Has anyone explored using third party tip options on the i-series? It appears that 40ul tips are the smallest volume offered by Beckman for the span-8. However, I was perusing the Labware Type Editor on Biomek and came across some instances where non Beckman tips have been used.
I know no one in our lab group has experimented using anything other than Beckman brand tips. I’m guessing these definitions have found their way onto our install via imports by Beckman FAS.
If third party tips are feasible, I would be curious to explore the ability to use smaller volume and more importantly shorter tips. One of our workflows currently uses 40ul tips to transfer 7ul to high density fluidic labware (similar to 384) which is located on a Positive Positioner ALP. It seems that the combination of tip length and slight variation of probe alignment tends to create a scenario where one or more tips have a tendency to clip/collide the top of the labware.
