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Microfluidics syringe pumps drawbacks overcoming

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Very low settling time

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Settling time of the flow rate and transient period can vary from several seconds to hours depending on the fluidic system.

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Poor flow rate stability

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Discrete phenomena which look like oscillations or pulses sometimes appear due to the motor step.

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No knowledge of the pressure

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Resistance of the device could increases (clogging, dust, high compliance…), and pressure generated by a syringe pump increases without limit…

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Volume limited experiments

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The amount of fluid dispensed by the syringe pump is limited in volume.

Syringe pumps VS Pressure driven flow

See our review about pro/cons of Syringe Pump and Pressure Control Systems

Based on several customers feedback we review how to turn a pressure driven flow setup into a powerful syringe pump.

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  1. Complete review of syringe pumps features in microfluidics here.
  2. We also provide further information about flow control in microfluidics in this review
  3. We provide a comparison between different technics to monitor fluids in microfluidics here.

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