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We make Instrument Robots for medical and scientific instruments.

We help Original Equipment Manufacturer's (OEMs) rise above the competition with the best technology and the lowest cost.

We focus on the robot so you can focus on your business.

Our robots are fully featured XYZ motion systems for moving micro plates, glass slides or other payloads around inside your instrument. Each robot is highly integrated and optimized for size, enabling the most compact instrument possible. We have standard designs or we can work to your design specifications to meet your performance requirements.

Featured below: 2nd generation robot with X, Y, and Z axis utilizing a screw drive system for those who need higher accuracy.

High Accuracy Screw Driven Plate Handler

Pictured Above: XYZ Robot with drive and control board mounted to base plate

Motors and Encoders

The robot uses Nema 8 size motorized lead-screws to drive each axis. These stepper motors as pictured include 1000 PPR encoders. Each lead-screw has a 2 mm lead.

This combination allows for very accurate positioning.

Features

Our robot moves a microplate to your dispensing tip or optical lens. Precision movement to the center of each well eliminates any chance of cross well contamination.

The design allows you to reach every well position while maintaining the smallest footprint within your instrument.

Footprint

	mm	(in.)
Side to Side:	215	(8.5)
Front to Back:	250	(9.8)
Height:	75	(2.9)

Travel or Stroke

	mm	(in.)
X-axis:	110	(4.3)
Y-axis:	170	(6.7)
Z-axis:	20	(0.8)

Payload capacity is 250 grams (about 0.5 lbs).

Pictured Above: Robot wiring simplified via Flexible Flat Cable (FFC) and Flexible Printed Circuit Board (FPCB)

Product Pre-wired

Power and Sensor data all within one Flat Flex Cable (FFC) to make unit more compact and simplify wiring and cable management.

End of travel sensors embedded in Printed Circuit Boards (PCBs) in close range to magnets.

Magnet or flags integrated into the machined structure to eliminate alignment issues and increase reliability.

Very Low Profile Height - approximately 75 mm (2.9 inches)

Compact Drive & Control Package

Fits neatly within the robot footprint, PCB approximate size: 90 x 60 x 18 mm.

Controller by Nippon Pulse America

4-Axis Motion Controller Data

Motion Control:

Linear interpolation (two to four axis)
Coordinated motion
Absolute or incremental positioning

Programming:

BASIC-like programming language (A-SCRIPT)
Compile, read and write standalone programs
Communication port: USB 2.0 and RS-485

Power:

+24 VDC Power Input

OEM Plate Handling Robot Requirements

We can make custom OEM systems with high accuracy and precision for a wide range of microplates from 96 wells to 1536 wells to custom plate configurations.

Below is a short list of data we require to start a design process:

Length of Travel for Each Axis
Travel Sensor Requirements
Accuracy Requirements
Type of Payload (i.e., micro plate) and weight
Envelope Size within which the robot must fit

At full travel the micro plate holder can easily reach outside your instrument.

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