Positive displacement technology

Innovative, automated positive displacement technology revolutionizes liquid handling and enables efficient, accurate, low volume pipetting and dispensing, irrespective of liquid class.

Enabling fast, accurate low volume liquid handling

Achieving accurate low volume pipetting and dispensing can be difficult, especially when handling viscous liquids or other challenging materials. Novel positive displacement technology from disposable tips underpins our portfolio of liquid handling products.  Positive displacement technology is defined by the fact that the piston, moving the liquid in and out of the tip for aspiration and dispensing, comes into direct contact with the liquid itself. This piston based pipetting action results in highly accurate liquid handling across a very broad volume and viscosity range.

Walk-up-and-use technologies streamlines user experience
Walk-up-and-use technologies streamlines user experience

The user-friendly instruments and software interface are accessible for even novice users, minimizing operator training time and simplifying setup.

Disposable pipettes ensure integrity
Disposable pipettes ensure integrity

Disposable pipettes guard against cross-contamination, assuring the integrity of your data and the quality of your research outcomes.

No liquid classification requirements
No liquid classification requirements

Positive displacement technology delivers exceptionally accurate dispensing, irrespective of liquid type.

Robust performance maximizes uptime
Robust performance maximizes uptime

With disposable tips, piston-based direct liquid displacement, and no reliance on pressure systems or valves, the technology is designed for robust performance and maximum uptime, even in demanding environments.

Choice of pipettors and dispensers
Choice of pipettors and dispensers

Our portfolio of positive displacement instruments offers best in class liquid handling. From low volume pipettors that can aspirate, dispense and mix even challenging samples, to non-contact dispensers that can rapidly fill stacks of plates, our innovative instruments address a wide range of application needs.

Repeatable and efficient
Repeatable and efficient

Automated liquid handling solutions provide accurate, repeatable and reliable results every time, increasing productivity and improving data quality.

Positive displacement pipetting products

Our mosquito and dragonfly instrument ranges harness positive displacement technology enabling faster, more accurate liquid handling for genomics, drug discovery and protein crystallography applications.

dragonfly®

dragonfly discovery enables innovative, low volume reagent dispensing across a broad range of applications including genomics​, assay development, and 3D cell cultures. Highly repeatable and accurate low volume dispensing, rapid large volume dispensing, and ultra-low dead volumes allow researchers to minimize reagent costs, save time, and standardize assays for superior quality data.

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mosquito®

mosquito’s unique nanoliter liquid handling technology enables you to perform ‘traditional’ liquid handling tasks at a fraction of the volume, and at higher speeds. The instrument uses positive displacement, disposable micropipettes to handle low volumes  of liquid in plate to plate, or intra plate transfers using contact dispensing. Each of mosquito’s disposable micropipettes has its own individual piston, without air gaps or system liquid, for true positive-displacement pipetting.

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