At Compamed, Festo will showcase the new CECC-AX controller in a liquid-dispensing application. It combines PLC programming with Python, enabling the flexible implementation of various functions in the smallest of spaces. This makes the controller ideal for use in compact benchtop devices and subsystems—such as in sample preparation, pre-analytics, or the automated handling of liquids and consumables.

Seeds are the new gold. Why is that? Plant-based foods can feed an ever-growing world population. But climate change, pests and diseases threaten plant breeding. To help develop resistant seeds and make them available to agriculture, plant breeders need vast amounts of DNA. That is precisely why Synchron Lab has developed the "DNA factory", which is automated with handling gantries, electric axes, pneumatic grippers and sensors from Festo.

If there’s one thing the corona pandemic has taught us, it is that laboratories place tremendous importance on high sample throughput rates. Even with highly qualified laboratory personnel, this demand can no longer be met. There’s no getting round the automation of laboratory processes. That’s why MolGen in the Netherlands developed PurePrep TTR, which can prepare 320 patient samples per hour for molecular downstream processing. And the Dutch company uses laboratory-specific automation technology from Festo.

Dispensing, aspirating, pipetting – precision is a must when handling very small volumes of liquid. So how do specialists in laboratory automation manage to meet their quality requirements reliably and efficiently, even with high throughputs? How do they achieve reproducible results and avoid contamination? The Life Science webinar from automation specialist Festo provides clear answers to these and many other questions. When? On Wednesday, 16 June 2021, from 3:30 to 4:30 pm (CET) at the following link: https://festo.com/liquidhandling-webinar