Hopkinton, Mass.--December 12, 2002--Zymark Corporation is pleased to announce the introduction of iLink™, a new "point and shoot" software interface that dramatically simplifies use of Zymark's Twister® II robot. With this new software, any instrument that uses microplates can have automated stacking capability added to it by connecting the Twister II. The iLink software extends the power of automation to individual instruments, such as readers and washers, with the flexibility to pass plates through several instruments building to a powerful, integrated system.
The iLink software provides the capability for one person to quickly create procedures and make them easily available for others to use. Among the software's features is the simple selection of alternate instrument parameters with no requirement need to specifically count plates. In addition, iLink supports multiple material types including microplates, deepwell plates, tips and more with effortless restacking to build protocols from multiple procedures. All of the features of iLink are provided to give the user true "plug and play" automation capabilities with Zymark's library of more than 100 adapters for the Twister II.
Zymark's Twister II is the standard in the industry for handling microplates. Whether it is used as a stand-alone stacker or as the hub of a mini-system, Twister II can move up to 400 plates with a telescoping arm and rotating wrist for flexibility to position plates in virtually all liquid handlers. With its compact size and removable stacks, Twister II can provide the added support needed in any laboratory.
iLink software will be standard with all new Zymark Twister II's beginning January 1, 2003. Upgrades for existing Twister II's are available by contacting Zymark.
Zymark is a leading provider of automation solutions serving the worldwide life science, biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries. The company has introduced new automation paradigms that have empowered scientists to raise laboratory research to a new, more industrialized level. With these advances, Zymark has firmly established itself as a solutions provider with a single-minded goal of streamlining the entire drug discovery pipeline. Zymark provide direct sales, service and applications support throughout the world and hosts the annual ISLAR conference on laboratory automation.
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