Plate Sealers

Thermo Scientific plate sealers are designed to work with multiple sealing formats included heat seals, adhesive seals and thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) cap mats. Our range of sealing equipment is designed to meet the needs of any lab from basic research to high throughput automated handling operations.

Choose from a range of plate sealing equipment

Whether you require high throughput or high precision heat sealing, or reliable adhesive seals or cap mat Thermo Scientific has a solution for your application

	SuperSealer	ALPS 50V-Manual Heat Sealer	ALPS3000 Automated Microplate Heat Sealer	ALPS5000 Automated Microplate Heat Sealer

Applications	Applying individually cut adhesive seals and cap mats to plates and racked tubes. Provides individual sealing options for liquid handling and single tube accessiblity in addition to sealing entire plates and blocks for storage	Designed to provide sealing consistency in low to medium throughput labs. Heat sealing offers superior sample protection of storage and reaction plates in applications including compound storage, sample archiving and PCR. Accomodates a wide range of heat seals including pierceable, optically clear and permanent. Semi-manual operation	High throughput plate heat sealing applications where scale up to automation integration may be desired.	High throughput plate heat sealing applications where scale up to automation integration may be desired. Does not require an airline or vacuum source for operation. Reduced noise.
Compatibility	Microplates, deep-well blocks and racked storage tubes	Microplates	Microplates	Microplates
Applies	Matrix SepraSeal mats, CapMats, any pre-cut adhesive tape seal	Heat seals from individual sheets	Heat seals from roll stock	Heat seals from roll stock
Throughput	Low	Low to medium	High	High
Automation Compatible	No	No	Yes	Yes
Programming Options	None	Sealing temp and time	Sealing temp and time	Sealing time, temperature, force, foil length and sealing distance
Saving Protocols	No	No	No	Yes
Energy saving mode	No	No	No	Yes
Speed	10-15 second/plate, block or rack of tubes	10-15 second/plate	10 plates/minute	3 plates/minute
System requirements	Power supply 110-240V	Power Supply 100-130V – T3.15A (IEC 127) or 220-240V – T1.6A (IEC 127)	Air Supply 50L/min@80-87psi	Power supply 110 to 240V 50/60Hz

Improved High Throughput with Cost-Saving Results

The cost of high-throughput sample processing with automated liquid handlers (ALH) is an expense most labs can't afford. This new workflow solution is designed to save costs and improve the number of samples processed per week. In the revised workflow, the Multidrop Combi Dispenser replaces the aspiration and dispense step. Instead of using a pipette for a mixing step, this is replaced by sealing the microplate, shaking for ~30 seconds, and spinning for ~30 seconds. With the dispensing speed of the Multidrop Combi Dispenser and with the 4 plate positions of the Compact Digital Microplate Shaker, labs can process 4 plates per reagent faster than it would take using an ALH.

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