Videos

Precision and accuracy: Dispensing a 50pl drop of distilled water onto the end of a human hair.

Acknowledgement: Diamond Light Source

This video shows the ejection of microdrops at a rate of 1kHz. The microdrop ejection process is shown in slow motion in the reverse and forward directions.
The video is made in real-time and by using a strobe technique one can observe many microdrops being dispensed at a precise time after they are triggered to dispense. The ejection of successive droplets is extremely stable and extremely repeatable and this quality allows one to use a strobe to create such videos, which are created by the superposition of many thousands of individual microdrops.

In the region of 116,000 droplets were dispensed at a rate of 1000 per second during this video, yet one appears to see only one drop in the video because dispensing is so stable and each drop is in exactly the same place as the last one was at any given time during a microdrop dispense cycle.

Example micro-drop formation in slow motion – forward and rewind.

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Fill a disposable cartridge with your sample or fluid and load into the accessible print head.

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In just a few minutes of setup you are ready to dispense!

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A Christmas message from Poly-Pico

Poly-Pico’s technology is capable of dispensing low viscosity UV curable adhesives.

Ultra-Low Volume Dispensing Non-Contact, Drop-On-Demand Technology Using Plastic Disposable Fluid Cartridges

Poly-Pico is the only technology available which operates at pico-litre volumes and uses disposable tips. The use of disposable fluid cartridges offers several advantages including: the complete avoidance of potential cross-contamination issues; a quick and simple change over between different fluids; no need for washing or the cleaning of dispenser nozzles; an easier process to validate and control; and flexibility in terms of applications and uses.

10 x 10 configuration
Drop size 33 pico litre
Dispense rate 1000 drops per second
Drop volume 33 nano litre
1.5 ml spacing between drops
Liquid used – Water (H20)