Microplate Washer (10637)

ELx50 Filter Microplate Washer (FMW) features a syringe drive fluid-delivery system with automated vacuum filtration for unattended processing of 96-well filter bottom plates. Filter microplates must be aspirated from below to maintain the integrity of free-floating or loosely adherent materials within the microplate wells. Manual methods to wash filter microplates, including vacuum manifolds, cannot be adjusted to accommodate different fluid viscosities. The ELx50 FMW automates the process for consistent wash performance with improved %CV's. Its aspiration carrier may be adjusted for performance with filter pore sizes from 0.45 µm to 1.2 µm, as well as with varying fluid viscosities and plate designs. These features are important during vacuum filtration-to-waste processes such as PCR cleanup after DNA amplification, and are valuable when using multiplex microsphere assay technology.