Multichannel Pipettes
Sartorius multichannel pipettes are optimal for laboratory tasks that require precise amounts of liquid dispensing across multi-well plates. Offered in 8 or 12-channel formats, multichannel pipettes allow users to maintain uniformity, increase productivity and minimize ergonomic concerns. With mechanical and electronic options available, it is easy to tailor multichannel pipetting to your precise needs.
Multichannel Pipette Features
Accurate Results
Laboratory applications often require the pipetting of small amounts of liquid, exactly and repeatedly. Multichannel pipettes – particularly electronic pipette models – ensure high accuracy and precision by significantly reducing human variance.
Maximum Efficiency
Multichannel pipettes offer multiple dispensers to make pipetting quick and easy. Dispensing uniform amounts of liquid simultaneously reduces errors, speeds up tasks and maximizes the productivity of your laboratory.
Ergonomically Sound
Multichannel pipettes are more ergonomic to use than single channel for projects requiring uniform pipetting across multiple wells. Time saved on pipetting reduces repetitive strain load on user, guaranteeing maximum user comfort.
Explore the Multichannel Pipette Portfolio
Discover the Picus® 2 Electronic Pipette
Picus® 2 pipettes ensure reliable, repeatable pipetting results and feature an unbeatable ergonomic design that is kind to your hand. It is as intuitive to use as a mechanical pipette but offers more advanced options for experienced users. Picus® 2 electronic pipettes are equipped with Bluetooth connectivity, which allows users to connect to the Sartorius Pipetting mobile app, as well as integrate their pipettes to other existing systems.
Tacta and Proline Plus Mechanical Pipettes
Sartorius mechanical pipettes are appreciated for their ergonomics, ease of use, and reliability. Choose Tacta® when only the best is enough, while Proline® Plus offers robustness and reliability for everyday use.
Tacta® Perfectly balanced
Tacta® makes pipetting effortless and safe, while producing accurate and reliable results time after time. It is designed to feel great in your hand, and it is easy and comfortable to use. All materials used for Tacta® have been carefully selected, and each component is designed to meet the highest standards. Multichannel pipettes are available from 0.5 µL up to 300 µL volume.
Proline® Plus
Proline® Plus mechanical pipettes offer comfort and quality for your everyday manual pipetting. It combines durable construction with ease and lightness of use. Easy volume adjustment with click stop system and big, forward facing, volume display help the user always to choose correct volume. Multichannel pipette range is from 0.5 µL to 300 µL.
Frequently Asked Questions
Single-channel pipettes are great when you need to pipette to and from different kinds of tubes and vessels. Also, for large volume pipetting (1.2-10 ml), single-channel pipettes are the only choice. However, when you work with a large number of samples in 96-well or 384-plates, the multichannel pipettes are a better option.
Check that the position of the multichannel pipette lower part can be rotated 360 degrees to ensure that pipetting can be performed ergonomically. Make sure that the multichannel pipette provides fast, secure, and simultaneous tip loading for all tips. It should be possible to mount the tips evenly without excessive force. Check also that the tips can be easily ejected.
Mechanical multichannel pipettes can be autoclaved as they are, no need to disassemble. Electronic pipette lower ends (excluding 1,200µL models), meaning housing for 8 or 12 channels, can be autoclaved when separated from the main body.
Perhaps the most important factor compared to single-channel pipettes is to make sure to utilize channels equally. What that means is to apply same amount of force for each channel when loading tips, utilizing spring loaded tip cones will help with this. Having the tips in the same level is crucial for aspiration and dispensing accuracy and repeatability. Also immersing all the tips same amount into liquid improves channel to channel variance.
The operating techniques, or modes with electronic pipettes, are exactly the same. The main difference is to remember equal loading of tips and equal immersion depth during aspiration.
