• Resuspend settled material or microorganisms

• Transfer liquid from a deep well microplate to a 96 well microplate

• Transfer liquid to a deep well microplate from a 96 well microplate

• Blot liquid from a deep well microplate onto membranes

• Make high density arrays on membranes

• Condense four 96 deep well microplates into one 384 well microplate

• Expand one 384 well microplate to four deep well microplate

41 mm Long Grooved Pin Replicator (96 Deep well Replicator), aluminum base, autoclaveable and flammable, pin diameter = 2.77 mm, ~6 ul delivery volume.

The pins on the VP 403F are too large to fit into 384 well microplates so it is not recommended to reformat libraries from 96 to 384 wells.

Deep Well LIBRARY COPIER™ Registers Deep Well Replicator to deep well microplates, centers pins in wells to prevent hanging drop from being knocked off.  Fits all the Deep Well MULTI-BLOT™ Replicators.....VP 381A

LIBRARY COPIER™ Converter Registers Deep Well Replicator to 96 & 384 well microplates & Omni Trays to convert deep well libraries to 96 or 384 well microplate libraries or to make arrays on Omni Trays.  Fits all the Deep Well MULTI-BLOT™ Replicators.....VP 381B

Grooved Pin Deep Well Replicator Kit contains one VP 408B, two VP 381A, one VP 381B, one VP 425A pin cleaning brush.....VP OK9A
 

The most important aspect of using pin tools is to start with clean pins and then keep them clean so they will consistently deliver the same volume.  We recommend our Pin Cleaning Solution (VP 110) to clean the pin of protein and other residue buildup before you start an assay.  To quickly and efficiently remove the previous transfer from the pin we have a wide variety of manual and robot wash reservoirs ranging from disposable polypropylene reservoirs (VP 576D) to reusable wash reservoirs, flowing reservoirs and fountains to clean  96, 384 and 1536 pin tools.  The robot wash stations are also adapted so the blotting station is part of the washing station thus reducing the cleaning cycle time and the number of robot stations required for the cleaning process.  We also have other independent blotting stations (VP 540D) and VP 522.

Integral to the cleaning process of all pins is the blotting step between baths.  Lint particles in the slots or on pin tips, from standard paper towels, will interfere with the loading and unloading of liquid.  We have solved this problem.  The VP 540DB blotting system is a tray with the standard microplate foot print that contains a super absorbent polypropylene pad covered by a Lint Free Blotting Paper.  We strongly recommend that you use this or our other lint free blotting systems.