Hamilton BiOS is an automated lab freezer and biorepository freezer for biological samples, combining minus 80 degree freezer performance, ultra-low temperature storage, reliable sample protection, and scalable capacity from 100,000 to 23 million samples for demanding laboratory workflows.
Links Seamlessly With Your Lab
BiOS interfaces with your IT infrastructure and Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) by providing the BiOS API and remote monitoring options.
Superior Sample Integrity
Hamilton BiOS ensures samples are kept at ultra-low temperatures, even during processing. By reducing temperature fluctuations, sample degradation is prevented.
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BiOS is designed to provide sample integrity, flexibility, and reliability.
User Access
Introduce and retrieve samples simply using the multifunctional Input/Output (I/O) module. This frees up time to work on more important tasks, such as your research.
ID Station
The ID station utilizes a camera and mirror system to simultaneously image 2D barcodes on the bottoms of tubes and racks, as well as 1D and 2D barcodes on the sides of racks.
Modular -80°C Refrigeration Systems
Each system has multiple independent and fully redundant refrigeration systems for maximum sample security, and external service access for ease of maintenance.
Cassette Puller
The puller transports cassette shelving units to/from the I/O module for loading and unloading samples. It also places/ejects labware from cassettes in long-term storage.
Rack Robot
The Rack Robot transports sample racks and plates between the Cassette Puller, the -80°C Tube Picker, and the ID Station.
Insulated Cold Room Enclosure
Environmentally-controlled enclosure provides optimal conditions for storing and processing samples at -80°C.
Environmentally Friendly
Natural refrigerants offer significant benefits in ultra-low temperature refrigeration applications thanks to their high cooling capacity, energy efficiency, negligible ozone depletion potential, and negligible Global Warming Potential (GWP).
Efficiently Sustainable
Reduce the energy consumption and laboratory footprint of a biorepository up to 75% compared to manual ULT freezers.
Phased Expansion
Each -80°C freezer can be independently activated and deactivated for energy savings so that customers may turn on just the freezer compartments needed at the time. Additionally, BiOS systems are capable of system field expansion with the addition of new chest freezer compartments and lengthening of cold room enclosures.
Preserving Sample Integrity
Part of building a reliable automated storage system means considering the “what-ifs” and designing those scenarios into the system.
Frost Prevention
BiOS has extensive frost prevention technologies. However, Hamilton acknowledges that frost may still build up over time in any ultra-low temperature system. An optional spare freezer chest makes sample evacuation and chest freezer defrost possible without ever having to remove samples from the BiOS system.
Power Outage Measures
In the event of a power loss, samples are safely returned to the -80°C chest freezers. A battery backed-up LN2 supply system will maintain a -80°C storage temperature in the chest freezers for 48 hours.
Insightful Analytics for Smarter Decisions
Hamilton is pleased to offer the InVision Data Analytics package as an optional add-on to BiOS warranties and service contracts. InVision provides robust, user-friendly Microsoft Power BI-based reports that filter data from the BiOS system’s SQL database and displays it graphically in an aesthetic, easy-to-understand format.
Output Flexibility
InVision can present both Executive and Technical reports to meet the needs of different stakeholders. The software can run useful reports for both high-level management as well as day-to-day operational users. Additionally, users can dynamically filter the display output by time period, physical location, labware type, library, job type, and more.
Specifications
|
BiOS M |
BiOS L |
| Height |
2.93 m (9 ft, 7.35 in) |
4.23 m (13 ft, 10.54 in) |
| Width |
4.34 m (14 ft, 2.87 in) |
4.34 m (14 ft, 2.87 in) |
| Depth |
3.9 m to 22.5 m (12 ft, 9.54 in to 73 ft, 9.83 in) |
3.9 m to 22.5 m (12 ft, 9.54 in to 73 ft, 9.83 in) |
| Shallow-Well Plates |
N/A |
N/A |
| 0.3 mL Tubes |
14.2 Million |
23.2 Million |
| 0.5 mL Tubes |
11 Million |
17.9 Million |
| 0.6 mL Tubes |
9.3 Million |
15.5 Million |
| 1.0 mL Tubes |
6.4 Million |
11 Million |
| 2.0 mL Tubes |
3 Million |
4.7 Million |
| Storage Temperature |
-80°C |
-80°C |
| Plates |
1D and 2D |
1D and 2D |
| Racks |
1D and 2D |
1D and 2D |
| Tubes |
2D (Bottom) and 1D or 2D (Side; Optional) |
2D (Bottom) and 1D or 2D (Side; Optional) |
Documents
Ordering Information
| Part No. |
Description |
| HST43001 |
BiOS Mid-Capacity System |
| HST43010 |
BiOS XL10 (5 Freezers / 10 Bays) |
| HST44001 |
BiOS High-Capacity System |
