PLANT GRINDING & POWDER FEEDING SYSTEM
An easy-to-operate, automated system for grinding and dispensing plant sample into vials.
Grinding biomass into a fine powder for downstream analysis is needed to investigate plant physiology. Labman have manufactured a number of these systems, and this latest system takes our room-temperature grinding systems to a whole new level.
The system picks an input tube and places it into the grinder. The grinding module shakes the tube causing the ball bearings to pulverize the contained plant sample. After grinding, the system then de-clogs and pierces the input tube and places it into the feeding station.
An output tube is placed directly below the input tube; the feeding station vibrates the input tube to disrupt the ground sample, thus causing it to fall through the pierced hole and into the output tube below. The weight dispensed is monitored by a 4-place balance. The weight is recorded to an output file, which is easily exportable, before the system returns both the tubes to their specific racks.
Key Features.
Grinding
Ball mill grinding
Powder Feeding
Feed up to 100mg with a tolerance of +/-0.5mg
Capping/Decapping
Automatic capping and decapping of output tubes
Range of Output Types
Different output formats – replication, sequential and custom
Throughput
576 output tubes in 24 hours, plant material dependant
Multiple Tube Types
20ml or 2ml Input tubes
