I have come across the SpinVessel from V&P Scientific several times already. I was always interested but didn’t have a use case. This is changing now, therefore I would like to check if anyone on here already has experience integrating the device on a Hamilton STARlet and ideally if the use with partial loaded tips on the 1000 µl 96-head is feasible. Any hints and pointers regarding especially hardware integration and adapters is also much appreciated!
Hi Florian,
V&P has several different versions/sizes of their SpinVessel. See below for the 650mL version with the MPH96. I believe the 300mL is also compatible with the MPH96.
I hope this helps! Eager to hear from others who have implemented it!
-Eric
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Awesome! Is that a specialized deck adapter being used? APE or catalog?
It looks like a standard 6-track multiflex carrier, but it may have custom holes drilled. I can inquire further, but best to work with your local sales team.
Confirmed that these are custom parts and that the MPH96 is compatible with the 300 and 650 mL versions.
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Thank you, I will check with our local Hamilton representative.
Hello,
Was wondering if you ever installed the SV and how it went?
We just purchased the 300mL for 8-channel use and the 1L for stamping access on a Fluent. I’ve been having some difficulties and am interested if someone has additional experience.
Unfortunately not, the project was halted indefinitely. I am still interested to learn what the difficulties were - in case this comes up again in the future.
We have one, the controlling was a bit of a nightmare because the default driver did not work. But after fiddling about with HSLSeriallib we could get it to work. We have it working and validated. It’s the 650mL variant with a 96MPH. With proper teaching there were no more issues. I would advice to make the SV controlable rather than using the blunt hammer approch of having a fixed height.
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Thanks for your response here! Do you mind sharing about how close you are able to get the head into the bottom of the trough?
We were hoping to use the 300 trough with 1mL tips and keep it pretty low dead vol. but the 1mL tips tend to splay a bit. I can get close to the bottom and it works great for a while, then I tend to see tip lost errors. Raising them up above most projections seems to be the only way to not knock them at all. The smaller vol tips work much better with both our trough types, but the large vol tips would get this done much faster.
The 1L trough is easier to teach (without splayed tips) but again, smaller tips I can get nearly to the bottom without issue, but the larger vol tips have a different geometry and hit the projections too.
Did you ever try setting the SV for a few seconds, then stopping before aspirating? I’m struggling trying to balance the z heights for different tip types and how far down into the 1L trough we need to go while in motion since most of the reagent runs along the perimeter
Really just hoping you have some learnings to share
Thank you!!
Hi @Sampson
We are using 1mL tips and unfortunatly the decision to use a fixed height was done externally and thus set to fixed 2mm from bottom. The teaching of the 650ml Vessel is done with the “teaching plate” that has been supplied by the supplier and done to the absolute bottom + 0.5mm. In other words I do hit the little projections sometimes. But not as much. We haven’t seen any influence here on the collisions with 1000 µL tips. So I think you would be fine of using it that way.