Der Dosierkopf VTOE war die erste von Festo selbst entwickelte modulare Komplettlösung, um kleinste Flüssigkeiten schnell und genau zu dosieren. Damit war Festo in der Lage, den Kunden ein Gesamtsystem für das Liquid Handling inklusive Kinematik anzubieten. Dabei kommt das Funktionsprinzip (“Pressure-over-liquid”) „druckgesteuertes Dispensieren“ zum Einsatz.
The media-separated solenoid valves VYKA and VYKB and the media-separated pneumatic valve VZDB open up completely new applications beyond those in laboratory automation. These include adding flavourings to food products and feeding ink in the printing industry, cleaning cow teats, controlling fluids in dental chairs and vaccinating eggs in the incubation process.
The valve control module VAEM is another LifeTech product that offers very diverse application options. It can switch a wide range of solenoid valves and it makes child's play of parameterising all holding current reduction values. This makes it very easy for you to configure your own individual dispensing solution, from a single channel to a 12-channel dispense head and valve control module VAEM.
The LifeTech development team in Boston, USA, has developed the new dispense head VTOI which is capable of dispensing to eight outlets via a single inlet. Furthermore, the VTOI can also be used for pipetting, i.e. withdrawing liquids from a particular source and dispensing them elsewhere. All in all, this contributes greatly to further accelerating key processes in laboratory automation. The team in Boston is also working on a complete pipetting system as well as decentralised pressure/vacuum generation. Festo is opening up more and more opportunities and new perspectives for manufacturers to make precision liquid handling even more efficient.