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XactII™ Compact Microarrayer

Full-featured microarray system meets mid-range throughput requirements for printing microarrays of various soluble molecules on glass, plastic, membrane substrates and into wells of microplates. The system applications range from personal use to mass microarray production.

Part Number 001A - XactII Glass Slide Configuration

Part Number 011A - XactII Microplate Configuration

XactII Data Sheet PDF  

HIGHLIGHTS
- Compact and portable

- Can be converted for glass slide or microplate printing (purchasing of optional items required)

- Features all options available in the high-end systems humidification, throughput, precision. ( purchasing of optional items required to obtain all capabilities)

- Ideal for grouped production arrayer use, fast and versatile

- Shipped calibrated.

- Zero heat emission in the operational area

- Smart distributed control electronics
- Operates with proprietary composite printing pins

- Includes microarray design software

- Integrated with microarray image processing and data analysis tools

- Capable of printing arrays on the bottoms of 96-well plates.

- Prints up to 25x25 spot arrays on bottom of standard 96-well plates with Xtend metal-ceramic printing pins.

SPECIFICATIONS

Performance
- Printing Method: Contact printing. Proprietary head and printing pins are available. The system can accommodate heads from other vendors.
- Number of printing needles: 1-16 in various patterns with the standard LabNEXT printing head. The control software can work with any printing pattern in case of using printing heads of other vendors.
- Needles spacing: 4.5 mm, 9 mm for 384 and 96 well plates correspondingly.
- Slides capacity: 14 slides. Any number of them can be used for pre-spotting.
- Source plates capacity: 1 plate.

- Source plates formats compatibility: 96, 384, 1536 plates
- Slide locks: independent. The system can accommodate from 1 to 14 slides in any positions.
- Needles cleaning technology: fluid stream washing, vacuum drying.
- Print layouts: up to 3 identical microarrays at a slide. Pick-up and spotting repetitions.
- Throughput: 40 sec per print cycle (Print cycle: Wash, Dry, Pick-up, Pre-spot, Deposit at 13 slides). 384 well plate can be printed in 7-8 min with 16 needles

- Environmental Control: on-board electronic humidifier (optional item).  Maintains relative humidity inside the system cabinet in the range of 40-80% with 2% precision.

Mechanical
- Accessible operating area: L 295mm, W 170mm, H 70mm
- Resolution: X, Y - 0.002 mm, Z - 0.005 mm (spacing between two nearest possible spots)
- Absolute accuracy: X, Y - 0.05 mm, Z - 0.01 mm. (accuracy of positioning the most remote from the origin spots within the work area)
- Repeatability within the same run: X, Y - 0.006 mm, Z - 0.01 mm (accuracy of returning to the same spot without run interruption.)
- Repeatability after  run interruption: X, Y - 0.01 mm, Z - 0.01 mm (accuracy of returning to the same spot after the system has been stopped and re-initialized)

Environmental
- Dimensions: W18" X D14" X H9" (457mm X 355mm X 229mm)
- Power supply: 110V-220V AC
- Lab facilities: Vacuum. Portable vacuum pump can be used.
- Computer interface: USB
- Computer requirements: Windows 2000/XP, USB port.

SOFTWARE FEATURES

Visual plate annotation

It is easy to compose plate annotation with the plate image rendered on the computer screen. For plates filled by a liquid handling equipment plate annotation file can be imported into the LabNEXT software. Annotated plates stored in the system repository and can be used for different microarrays.

Visual source plates repository

Annotated plates stored in the system repository and can be used for different microarrays.

Visual Microarray Design

The system allow preview of the microarray layout. At the design stage it is possible to define printing pattern, spot repetitions and pickup sequence and other important parameters of the microarray. The software offers manual and automated methods of microarray design. In the automated mode the most rational use of microarray surface prompted. Once created the microarray design can be saved in the computer repository and used for other printing jobs.

Visual microarray and prespotting substrates placement