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Padayatti PS On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 10:46 AM, Phil Bourne <[email protected]> wrote: > The Biomek 2000 is capable of setting up screens. It can handle viscous > liquids if the liquid level sensing tools are combined with very slow > pipetting. My experience with Biomek 2000 systems is that it is not quicker > to prepare anything with them. Their advantage comes in reproducibility and > consistency. The Interface is quite outdated but fairly easy to use once > you > get the hang of it. As with any system it will only do what it has been > programmed to do, so you need to be very careful making sure every step of > the method is correct. This can be time consuming for a long method but > once > it is done, it is done. > > Maintenance is a lottery. I have worked with four of these systems. Some > required a lot of maintenance, some hardly any. It seems to be a matter of > luck. We did not do maintenance ourselves, we had a service contract so I > cannot say how difficult maintenance is. > > Good luck, > > Phil Bourne > > -----Original Message----- > From: CCP4 bulletin board [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Anton > Meinhart > Sent: Monday, December 09, 2013 8:25 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [ccp4bb] Experience with Biomek 2000 liquid-handling system > > Dear all, > > does anyone have experience in using a Biomek 2000 liquid-handling system > for preparing screens? How does it perform with viscous solutions > - e.g. PEGs? How difficult / time consuming are programming and > maintenance? > > Your help is highly appreciated. > > Toni Meinhart > -- P
