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SampleArc Flex Ambient to -20°C Automated Sample Storage System

Configurable automated store from room temperature to -20 °C for compound libraries and biological samples, scalable to tens of millions of tubes.

Key specifications

Storage temperature
Room temperature to -20 °C
Dimensions, smallest (L x D x H)
5.7 x 2.6 x 2.83 m
Dimensions, largest (L x D x H)
17.5 x 2.6 x 4.83 m
Acoustic tube capacity
3,150,000 to 27,000,000 tubes
  • Configured to your application by our specialists
  • Installed and commissioned on site
  • Training and after-sales support across Jordan, the GCC and MENA

Overview

Product overview

SampleArc Flex is a modular automated storage system for sample inventories kept between room temperature and -20 °C. Azenta designs each installation around the customer's workflow, collection growth and throughput needs, with capacities ranging from about 105,000 to over 22 million tubes depending on labware.

The store handles one of the widest ranges of labware in a single system: SBS-format plates, tubes, acoustic tubes, cryovials, cryoboxes and syringes. Multi-pitch shelving and an imaging module that reads barcodes, labware type and height place each item in an optimal location, and reformatting into high-density racks can more than double capacity versus SBS-format storage.

Standard input/output, imaging and picking modules can be chosen at order or upgraded later, and dual-shuttle automation supports more than 100,000 tube picks per day. An automation interface links the store to external robotics, and ARCON software manages inventory, access rights, audit trails and LIMS integration.

Specifications

Technical specifications

10 parameters

Storage temperature
Room temperature to -20 °C
Dimensions, smallest (L x D x H)
5.7 x 2.6 x 2.83 m
Dimensions, largest (L x D x H)
17.5 x 2.6 x 4.83 m
Acoustic tube capacity
3,150,000 to 27,000,000 tubes
0.2 ml tube capacity
2,650,000 to 22,500,000 tubes
0.9 ml tube capacity
1,220,000 to 10,400,000 tubes
1.5 ml tube capacity
445,000 to 3,800,000 tubes
SBS microplate capacity (14.5 mm, foil sealed)
18,800 to 160,000 plates
Throughput
Over 100,000 tube picks in 24 hours with dual-shuttle automation
Software
ARCON Store Controller, supports 21 CFR Part 11 compliance
Features

Key features

  • 01

    Scalable capacity

    From roughly 105,000 to over 22 million tubes depending on labware.

  • 02

    Wide labware range

    Plates, tubes, acoustic tubes, cryovials, cryoboxes and syringes in one store.

  • 03

    High throughput

    Dual-shuttle automation supports over 100,000 tube picks in 24 hours.

  • 04

    Multi-pitch shelving

    Imaging module measures labware and assigns optimal shelf locations.

  • 05

    Automation interface

    Direct connection to external automation systems.

  • 06

    ARCON software

    Inventory control, user roles, audit trails and LIMS integration.

From order to operation

We stay with the instrument after it arrives

Al-Shaker specifies the configuration, documents the system, and supports it across Jordan, the GCC, and MENA.

  1. 01

    Consult

  2. 02

    Plan

  3. 03

    Supply

  4. 04

    Install

  5. 05

    Train

  6. 06

    Support

Talk to the technical team

Tell us the application. We will specify the system.

Share the workflow, capacity, and compliance constraints. We respond with a recommended configuration, not a generic catalogue list.