Agilent BenchCelMicroplate Handler
Automate your microplate assay workflows

BenchCel Microplate Handler

The Agilent BenchCel microplate handler is a compact,
automated system that can be integrated with BioTek plate
washers, dispensers, plate readers and imagers, enabling
automated workflows for a variety of applications. The
high-speed robot has capacities to meet a broad range ofthroughput requirements, and its modular design provides
the flexibility and scalability required to accommodate many
diverse laboratory applications.
Open, flexible platform automates a variety of workflows

BenchCel fully automates workflows between several Agilent BioTek liquidhandling, detection and imaging instruments, including:– Agilent BioTek MultiFlo FX multimode dispenser– Agilent BioTek EL406 washer dispenser– Agilent BioTek Synergy Neo2 hybrid multimode reader– Agilent BioTek Cytation 5 cell imaging multimode reader– Agilent BioTek Epoch 2 microplate spectrophotometer2

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Scalable configuration allows integration of multiple
instruments into a single benchtop system

ELISA workflow automation
Set up and process

Analyze

Export

The BenchCel microplate handler with an EL406 and Synergy Neo2 can batch process
several ELISA plates. Automated plate washing, reagent addition, and absorbancemeasurements facilitate the process to get results quickly.

Several stack sizes: variety of vessels

BenchCel’s convenient front-loading stacks can be used in a wide variety ofenvironments: benchtop, hood, biosafety cabinet. They accommodate a variety ofmicroplate types including deep well plates.

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Powered by the Agilent VWorks software

Flexible scheduling software

Agilent VWorks software offers an intuitive graphical interface and dynamic schedulingcapabilities. Users can create and run protocols and forms, and monitor progress of theirworkflows from VWorks.

Applications
Automated ELISA workflows

A typical automated ELISA workstation includes the BenchCel plate handler, the BioTek
EL406 washer dispenser and Synergy Neo2 multimode reader. An automated ELISA
workstation is versatile, accommodating many application workflows.

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Applications (cont.)

Automated add and read assays

Normalized signal

1.0

MTT

0.5

Calcein AM
CellTiter-Glo

0.00

10000

20000

30000

40000

Cells added/wellWith the BioTek MultiFlo FX multimode dispenser and Synergy Neo2 hybrid multimodereader, the BenchCel system can meet a range of throughput requirements in applications
using fluorescence, absorbance, and luminescence.

Automated cell fixation, staining and imaging

For automated cell fixing, staining and imaging protocols, the BenchCel is integrated
with MultiFlo FX and Cytation 5. This setup is versatile to meet a range of throughput
requirements.

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Technical Details

GeneralMicroplate types

ANSI/SLAS standard microplates, deep well plates

Throughput

BenchCel is available in two-stack or four-stack versions for a range of throughput requirements

Stack height/capacity (14 mm plates)

660 mm (26”)/47
250 mm (10”)/17
860 mm (34")/61

Stack type

Front-loading; when opened, rack accepts stack of plates for efficiency and convenience

Instrument compatibility

Synergy Neo2 hybrid multimode reader, Cytation 5 cell imaging multimode reader,
Epoch 2 microplate spectrophotometer, EL406 washer dispenser, MultiFlo FX multimode dispenser

SoftwareAgilent VWorks, integrated with Agilent BioTek Gen5 microplate reader and imager software andLHC2 microplate reader and imager software

Safety features

Safety shield, emergency-stop pendantSensors

Plate-presence sensor, rack-presence sensor, plate orientation sensor

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