MUX QUAKE VALVE

Microfluidic quake valve controller

Flow switch matrice to control quake and bilayer PDMS microfluidic valves

3 port / 2 position valve matrix

Compact arrangement of 16 3:2 valves

Bilayer PDMS valves controller

Automate bilayer binary valve actuation

Precise and fast control

Couple with an OB1 for the highest precision in valve control

Features & Benefits

With this matrix of 3:2 valves, you can simply choose when to put your PDMS bilayer valve under pressure. When fed by our OB1 MK3+ pressure controller, the 0.005% stability enables fine control and stable valve position.

Complex Flow Patterns

Our profile editor will allow you to easily program subtle valve patterns and to repeat a set of steps in a loop to automate the most sophisticated protocols.

Setup Synchronization

The MUX Quake offers input/output TTL triggers set to easily synchronize your instrument with any Elveflow® device, microscopes or mechanical shutter. Thus, you can have a full control of all the devices involved in your microfluidic experiment

Other instrument highlights include:

Plug & play programmable valve sequence
Fast valve switching (20 ms)
Fine valve position tuning (when coupled with the OB1 MK3+ pressure controller)
Flexible: control up to 256 valves by using several MUX Quakes
Internal/external trigger
PEEK valves compatible with 10-32 microfluidic fittings.
ROCKER® valve technology

Fast medium switching – Drug Testing
On-chip peristaltic pumping
Sequential sample injection
Cell/particle sample screening
Medium perfusion switch for cell biology
Reagent switch for flow chemistry.

Diffusion studies
Unidirectionnal recirculation
Organ-on-chip
Flow Chemistry
Cell culture
Quake valve control

Publications

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MUX QUAKE VALVE CONTROLLER
GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS
Dimensions without connectors (mm)	220 x 130 x 130 mm
Valve type in the device	3-way solenoid valve
Number of valves	16 valves
Casing material	Aluminium
Mounting orientation	Vertical
Connection type	USB B
Operating temperature	10°C to 40°C
Operating humidity	120 to 80%
FLUIDIC SPECIFICATIONS AND CONNECTIONS
Inlet / outlet connectors	10-32 UNF
Number of inlets / outlets	2 inlets and 16 outlets
Wetted materials	PEEK / FKM
Response time of a valve	10 ms
Maximum supported pressure	2.5 bar (36 psi)
Internal volume	20 µL for the volume of a valve chamber
ELECTRICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Input voltage range, AC	100 V to 240 V
AC supply frequency	50 Hz to 60 Hz
Input current, AC	1 A
Power consumption	35 W
Safety	IEC / EN 61010-1:2001
Shutting down power supply	Disconnect AC/DC adapter
CONTROL & MONITORING
Computer specifications	USB 2.0 port, Intel Pentium II 500 MHz, 1 Go Hard Disk space, 2 Go RAM Windows XP and newer, 32/64 bit. LabVIEW 2011 is required when using LabVIEW libraries
Software control	ESI C++, Python, LabVIEW, Matlab librairies
Trigger	One Trigger IN and one Trigger OUT TTL output

• One Trigger IN and one Trigger OUT TTL output.

ESI is Elveflow’s advanced software interface that is built to make every experimenter’s life better. It is perfectly adapted from simple setups to very advanced setup and workflow automation. It integrates several modules that make time-consuming and painful tasks very simple. Elveflow also provides Software Development Kit (SDK) libraries to integrate Elveflow systems using your own code.

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Configure your instrument with just a click

Automate your setup and communicate with other instruments using the ESI sequencer

Using the ESI interface, you can perform multiple automation functions such as:
– Save the Quake Valve configuration
– Sequence the execution of the Quake Valve with other Elveflow’s instruments using the intuitive scheduler
– Synchronize the Quake Valve with other Elveflow or third party instruments using the device’s external/internal TTL triggers

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