Automated Consumable Management

Plate Hotels and Automated Labware Management Devices

Laboratory plate hotels and labware management devices eliminate manual consumable management and restocking. Incorporate into a Nucleus automation infrastructure, integrate with a Prime automated liquid handler, or combine with third-party devices.

MicroServe High-Density Labware Handler

High Daily Sample Throughput

MicroServe is our highest density automated, sequential microplate and tip box delivery system, with easily swappable stackers and capacity of up to 770 plates or 154 tip boxes in fourteen laboratory hotel racks or bulk stackers. 

NanoServe Labware Handler

Medium Daily Sample Throughput

NanoServe is an automated, sequential stacker storage solution for your microplates and tip boxes, with easily swappable stackers.

PicoServe Benchtop Labware Handler

Low Daily Sample Throughput

PicoServe is our smallest automated random-access labware storage device, with capacity for up to 48 microplates.

Stationary Plate Hotels

Inter-Device Sample Park Positions

Integrate stationary laboratory plate hotels as convenient intermediary park positions with random access shelves between active workflow devices to prevent time-consuming errors including device deadlock.

Essential Overview

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Integrates Well with Others

Stationary laboratory plate hotels and automated lab storage and stacking devices are compatible with Nucleus automated infrastructure systems, including FlexPod and FlexCart, Prime automated liquid handlers, and third-party automated systems and liquid handlers.

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Grab and Go

All laboratory plate hotels offer portrait and landscape accessibility. NanoServe and MicroServe pitch stackers are interchangeable and may be mixed and matched in a single unit. PicoServe plate hotel pitch stackers offer 8 pitch and 12 pitch configurations.

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Hotels and Stackers

Any combination of up to four (NanoServe) or fourteen (MicroServe) hotels or plate stackers may be easily loaded and removed. PicoServe features up to four hotels with full random access or 'first in, first out' bulk stackers.

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Effortless Management

Power automated plate hotels through Cellario whole lab workflow automation software. In addition to smooth workflow scheduling and walkaway convenience, full Cellario control ensures that all devices in your network are optimally configured and managed.

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White Glove Treatment

HighRes lab automation experts and authorized technicians devote great attention to the service and maintenance of your impeccable HighRes products. By doing so, you can be sure that your vital automated workflow progresses with little to no downtime.

Features

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COMMUNICATIONS
Hardware Compatibility

Automated laboratory plate hotels are FlexCart and MicroDock compatible for convenient Nucleus automation infrastructure integration. They also offer convenient Ethernet communications with SiLA2 compliant drivers.

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SIMPLE GUI
User Convenience for All

Users of any skill level can navigate the point-and-click graphical interfaces on NanoServe and MicroServe. Setup, teaching, and operation follow intuitive logic.

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LABWARE VARIETY
Consumable Compatibility

All plate hotels offer ambient conditions and are compatible with most ANSI/SLAS-compliant labware including standard height microplates and deep-well plates.

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STANDARD PLATE HOTEL OPTIONS
Three Pitch Styles

Standard and Gen2 pitches offer a maximum 57 mm plate height while the low-density pitch allows plates up to 114 mm high.

Specifications, Labware Capacity

PicoServe NanoServe MicroServe
Hotels/Stackers: 4 slots 4 slots 14 slots
1536-Well Plates: Non-random access stackers: 172
Random access hotels: 48
320 1120
96-/384-Well Plates: Non-random access stackers: 118
Random access hotels: 48
220 770
Deepwell Plates/Tip Boxes: Non-random access stackers: 22
Random access hotels: 24
44 154

Specifications, General

PicoServe NanoServe MicroServe
Dimensions (H x W x L): 787 x 495 x 495 mm
(31 x 20 x 20 in)
914 x 635 x 533 mm
(36 x 25 x 21 in)
889 x 787 x 889 mm
(35 x 31 x 35 in)
Weight, Empty: n/a n/a 61 kg
(135 lb)
Weight, with Stackers: 17 kg
(38 lb)
46 kg
(101 lb)
92 kg
(202 lb)
Power: 100/240VAC
50/60 Hz
100/240VAC
50/60 Hz
120/240VAC
50/60 Hz
Communications: Ethernet Ethernet Ethernet

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FAQs

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We do not recommend mixing plates of different heights in the same stacker. Also, we do not recommend mixing unlidded and lidded plates in the same stacker.

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MicroServe and NanoServe unload microplates in a first-in/last-out (FILO) sequence, while PicoServe can unload plates in a random-access format.

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