Ultimate thermal and shaking control

The modules enable you to integrate heating, cooling and shaking steps into your automated workflow, reducing manual intervention for longer walk-away times and greater lab productivity. They provide precise and uniform temperature control across a large temperature range, and quiet and efficient orbital shaking, supporting assay reproducibility and accurate results.

How it works

Extend automation into heating, cooling and shaking protocols to enhance operational standards and maximize lab throughput.

Overview

COLDPLATE offers precise and uniform temperature control from 0-99 °C, and BIOSHAKE offers precise shaking up to 3000 rpm. The BIOSHAKE 3000-T combines this capability with accurate heating.

Reliable high performance

The modules offer dependable operation over extended periods, making them suitable for demanding laboratory tasks and giving researchers confidence in the accuracy of their results.

Compact and robust design

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These robust modules boast compact footprints that require minimal floor area in the laboratory and do not need an external control unit.

Integration with INTEGRA's pipetting platforms

The modules can be programmed with VIALAB pipette automation software for use on the ASSIST PLUS, using the connection cable provided. VIALAB offers predefined temperature and shaking steps, simplifying the programming process for users and enabling convenient control. Corresponding cables and footprint adapter are provided with each unit. Effortlessly manage modules loaded onto VIAFLO 96 or VIAFLO 384 instruments via your PC, with the user-friendly software interface HCS Control.

Labware flexibility

Adapters accommodate different labware formats and samples, offering versatility for multiple different applications in the laboratory

Sustainability through longevity and plastic reduction

The longer you can use a device, the better it is for the planet. At INTEGRA, we design our products to ensure low wear and easy serviceability. Moreover, we offer consumable solutions that are low in plastic, for both reservoirs and pipette tips.

Learn more about our sustainability initiatives and goals.


Uses and Applications

PCR set-up
Active cooling of samples and mastermix ensures PCR success.

Using active cooling with COLDPLATE in a PCR set-up ensures master mix stability and sample integrity throughout the pipetting process. This precise temperature control enhances the reliability and reproducibility of PCR, contributing to more accurate and consistent results.

Mixing
Shaking ensures efficient sample mixing.

BIOSHAKE 3000 efficiently mixes reagents with gentle and consistent agitation over long time periods, ensuring thorough homogenization of the components.

Enzymatic reactions
Controlled temperature and shaking optimize enzymatic reactions.

In enzymatic reactions, simultaneous shaking and temperature incubation are crucial for optimal performance. BIOSHAKE 3000-T proves ideal for these processes, by combining temperature controlled conditions with continuous agitation, ensuring efficient enzyme activity and reaction uniformity.

Tech info
Find here a quick overview of the product specifications. More detailed information can be found in the download-section below.

Moving liquids in a precise and productive way is core to many tasks of laboratory professionals in the life sciences industry. Since 1965, INTEGRA has been dedicated to developing solutions for pipetting and media preparation, which fulfill the needs of our customers in research, diagnostics and quality control. It is our passion to work side by side with our customers to understand their problems and answer their needs with innovative products. In order to do this, we maintain our own sales and support organizations in several North American, European and Asian countries, as well as a network of over 100 highly trained distribution partners worldwide.

INTEGRA’s engineering and production teams in Zizers, Switzerland and Hudson, NH USA strive to develop and manufacture instruments and plastic consumables of outstanding quality. In recent years, we have focused on developing a new and technologically advanced range of lab devices, which are simple to use and meet the ergonomic needs of our customers. Today we are proud to offer the widest product line of pipettes in the market, spanning a range from single channel mechanical pipettes up to 384 channel electronic benchtop instruments.