Automated colony picker with individually controlled pins

Image-guided microbial colony selection and transfer, with independent motorised pin actuation and laser-based pin calibration.

Technical summary with specifications and configuration choices.

Features

Independent motorised control of a 96-pin head adjusts picking to colony position.
Laser calibration aligns the picking pins before transfer.
Select colonies by size, shape, proximity, colour or optional fluorescence.
Supports picking, plate replication and re-arraying workflows.

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Automated colony picker with individually controlled pins — Technical specifications
Throughput	Up to 4,000 colonies/hour; protocol-dependent
Picking head	96 independently motorised pins; interchangeable heads
Picking accuracy	Above 99% under the specified test conditions
Pin material	Interchangeable stainless steel
Pin cleaning	Three static wash baths and halogen drying
Source capacity	Up to five 90 mm plates
Source formats	90/100/150 mm dishes, 128 × 86 mm trays, 125/245 mm square dishes
Destination capacity	Picking: four plates; replication/re-arraying: up to eight plates
Destination formats	96/384-well shallow or deep plates; PCR plates
Imaging resolution	100 pixels/mm
Detectable colony size	Down to 200 µm in the published configuration
Field of view	54.75 × 36.52 mm
Illumination	Transmitted illumination and darkfield; optional blue, green, red or custom fluorescence
Cleanliness	UV germicidal illumination; optional HEPA filtration
Dimensions (W × D × H)	1200 × 784 × 910 mm
Power input	220–230 V AC, 50/60 Hz

Choose source and destination plate formats, picking pins and cleaning protocol.
Specify fluorescence channels, HEPA filtration and automation interfaces where required.

Throughput and picking accuracy depend on colony morphology, plate format, cleaning protocol and selection settings.

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