Description
The Modular Engineered Reconfigurable Robot Laboratory Integrated Network (MERRLIN) is an architecture for automated laboratories based on reconfigurable elements for sample manipulation, proactive safety and instrument interfacing utilising standardised data handling and security techniques.
Uses / Applications
1. Load the robot with sample cups that are pre-filled with sample, the robot then loads and unloads them into the rheometer and performs the analysis.
2. Load the robot with empty samples cups and pre-filled disposable syringes. The robot picks the syringe barrel, decaps it, dispenses the sample into a rheometer cup, recaps the syringe barrel and then loads/unloads the rheometer as in mode 1.
Technical highlights
• 24-hour operation
• Rheology Shear, stress & oscillation (Anton Paar)
• pH & Conductivity (Metrohm)
• Colorimetry (Ocean optics)
• Refractive Index (backscattering samples)
• Particle size (Malvern)
Software
• Integrated with scientific data management system: FLEX
• Method development with rheometer software
• Methods and data interchangeable between lab and automation equipment
