Dosing and Pipetting Heads

Festo Dosing and Pipetting Heads

Festo’s dosing and pipetting heads deliver high-precision liquid handling with outstanding repeatability and robust performance. Built to integrate into automated workstations, these heads enable the automated aspirating, dispensing and transferring of small volumes of liquids with minimal error.

These modules support a broad spectrum of requirements—from micro-litre volume dispensing to millilitre transfers—making them ideal for demanding laboratory automation, diagnostics, reagent handling, life-science instrumentation, and process-automation tasks.

⭐ Important: The dosing and pipetting heads combine ultra-fine volume control, quick cycle capability, and chemical-resistant construction — setting the benchmark for integrated liquid-handling automation.

Design & Functionality

The dosing and pipetting heads regulate fluid flow and volumes through precision metering, controlled aspiration/dispense cycles, and integrated tip or channel systems. They may incorporate piezo or pneumatic actuation depending on the variant, enabling accurate control even with complex fluids and varying viscosities.

Festo offers a variety of configurations including:
• Multi-channel heads for synchronised dispensing of multiple fluid streams
• Single-channel high-precision heads for small volume micro-litre dispensing
• Pipetting heads with tip-exchange systems and media-resistant materials
• Customised heads for sterile, clean-room or high-throughput laboratory automation

⭐ Important: Multi-channel and single-channel variants deliver the flexibility to tailor liquid-handling workflows to throughput, precision and media-compatibility demands.

Total Crossed Beams

(Applied to the functional coverage of head families)
Complete liquid-handling coverage via multiple head series engineered for the full spectrum of volumes, channel counts and media types.
Ensures full operational flexibility regardless of aspirate/dispense configuration, channel count or fluid viscosity.
Designed to maintain stable volume accuracy and repeatability across the entire dispensing range.

Beam Pitch Options

(Translated as: channel count, volume range, actuation type)
Wide range of channel counts, dispensing volume ranges, and actuation technologies (pneumatic, piezo, vacuum) to meet varied applications.
Selectable features include:
• Single‐channel high-precision heads (µL-range)
• Multi-channel heads (8, 12, 24, 96 channels) for high-throughput plate filling
• Variable volume ranges from low µL through to several mL depending on head
• Materials compatible with aggressive or sensitive media (PEI, PPS, ETFE, high-alloy steels)

⭐ Important: The broad selection of channel counts, volume ranges and materials ensures optimal liquid-handling for virtually any automation requirement.

Intrinsic Synchronism

Internal metering and actuation assemblies ensure synchronised fluid handling with minimal channel-to-channel variance. Optional manifold or module integration improves alignment and stability when multiple heads are combined into a system. Ensures consistent dispensing or aspiration, supporting high throughput and repeatable machine performance.

Operational Advantages

• Extremely high volume accuracy and repeatability—even in the microlitre range
• Configurable channel counts for high-throughput or precision applications
• Media-resistant and clean-room compatible materials for demanding environments
• Integration-ready design compatible with automation frameworks and standard interfaces
• Low maintenance due to robust, modular architecture

Applications: Laboratory automation, diagnostics equipment, reagent dispensing, high-throughput screening, sample preparation, microplate filling, process automation in life sciences and bio-pharma.