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Hamilton Incubator Shaker
The Hamilton Incubator Shaker (HIS) incubates and shakes several plates at once, in independent slots. Hamilton states it pairs with their automated liquid handlers and that multiple HIS units may be added to increase throughput.
At a glance
Section titled “At a glance”| Temperature control | 4 °C above ambient to 60 °C |
| Shaking speed | Up to 1200 rpm |
| Shaking orbit | 3 mm orbital |
| Plate height | Up to 48 mm |
| Capacity | Up to four independent slots, by configuration |
| Revolution control | Set temperature, set shaking speed, set duration, start, read status |
Specifications
Section titled “Specifications”Hamilton publishes the following dimensions for the Incubator Shaker.
| Height | 33.4 cm (1 ft, 1.15 in) |
| Width | 18 cm (7.09 in) |
| Depth | 27.4 cm (10.79 in) |
Configurations
Section titled “Configurations”Hamilton offers three configurations, chosen by labware type:
- 4 lidded microplates
- 2 lidded microplates + 1 lidded deep-well plate
- 2 lidded deep-well plates
Instrument features
Section titled “Instrument features”- Fork mechanism — an integrated automated loading mechanism that lets CO-RE Paddles on the liquid handler load and unload plates without additional grippers
- Real-time temperature logging, which Hamilton describes as ensuring consistent conditions throughout a run
- Hamilton notes the unit minimises evaporation and shields samples from light
Hamilton lists genomics, nucleic acid extraction, PCR set-up, NGS library prep and single cell analysis as common applications.
Supported methods
Section titled “Supported methods”- Set temperature — set the target incubation temperature
- Set speed — set the shaking speed
- Set time — set the duration for the operation
- Start — begin incubating and shaking with the values already set
- Get status — read the unit’s current state, so a schedule can wait on it
Integration
Section titled “Integration”Revolution talks to the HIS over a serial connection, and the device carries a configured plate type.
Prerequisites
Section titled “Prerequisites”- The unit must be cabled to the Revolution host and its COM port known before the device is initialised.
- The configured plate type must match the labware and the unit’s configuration — a deep-well configuration and a microplate method are not interchangeable.
Device configuration
Section titled “Device configuration”| Property | Purpose |
|---|---|
| COM port | Serial port the unit is connected on |
| Plate type | Plate type the device is configured for |
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