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Our apricot pipette tips and consumables are designed to work in perfect combination with the apricot automated pipettors. Manufactured exclusively by SPT Labtech for our apricot instruments, the apricot EZ-load and AL tips deliver optimal liquid handling precision and accuracy.
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All apricot pipette tips are produced to the same high-quality standard:
Filters made from ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMW-PE)
Collars made from polypropylene
There are two ranges of apricot tips: EZ-load and AL (automatic load). The AL tips are used exclusively with the apricot DC1.
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Instrument
EZ-load tips
AL tips
apricot S1
Yes
No
apricot S3
Yes
No
apricot PP5
Yes
No
apricot DC1
No
Yes
apricot iPP (legacy product)
Yes
No
EZ-load tips use a proprietary sealing mechanism to create an airtight seal between the tip and pipetting core. Conventional pipette tips rely on either an O-ring coupling or deformation coupling between the tip and a pipette shaft. By contrast, EZ-load tips achieve a robust and reliable seal by clamping the tip head flange directly against an elastomer mat at the bottom of the core. Tips are conveniently arrayed in plastic collars for easy handling and insertion into the head.
The EZ-load tip technology has several key advantages:
Use 24/96/384-channel (full-head) tip arrays to carry out simultaneous transfers of samples between plates, e.g. to copy or stamp samples. All liquid transfers in the tip array are identical, carrying the same transfer volume and making use the same piston speeds.
Full tip arrays are therefore an ideal tool to achieve accurate and repeatable pipetting results for large numbers of samples. Note that 24-channel arrays are labelled "offset" (OS) because they couple to an offset of channels on the 96-channel core.
Use 8/16/12/24-channel strip tips (partial tip arrays) to pipette by row, column, or plate. Strip tips carry the same pipetting tips as full tip arrays but differ by coupling to just a subset of core channels.
Strip tips are ideal tools for reagent distribution from reservoirs to plates, or to create sample serial dilutions. Strip tips require the use of either serial dilution heads (15/50/125 µL tips) or a head balance (plastic insert or second strip tip; 250/550/1000 µL tips).
The images below provide context to the low-volume and high-volume tip dimension breakdowns.
EZ-load low-volume tips
EZ-load high-volume tips
Tip dimension details
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Tip geometry
125
50
15
Overall tip length
54.8mm
48.8mm
35.6mm
Max well depth
45.5mm
39.6mm
26.3mm
Outer orifice diameter
1.02mm
0.81mm
0.64mm
Inner orifice diameter
0.46mm
0.30mm
0.30mm
Volume range (NS/S)
1-125µL
0.5-50µL
0.5-15µL
Volume range (FS)
1-100µL
0.5-35µL
N/A
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Tip geometry
1000
500
250
Overall tip length
89.8mm
77.2mm
77.0mm
Max well depth
46.9mm
47.0mm
46.8mm
Outer orifice diameter
1.27mm
1.27mm
1.27mm
Inner orifice diameter
0.79mm
0.79mm
0.79mm
Volume range (NS/S)
10-1000µL
5-500µL
5-250µL
Volume range (FS)
10-850µL
5-400µL
5-200µL
Our interactive apricot tip builder helps you identify the tip part number you need. Tip part numbers are a combination of four codes separated by hyphens: tip volume, channel type, tip type and tip sterility. See the interactive table below to identify the tip part number you need based on your product, compatible core, head type, dispense range, channel type and sterility.
AL (automated load) tips allow automated tip loading and unloading on compatible instruments. This gives the user greater walkaway time in multi-step protocols, which may require multiple tip changes. All AT-load tip types are arrayed into boxes of 96 tips and the instrument head picks up the number of tips specified in the protocol. AL tips have a conventional tip to head coupling that is similar to the type used in manual air displacement pipettes.
The images below provide context to the low-volume and high-volume tip dimension breakdowns.
AL low-volume tips
AL high-volume tips
Tip dimension details
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Tip geometry
125
50
15
Overall tip length
54.8mm
48.8mm
35.6mm
Max well depth
45.5mm
39.6mm
26.3mm
Outer orifice diameter
1.02mm
0.81mm
0.64mm
Inner orifice diameter
0.46mm
0.30mm
0.30mm
Volume range (NS/S)
1-125µL
0.5-50µL
0.5-15µL
Volume range (FS)
1-100µL
0.5-35µL
N/A
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Tip geometry
1000
500
250
Overall tip length
89.8mm
77.2mm
77.0mm
Max well depth
46.8mm
47.0mm
46.9mm
Outer orifice diameter
1.27mm
1.27mm
1.27mm
Inner orifice diameter
0.79mm
0.79mm
0.79mm
Volume range (NS/S)
10-1000µL
5-500µL
5-250µL
Volume range (FS)
10-850µL
5-400µL
5-200µL
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384-125
Volume Range
Heads
Tips
Serial Dilution Heads/Inserts
Serial Dilution Tips (Strip Tips)
SP-C-384-125
0.5-125µL
SP-384-A-01-0125
125-384-EZ-NS/S/FS
050-384-EZ-NS/S/FS
015-384-EZ-NS/S
SP-384-A-01-125-SC
125-016-EZ-NS/S/FS
050-016-EZ-NS/S/FS
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96-125
Volume Range
Heads
Tips
Serial Dilution Heads/Inserts
Serial Dilution Tips (Strip Tips)
SP-C-096-125
5-125µL
SP-096-A-01-0125
125-096-EZ-NS/S/FS
050-096-EZ-NS/S/FS
015-096-EZ-NS/S
SP-096-A-01-0125-SC
125-008-EZ-NS/S/FS
050-008-EZ-NS/S/FS
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96-550
Volume Range
Heads
Tips
Serial Dilution Heads/Inserts
Serial Dilution Tips (Strip Tips)
SP-C-096-500
1-500µL
SP-096-A-01-0500
550-096-EZ-NS/S/FS
250-096-EZ-NS/S/FS
550-024(OS)-EZ-NS/S/FS
096-A-01-EZL-550-SC
(w/SP-096-01-0500)
550-008-EZ-NS/S/FS
250-008-EZ-NS/S/FS
1-125µL
SP-096-A-01-0125
125-096-EZ-NS/S/FS
050-096-EZ-NS/S/FS
015-096-EZ-NS/S
SP-096-A-01-0125-SC
125-008-EZ-NS/S/FS
050-008-EZ-NS/S/FS
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96-1000
Volume Range
Heads
Tips
Serial Dilution Heads/Inserts
Serial Dilution Tips (Strip Tips
SP-C-096-1000
5-1000µL
SP-096-A-01-1000
1000-096-EZ-NS/S/FS
096-A-01-EZL-1000-SC
(w/SP-096-01-1000)
1000-008-EZ-NS/S/FS
5-500µL
SP-096-A-01-0500
550-096-EZ-NS/S/FS
250-096-EZ-NS/S/FS
550-024(OS)-EZ-NS/S/FS
096-A-01-EZL-0500-SC
(w/SP-096-A-01-0500)
550-008-EZ-NS/S/FS
250-008-EZ-NS/S/FS
5-125µL
SP-096-A-01-0125
125-096-EZ-NS/S/FS
050-096-EZ-NS/S/FS
015-096-EZ-NS/S
SP-096-A-01-0125-SC
125-008-EZ-NS/S/FS
050-008-EZ-NS/S/FS
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384/125
Volume Range
Heads
Tips (096/384 channel)
Serial DilutionHeads/Insertsby Column
Serial Dilution Tips(StripTips)
PPA-384-M
0.5-125μL
384-A-01-EZL-SL
(M513-401-0700B)
125-384-EZ-NS/S/FS
050-384-EZ-NS/S/FS
015-384-EZ-NS/S
384-A-01-EZL-SC
(M513-403-07CM)
384-A-01-EZL-SC-12
(M513-403-07DC-1/12)
125-016-EZ-NS/S/FS
050-016-EZ-NS/S/FS
84-A-01-EZL-SL-096
(M513-501-0700B)
(96 ch offset)
125-096-EZ-NS/S/FS
050-096-EZ-NS/S/FS
015-096-EZ-NS/S
384-A-01-EZL-SC-13
(M513-403-07DC-1/13)
384-A-01-EZL-096-SC
(M513-203-07CM
(8 ch offset)
125-008-EZ-NS/S/FS
050-008-EZ-NS/S/FS
384-A-01-EZL-SR
(M513-403-07RM)
125-024-EZ-NS/S
050-024-EZ-NS/S
384-A-01-EZL-096-SR
(M513-203-07RM)
125-012-EZ-NS/S
050-012-EZ-NS/S
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96/125
Volume Range
Heads
Tips (096/384 channel)
Serial DilutionHeads/Insertsby Column
Serial Dilution Tips(StripTips)
PPA-96L-M
0.5-125μL
096-A-01-EZL-SL
125-096-EZ-NS/S/FS
096-A-01-EZL-SC
125-008-EZ-NS/S/FS
PPA-96L-H
(M519-401-0700B)
050-096-EZ-NS/S/FS
015-096-EZ-NS/S
(M519-103-07CM)
050-008-EZ-NS/S/FS
096-A-01-EZL-SR
125-024-EZ-NS/S
(M519-103-07RM)
050-024-EZ-NS/S
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96/550
Volume Range
Heads
Tips (096/384 channel)
Serial DilutionHeads/Insertsby Column
Serial Dilution Tips(StripTips)
PPA-96H-M
1-550μL
096-A-01-EZL-SL-550
(M519-455-1000B)
550-096-EZ-NS/S/FS
250-096-EZ-NS/S/FS
550-024(OS)-EZ-NS/S/FS
096-A-01-EZL-550-SC
(w/096-A-01-EZL-SL-550)
550-008-EZ-NS/S/FS
250-008-EZ-NS/S/FS
1-125μL
096-A-01-EZL-SL
(M519-401-0700B)
125-096-EZ-NS/S/FS
050-096-EZ-NS/S/FS
015-096-EZ-NS/S
096-A-01-EZL-SC
(M519-103-07CM)
125-008-EZ-NS/S/FS
050-008-EZ-NS/S/FS
096-A-01-EZL-550-SR
(w/096-A-01-EZL-SL-550)
550-012-EZ-NS/S/FS
250-012-EZ-NS/S/FS
096-A-01-EZL-SR
(M519-103-07RM)
125-012-EZ-NS/S
050-012-EZ-NS/S
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96/1000
Volume Range
Heads
Tips (096/384 channel)
Serial DilutionHeads/Insertsby Column
Serial Dilution Tips(StripTips)
PPA-96E-M
5-1000μL
096-A-01-EZL-SL-1000
(M519-410-1400B)
1000-096-EZ-NS/S/FS
096-A-01-EZL-1000-SC
(w/096-A-01-EZL-SL-1000)
1000-008-EZ-NS/S/FS
5-500μL
096-A-01-EZL-SL-550
(M519-455-1000B)
550-096-EZ-NS/S/FS
250-096-EZ-NS/S/FS
550-024(OS)-EZ-NS/S/FS
096-A-01-EZL-550-SC
(w/096-A-01-EZL-SL-550)
550-008-EZ-NS/S/FS
250-008-EZ-NS/S/FS
5-125μL
096-A-01-EZL-SL
(M519-401-0700B)
125-096-EZ-NS/S/FS
050-096-EZ-NS/S/FS
015-096-EZ-NS/S
096-A-01-EZL-SC
(M519-103-07CM)
125-008-EZ-NS/S/FS
050-008-EZ-NS/S/FS
096-A-01-EZL-1000-SR
(w/096-A-01-EZL-SL-1000)
096-A-01-EZL-550-SR
(w/096-A-01-EZL-SL-550)
1000-012-EZ-NS/S/FS
550-012-EZ-NS/S/FS
250-012-EZ-NS/S/FS
096-A-01-EZL-SR
(M519-103-07RM)
125-012-EZ-NS/S
050-012-EZ-NS/S
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384/125
Volume Range
Heads
Tips (096/384 channel)
Serial Dilution Heads/Inserts by Colum
Serial Dilution Tips (Strip Tips)
0.5-125μL
384-A-01-EZL-SL
(M513-401-0700B
125-384-EZ-NS/S/FS
050-384-EZ-NS/S/FS
015-384-EZ-NS/S
384-A-01-EZL-SC
(M513-403-07CM)
384-A-01-EZL-SC-12
(M513-403-07DC-1/12)
125-016-EZ-NS/S/FS
050-016-EZ-NS/S/FS
384-A-01-EZL-SL-096
(M513-501-0700B)
(96 ch offset)
125-096-EZ-NS/S/FS
050-096-EZ-NS/S/FS
015-096-EZ-NS/S
(M513-403-07DC-1/13)
384-A-01-EZL-096-SC
(M513-203-07CM)
(8 ch offset)
125-008-EZ-NS/S/FS
050-008-EZ-NS/S/FS
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96/125
Volume Range
Heads
Tips (096/384 channel)
Serial Dilution Heads/Inserts by Colum
Serial Dilution Tips (Strip Tips)
0.5-125μL
096-A-01-EZL-SL
(M519-401-0700B)
125-096-EZ-NS/S/FS
050-096-EZ-NS/S/FS
015-096-EZ-NS/S
096-A-01-EZL-SC
(M519-103-07CM)
125-008-EZ-NS/S/FS
050-008-EZ-NS/S/FS
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96/500
Volume Range
Heads
Tips (096/384 channel)
Serial Dilution Heads/Inserts by Colum
Serial Dilution Tips (Strip Tips)
1-500μL
096-A-01-EZL-SL-550
(M519-455-1000B)
550-096-EZ-NS/S/FS
250-096-EZ-NS/S/FS
550-024(OS)-EZ-NS/S/FS
096-A-01-EZL-550-SC
(w/096-A-01-EZL-SL-550)
550-008-EZ-NS/S/FS
250-008-EZ-NS/S/FS
1-125μL
096-A-01-EZL-SL
(M519-401-0700B)
125-096-EZ-NS/S/FS
050-096-EZ-NS/S/FS
015-096-EZ-NS/S
096-A-01-EZL-SC
(M519-103-07CM)
125-008-EZ-NS/S/FS
050-008-EZ-NS/S/FS
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96/1000
Volume Range
Heads
Tips (096/384 channel)
Serial Dilution Heads/Inserts by Colum
Serial Dilution Tips (Strip Tips)
5-1000μL
096-A-01-EZL-SL-1000
(M519-410-1400B)
1000-096-EZ-NS/S/FS
096-A-01-EZL-1000-SC
(w/096-A-01-EZL-SL-1000)
1000-008-EZ-NS/S/FS
5-500μL
096-A-01-EZL-SL-550
550-096-EZ-NS/S/FS
250-096-EZ-NS/S/FS
550-024(OS)-EZ-NS/S/FS
096-A-01-EZL-0500-SC
(w/096-A-01-EZL-SL-550)
550-008-EZ-NS/S/FS
250-008-EZ-NS/S/FS
5-125μL
096-A-01-EZL-SL
(M519-401-0700B)
125-096-EZ-NS/S/FS
050-096-EZ-NS/S/FS
015-096-EZ-NS/S
096-A-01-EZL-SC
(M519-103-07CM)
125-008-EZ-NS/S/FS
050-008-EZ-NS/S/FS
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