develops, manufactures and markets products that simplify, automate and innovate complex biomedical testing. For more than 75 years, our products have been making a difference in people’s lives by improving the productivity of medical professionals and scientists, supplying critical information for improving patient health and delivering trusted solutions for research and discovery. Scientists use our life science research instruments to study complex biological problems including causes of disease and potential new therapies or drugs. For more information, visit beckman.com.