SpotBot® Titan High-Capacity Microarrayer

Arrayit SpotBot® Titan High-Capacity Microarrayer, 5 µm positional accuracy, linear encoded motion control, lightweight aerospace composite materials, environmental enclosure, 48 patented microarray printing pins, professional series printhead, 144 glass substrate slides (1 x 25 x 76 mm), three standard microplates, wash and dry station, megasonic pin cleaning, humidity control, accessory control module (ACM), air compressors for humidification and pin drying, substrate slide L-bracket locators (12 each), wash buffer and waste container carboys, humidification carboy, SuperEpoxy 3 substate slides (6 x 25 each), MSP 2X printing solution (4 x 50 ml), wash buffer (20 x 1 liter), power supply and USB cable, user-friendly design wizard software, factory pre-calibration, BioBlue mini personal computer, 22” LED monitor and power supply, keyboard, mouse, mouse pad, Internet cable, wireless antennae and power cord.

SpotBot® Titan System Specifications and Features

• SpotBot® Titan systems build on the 10-year SpotBot® Microarrayer legacy
• High-capacity microarray manufacturing systems
• Space-age high performance alloy compostion
• Cool motor technology for reliable and economical operation
• Postional repeatability of ±5 µm provides uniform spot spacing for easy quantification
• High-speed manufacturing at an affordable price
• Highly recommended for all ex situ microarray manufacturing applications
• Manufacture oligonucleotide, cDNA, carbohydrate, antigen, antibody, peptide, and reverse phase microarrays
• Speed gene expression, genotyping, serum profiling and other life science applications
• Study human, mouse, rat, Drosophila, Arabidopsis, C. elegans, yeast, bacteria and viruses
• Supports VIP genotyping and other diagnostics applications
• Heavy duty overhead gantry offers precision, speed and durability
• Arrayit patented contact printing technology (U.S. 6,101,946) provides IP protection
• Arrayit printing technology installed in more than 3,800 laboratories worldwide
• Printing technology based on 14 years of commercial success starting in 1997
• Deck capacity of 136 standard glass substrates and 8 pre-prints (25 x 76 mm)
• Printhead holds 48 microarray printing pins in a 4 x 12 pattern at 4.5 mm spacing
• Professional series printhead micro-machined to ±1.3 µm (0.00005”) for unsurpassed precision
• Professional series printhead reduces friction by 90% for printing on membranes and gel surfaces
• Deck accommodates three 384-well microplates for throughput and ease-of-use
• SBT Protein Edition includes liquid cooling of entire deck from ambient to 4°C
• SBTPRO enables antigen, antibody, peptide, lysate and reverse phase protein microarrays
• All systems include humidity control from 10-80% relative humidity
• Humidity control speed of 5% RH per minute and ±1% at steady state
• Humidity control minimizes sample evaporation and ensures precise spot diameters
• All systems include megasonic wash station for high efficiency pin cleaning
• Printhead compatible with entire line of Stealth, 946, Green, and Professional microarray pins
• Deck compatible with entire line of Arrayit substrate slides
• Printed microarrays compatible with entire line of Arrayit microarray scanners
• Printed microarrays compatible with entire line of Arrayit labeling and purification kits
• Printed microarrays compatible with entire line of Arrayit hybridization, wash and blocking buffers
• Printing routines allow up to five technical replicates per sample
• Print 10,000 samples onto 144 substrate slides in less than 24 hours
• Print up to 250,000 samples onto each 25 x 76 mm substrate slide
• Systems utilize the latest Windows 7 operating system
• All systems include Arrayit BioBlue Bioinformatics Computer
• All systems include LED flat panel display, keyboard, mouse and mouse pad
• Systems are compatible with all standard 120-volt and 220 volt outlets
• Intuitive graphical user interface and design wizard makes programming fast and easy
• Robot size (L x D x H): 114 x 76 x 31 cm (45 x 30 x 12")
• Robot weight excluding accessories: 36 Kg (80 lbs)
• Private label and OEM agreements available for volume purchases
• World’s finest and most affordable high-capacity microarrayers
• Compatible with class 1 cleanrooms for cleanroom manufacturing applications
• Arrayit cleanroom gloves, wipes, cleansuits, and particle counters highly recommended
• Platen liquid cooling maximizes cooling uniformity, speed and efficiency
• Advanced robotics ensure performance and reliability
• Forced air stream pin drying enhances pin cleaning and sample loading
• Moderate buffer consumption of less than 3 liters per hour
• Minimal air turbulance and humidity control greatly minimizes sample evaporation
• Instrument and accessory vibration dampeners permit printing in virtually any laboratory setting
• SBT systems arrive pre-calibrated and ready to use
• Customer installation time of 2.5 hours
• All installations include comprehensive technical support by Arrayit staff