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Freestyle Automated Sample Prep Instrument

The new FREESTYLE system is the most adaptable robotic equipment for sample preparation currently available on the market. With its nearly universally applicable system range, numerous processing steps can be elegantly automated. The FREESTYLE system takes on daily routine tasks in the laboratory, but also offers the user the unique opportunity to combine specific working steps that were previously carried out individually.

FREESTYLE SPE Module: The FREESTYLE SPE system is suitable for the fully automated processing of the most diverse column formats. The technology is unique:

    • One rack for different SPE columns: Different columns can be combined in any fashion. Adaptation is achieved through choosing the respective adapter. Different adapters are available for different sized columns.
    • Handling of both open as well as closed (e.g. IAC) columns is possible
    • Sample processing directly on the robotic arm under positive or negative pressure
    • Simple method set-up through pre-determined single steps, which can be arbitrarily combined and parametrized individually:
      • Conditioning
      • Emptying (e.g. let buffer drain off from immunoaffinity columns)
      • Loading: a variety of options for loading the sample onto the column
      • Washing
      • Drying the SPE cartridge with ambient air or nitrogen stream
      • Elution with various solvents, with multiple repetitions, and into different containers
    • Any combination of methods and/or columns within a sample list is possible
    • Various – almost unlimited – possibilities of using different containers for any type of sample or for filling of the eluate

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FREESTYLE EVAporation Module:
The FREESTYLE EVAporation system is suitable for the fully automated evaporation of many samples – if you wish overnight or over the weekend. The novel FREESTYLE technology:

    • allows for free end-volume selection of between 0.2 mL and 5.0 mL (automatic calibration),
    • individually for each sample,
    • combines the rotary evaporator technology (vacuum) with gentle blowing off with nitrogen (optional),
    • allows an automated solvent exchange liquid/liquid or to dryness (optional),
    • results in a concentrate, precisely bottled or dispensed in aliquots in free-selected glasses (e.g. closed GC vials).

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FREESTYLE GPC Module: The FREESTYLE GPC module facilitates the upgrade to a fully automated chromatographic sample preparation system (gel permeation chromatography), as is used for example for clean-up of food, animal feed and environmental samples. It complies in all areas with the requirements of general methods, e.g. DFG S19, EPA 3640A, AOAC 984.21, EN 1528 and more. The module consists of a preparative LC-double piston pump with all its advantages e.g. minimizing pulsation. With a flow rate of say 5 mL/min, the preparative pump incurs only a small load and is consequently particularly low maintenance.

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Be sure to visit www.freestyle-robotic.com for more details, configurator, and applications