- Capacity - 44 TO 20,000 MTP plate capacity.
- Compact - Smallest footprints in the industry.
- Superior environmental conditions through our proprietary IR Gas sensor, cassette Design, humidity, and temperature control.
- Wide temperature range from -80°C to 200°C.
- Fast - 6 second loading times.
- Clean - nWay Contamination prevention; a system approach.
- Water pan free - Sterile clean humidity injection system eliminates need for water pan.
- True orbital shaking - Only LiCONiC offers true orbital shaking from 1-6mm.
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LiCONiC offers the market's broadest selection of accessories. Because of LiCONiC's strong engineering, they are able to adapt to the markets requests and its demands for accessory solutions. It is LiCONic's policy to manufacture all of our products to your requests and therefor ensure the expected performance in your environment.
All members of the StoreX series store the plates in cassettes that can easily be handled through the big user door by the operator. Cassettes are available for various plate dimensions. Even customized sizes are available at only slightly extra cost. All-metal cassettes are also available.
The HT was designed for high throughput labs that need to transfer a large number of plates from one work station to the next. The design prevents spilling and dropping of compounds. The transport can hold 10 cassettes allowing the fast transportation of up to 430,000 compounds at one time. The seamless design allows for easy decontamination preventing contamination during transportation. Every cassette manufactured by LiCONiC fits this unit so there is no need to change design when your assays change.
The Manual Transfer Station Nest is intended for manual single plate feeding operation. This special nest has extra wide alignment cones for safe and simple placement of a plate into the transfer station nest. The Manual Transfer Station Nest includes a plate detection sensor for sensing plates placed in the Transfer Station Nest.
Universal Transfer Nest for one plate and common interface between the LiCONiC instrument and the surrounding system. The transfer nest will accept SBS format plates according. Specially developed alignment comes with optimized sliding properties will align plates for accurate transfer positioning. The transfer nest will correct for mis-alignment of over to +/- 2 mm.
The LiCONiC StoreX is available with a wide selection of transfer stations.
The flask transfer station allows the transport of "robo-flasks" and 175ml T Flasks to your tissue culture workstation. It is the only design for this type of transfer and work on the market. Automating your tissue culture process is now possible.
When stand-alone machines are placed under the table they can be provided with a lift station to transfer the plates to a external system. The lift station is normally in upper position, when handler loads or unloads a plate to the station the station goes to the load position.
The parallel slide station design allows a LiCONiC Unit to be integrated with an external liquid handler without the need of an additional robot. With its precise stopping point it ensures that the devices need to be taught only once for accurate load and retrieval of the storage plates. The transfer nest is spring loaded to ensure the longevity of the liquid handling tips.
The removable transfer station is available only for LiCONiC's STR Series. With its precise mounting point it ensures that the devices need to be taught only once for accurate load and retrieval of the storage plates. This transferstation can be detached from the storage unit for easy service and maintenance access especially for under the bench units.
The SA-Attachment Kit is required only for LiCONiC's STX44-xxSA and STT1000-Kiwi. Normally, the BT-Attachment Kit can be mounted on all LiCONiC incubators. However, the standard mounting position for the BT-Attachment is not available for LiCONiC's STX44-xxSA and STT1000-Kiwi. The kit can be used by customers who have changed the design of their work-station and need a standard solution for the next design generation.
The function of the slide station was designed for the use of non-articulating robotic arms that need additional clearance from the storage units. With its precise stopping point it ensures these devices need to be taught only once for accurate load and retrieval of the storage plates.
The Standard Transfer Station is a fixed station outside the StoreX system which can be accessed by the StoreX handler as well as by any external robotic system.
The Swap Station is mounted outside the StoreX system and consists of two transfer plates mounted on a swap drive rotating the transfer plates by 180 degrees. The swap station acts as a plate buffer and as a plate extension shuttle. The distance of the actual transfer position is increased by 145mm.
The Turn Station is mounted outside the StoreX system and rotates each microplate by 90 degrees before and after being accessed by the StoreX handler. Since the StoreX handler is transporting the microplate along its longer axis, this may be necessary if an external handling system requires the microplate in a different format.
The LiCONiC StoreX is available with a wide selection of options. By choosing the right options the StoreX can be optimized for almost all known applications. Our range of options is continuously growing.
A Barcode Reader can be installed on the Lift Assembly. It allows the reading of barcodes on plates stored in the stackers. Barcodes have to be printed on the shorter side of the plates and have to face outwards to the StoreX Lift Assembly.
With the LiCONiC Cascader your system will satisfy your need as your library grows. The Cascading approach allows to start automation at minimum upfront investment while leaving ways for later expansion. Furthermore, the LiCONiC Cascader gives you maximum flexibility for integration. Interface ports are compatible to the STX Series instruments therefore giving access to the world's largest selection of transfer stations and other accessories. No matter if you intend to grow to left or to the right or if you even want to add an additional robotic access port.
The Docking Shuttle feature allows multiple usage of one single port on an robotic integrated system. In addition, the Docking Shuttle feature eases service- and maintenance work by facilitating removal of the StoreX unit.
Easy clean on the STX44 allows you to slide out the entire handling.
For STX220 and STX 110, part of the base plate can be lifted.
n-Way Decontamination effectively eliminates contamination and keeps the incubation chamber free of unwanted germs, while being absolutely harmless to the valuable substances stored inside the incubation chamber and causing no harm to the sensitive parts of the robotics.
The RH Option allows the display and control of humidity inside the incubation chamber. A very high quality sensor is used in this option. Quality and accuracy of the sensor is maintained by the Swiss Federal Office of Metrology and the Swiss Accreditation Service.
Orbital Shaker for STZ44, STR44 Agile, Popular & Innovative
The new Service Pack 2 includes several innovative features that improve serviceability of the LiCONiC incubator family. These features provide our units to stay connected to the workstation while monitoring all functionalities of the system. This ensures the units never have to be re-aligned during preventative maintenance.
The new Liconel based StoreX Series is the market leading contamination prevention incubator family. Liconel technology combines the de-contaminating properties of copper ions with the advantage of extremely low aging effects as with stainless steel. This ensures long-term stability and will help your discoveries to be true and accurate.
The STF-Series is the first incubator for flasks of its kind.
The STF130 is designed to hold 130 Cell Culture 175 cm3 Straight Neck Flasks. The flasks are stored in cassettes inside the incubation chamber. Various temperature ranges from +04°C to +70°C are available. High, low or adjustable humidity options are available. The STF Series supports a variety of climate options.
The STL series is the ideal choice when a large storage capacity is needed. The STL series covers the field of 3'000 to 20'000 MTP capacity. The STL incubators use a unique design that copes with extremely frequent accesses while maintaining ultra-stable conditions inside the climate controlled chamber.
The STL5k is an extremely powerful entry system for small storage systems or large incubation applications.
The STR series is designed to give you a compact workstation without compromise to the functionality of the STX series. The STR44 and the STR240 delivers the sample through the top surface with our "periscope" lift so it can fit under any liquid handler deck or workstation and deliver straight onto the deck.
The STR44 is the smallest member of the STR family. The STR44 has the same width as the STX44 and the same depth as the STX220. Its 44 MTP capacity make it perfectly suitable of small-scale integration, highly miniaturized applications or short time incubation assays. You can use the cassettes for standard plates or the other plate sizes or - if needed - mixing up to two configurations. Throughput can be increased by using two transfer-station positions on the deck. The STR44's compact size makes it ideal for applications with room constraints.
This unit shares the same footprint as the STX220, but with greater capacity. The STR240 will hold up to 240 MTP with 23mm pitch. It's ideal for multiple cassette/sample configurations. The unit sits entirely under the workstation or liquid handler deck. Multiple transfer-station can be used to increase production and throughput. The STR240 is ideal for protein crystallization work because the carrousel can be stationary with the Star concept allowing the periscope the only moving part, reducing vibration and movement of the samples. While allowing full remote access on handling and climate functions, you are still able to manually access the cassettes and samples through the large front door for loading and unloading your product.
This unit was originally designed for high throughput protein crystallization. By using the Star concept it allows maximum capacity and configuration. The delivery gate can be on the rear right/left or in rear center. This allows the unit to be positioned in the desired location. Multiple gates are also possible. The STR602 features LiCONiC's new Flush Gate that simplifies integration by omitting any obstacle in the Gate area. The STR602 is ideal for protein crystallization work because the carrousel can be stationary with the Star concept allowing the inner rotation the only moving part, reducing vibration and movement of the samples.
The STS Series Incubators have been developed for the special needs in the novel field of Synthetic Biology research. The STS Series Incubators open entirely new possibilities when dealing with light-sensing components with distinct spectral properties. The STS Series Incubators incorporate a unique combination of a random access plate handling an a system of individually programmable light generators enhance automation of time-consuming experimental work, therefore boosting speed and efficiency of research work.
The STS15 is designed for integration where the instrument is located on the floor. The STS15 incubators have their handling and climate controls on the lower part of the instrument. In the upper compartment there is the complex programmable illumination. The robotic access gate is located on the upper part of the chamber. This configuration optimizes laboratory table space. The unit can easily be put in position without the need of placing the unit on a table.
The STX-Series is the most widely used and the most complete solution for controlled environmental automated storages in laboratory automation.
The STX44 is the smallest member of the STX family. Its 44 MTP capacity make it perfectly suitable of small-scale integration, highly miniaturized applications or short/long time incubation assays.
The STX44-xxSA (StandAlone) is designed for integration where the instrument is located on the floor. The STX44-xxSA incubators have their handling and climate controls on the lower part of the instrument. The robotic access Gate is located in the upper part of the housing. The SA configuration does not require table space and an SA configured StoreX can easily be put in position without the need of placing the unit on a table.
The STX44-xxBT (BenchTop) configuration is designed for integration where the StoreX is located on a table or on the top of another unit. This configuration has the handling and climate controls on the top side of the instrument. The robotic access Gate is located on the lower side of the instrument. The STX44-xxBT version is available as Flush Front or as Flush Back version. The Flush Back configuration is used when the instrument is placed against the wall of another device such as a clean bench. For all other applications the Flush Front is used.
The STX44-xxITBT (BenchTop) is designed for crystallization applications and integrations where the instrument is located on a table. The incubators have their handling controls on the lower part of the instrument. All vibration sources such as compressor are separated from the incubation chamber. The robotic access gate is located in the lower part of the housing. For very space effective arrangements the STX44-xxITBT can be placed on top of an STX44-xxITSA.
This option is a further minimization of the IT option. Within this option the whole electronics is placed in a seperate box away from the units body. It was developed when even the IT option could not create enough clearance.
The STX44 Side Gate configuration is designed for seamless integration at the side of other equipment whilst user door facing to the front. As all the LiCONiC STX44 systems, the STX44 Side Gate unit is available in BT (Bench Top) and SA (Stand Alone) configuration. Whereas the BT version has located the controls and climate at the top of the unit for placement on a bench, the SA version has the controls and climate located at the bottom of the unit for placement on the floor.
The STX110 is the world's smallest carrousel based automated incubator. The STX110 instruments are available for integration with the instrument placed on the table surface (BenchTop BT) or for integration with the instrument standing on the floor (StandAlone SA). The combination of a StandAlone configuration with a BenchTop allow these units to be stacked.
The STX110-xxSA (StandAlone) is designed for integration where the instrument is located on the floor. The STX110-xxSA incubators have their handling and climate controls on the lower part of the instrument. The robotic access gate is located in the upper part of the housing. The SA configuration does not require table space and an SA configured StoreX can easily be put in position without the need of placing the unit on a table.
The STX110-xxSA (StandAlone) is designed for integration where the instrument is located on the floor. The STX110-xxSA incubators have their handling and climate controls on the lower part of the instrument. The robotic access gate is located in the upper part of the housing. The SA configuration does not require table space and an SA configured StoreX can easily be put in position without the need of placing the unit on a table.
The STX110-xxBT (BenchTop) configuration is designed for integration where the StoreX is located on the table surface or on top of another unit. This configuration has the handling and climate controls on the top side of the instrument. The robotic access gate is located on the lower side of the instrument.
The STX220 is the classical 198MTP-size incubator improved with increased 220 MTP capacity and newly implemented Flush Gate. The newly developed handling with higher speeds, spring loaded instead of counter weight, and flush gate improves the overall performance of the unit. This unit can be stacked one on top of the other to give high throughput results. The Flush Gate simplifies integration by omitting any obstacle in the Gate area.
The STX220-xxSA (StandAlone) is designed for integration where the instrument is located on the floor. The STX220-xxSA incubators have their handling and climate controls on the lower part of the instrument. The robotic access Gate is located on the upper part of the housing. The SA configuration does not require table space and an SA configured StoreX can easily be put in position without the need of placing the unit on a table.
The STX220-xxBT (BenchTop) configuration is designed for integration where the StoreX is located on the table surface or stacked on another unit. This configuration has the handling and climate controls on the top side of the instrument. The robotic access Gate is located on the lower side of the instrument.
The newly developed handling with higher speeds, spring loaded instead of counter weight, and a flush gate improves the overall performance of the unit. The Flush Gate simplifies integration by omitting any obstacle in the Gate area. The STX500 Series supports a wide temperature and humidity range available as IC (Incubation), HC (high humidity cold storage), DC (dry, low humidity cold storage, HR (high humidity wide temperature range incubator), DR (dry, low humidity wide temperature range storage), and AR (adjustable humidity). The mechanical dimensions of all STX500 are identical and independent of any Climate Options.
This model offers high capacity while maintaining the same compact footprint of the STX220. The STX500 is ideal for high throughput labs with space constraints. The STX500 is available in three configurations. Double Decker carrousel with standard 540mm cassettes allowing 440 MTP capacity for maximum comfort for manual handling of cassettes. An optimized configuration using 540 cassettes on the lower deck and 680 cassettes on the upper deck will increase capacity to 500 MTP while maintaining comfort and safety of manual operation. Capacity can be increased to 530 MTP using 1200 mm Stackers making it the leader in its class.
The STX1000 is the largest carrousel based incubator of the StoreX series. Like the STX500 the STX1000 can be configured as double Decker carrousel allowing 880 MTP using 2x2 levels of standard 540 stackers or 1000 MTP using 680 stackers on the upper deck or configured as single deck using 1200 stackers maximizing its capacity to 1060 MTP. Despite its large capacity, the STX1000 with its 770mm depth and 1970mm height will still fit through any laboratory door or in any maintenance elevator. The wheels lock into place to ensure stability at the workstation. The STX1000 Series supports a wide temperature and humidity range. Namely the STX1000 is available as IC (Incubation), HC (high humidity cold storage), DC (dry, low humidity cold storage, DF (Deep Freezer), HR (high humidity wide temperature range incubator), DR (dry, low humidity wide temperature range storage) and AR (adjustable humidity). The mechanical dimensions of all STX1000 are identical and independent of any Climate Options.