Video Demonstration

To view an online demonstration of the Pipette Washer & Dryer click on the links below.

Pipette Washer/Dryer -- Introduction

Pipette Washer/Dryer -- Standard Operation

Pipette Washer/Dryer -- Operation with Basin & Pump

To have a CD version of the same demonstration, please click here. Send CD version.

One major source of contamination is the volumetric pipette. At SPEX CertiPrep, our chemists realized that they were spending valuable time manually washing and rinsing pipettes. Conventional washers were expensive, and too large to comfortably fit in our laboratory. Our chemists designed a device that could be hooked up to a waterline to allow the flow of water or other liquid through the inside and over the outside of the pipettes. As a result, our chemists spent less time cleaning pipettes, and more time manufacturing SPEX CertiPrep Certified Reference Materials; used and trusted by labs all over the world.

The pipette washer/dryer is easy to use. Simply insert up to 23 pipettes at a time, close the door and attach the tubing to the wash or rinse line. The washer can also be used with the washer basin and pump to circulate wash or rinse solution through the pipettes. The solution shoots out of the pipettes tip, reflects off the ceiling portion pf the washer and rains a shower down over the outside of the pipettes; thus cleaning both the inside and outside of the pipettes. To dry the insides of the pipettes the line is connected to a vacuum source and air is pulled in through the pipette tips until the inside of all the pipettes are dry.