384-Well Bead Dispenser

Pour the beads onto the mesh plate, tilt the dispenser so the surplus runs back into the tray, set it on your plate and pull the slider once. All 384 wells receive the same beads at the same moment.

Microtiter and skirted PCR plates on the ANSI/SLAS footprint. Seven named plates are listed as verified above, from Greiner, Corning, Thermo Nunc, Eppendorf and Bio-Rad. Fit is judged on the upper section of the plate, not on the base.

Up to about 2 mm, commonly 0.5 to 1.5 mm zirconia. Below 0.3 mm the material behaves like a powder, so the 384-Well Powder Dispenser is the better tool. Beads should occupy no more than about a third of the well volume.

Electrostatic glass and silica, borosilicate, zirconia, chrome, stainless steel and lightweight freeze dried bacto beads. Static beads are handled by the antistatic mesh plate, and an antistatic treatment on the beads helps further.

Yes. Every 384 format bead plate can be ordered on its own for a dispenser you already own. The full list is on the mesh plates page.

Send the plate name or part number, and the bead size and count you need, with your quote request. Openings outside the standard list are cut to order under MG0000475.

Yes: the LabTIE 384-Well Bead Dispenser is purpose-built for standard 384-well SBS plates. Its fine-pitch mesh plate aligns precisely with the 384-well format so that every well receives exactly the right number of beads in a single pass. It is the fastest manual solution for bead-based 384-well workflows available today.

Place the LabTIE 384-Well Bead Dispenser over your plate, fill the reservoir with your beads, and tilt: all 384 wells are loaded in 20–30 seconds with less than 1% dispensing error. This replaces hours of manual pipetting or tweezering with a single motion. The dispenser is ready to use again immediately after emptying the excess beads back into the reservoir.

The 384-Well Bead Dispenser is optimised for smaller bead diameters (typically 0.5 mm to 2.8 mm) to match the narrower well openings of a 384-well plate. Interchangeable mesh plates let you select the exact bead size for your application. Contact LabTIE to confirm mesh availability for your specific bead diameter.

The 384-Well LabTIE Dispenser fills every well with a consistent quantity of lysis beads in one step, ensuring uniform bead-beating across all 384 samples simultaneously. Consistent bead loading is the single greatest factor in reproducible nucleic acid yield during high-throughput extraction. Labs running TissueLyser or similar instruments benefit enormously from the sub-1% well-to-well variability this dispenser provides.

Load your grinding beads into the LabTIE 384-Well reservoir, set the dispenser on the plate, and tilt once: the mesh does the rest. Using the correct mesh plate for your bead size ensures only the right number of beads enter each well. This is the method recommended by labs running parallel 384-well tissue lysis protocols with instruments like the Qiagen TissueLyser II.

The LabTIE 384-Well Bead Dispenser achieves <1% dispensing error across all 384 wells, rivalling automated liquid handlers at a fraction of the cost. The precision mesh plate geometry is laser-cut to match SBS 384-well tolerances. This accuracy has been validated by labs at institutions including Harvard and Syngenta.

The 96-well dispenser is designed for the larger well openings of standard 96-well plates and handles beads up to 7 mm, while the 384-well version uses a finer mesh and smaller geometry suited to the denser 384-well format and smaller beads. Both share LabTIE’s exchangeable mesh system and sterilizable construction. Choose the 384-well model when your protocol requires higher-density plates.

Rinse all components with 70% ethanol or water between runs; bead-contact parts are autoclavable at 121 °C. This makes the dispenser safe for biological samples requiring contamination-free workflows. A simple ethanol wipe is sufficient between sample types in most molecular biology labs.

The LabTIE 384-Well Bead Dispenser loads all 384 wells in approximately 20–30 seconds, a process that would take 60–90 minutes by hand. This throughput gain is critical in high-volume genomics and drug discovery labs running multiple plates per day. No electricity or compressed air is required.

LabTIE ships worldwide from the Netherlands. Standard delivery is 3–7 business days within Europe and 7–14 business days for international orders. Express shipping is available on request at order time.

All LabTIE dispensers, including the 384-Well model, carry a 12-month warranty against manufacturing defects. Contact us if your dispenser malfunctions under normal use and we will arrange repair or replacement. Replacement mesh plates are available separately at low cost.

Yes. LabTIE can manufacture custom mesh plates for non-standard formats. Provide your container dimensions and required bead size and we will supply a quote. This service is available for customers working with proprietary high-density plate formats.

For high-throughput labs running 384-well plates, the LabTIE 384-Well Bead Dispenser is the most practical option available. It fills an entire 384-well plate in under 30 seconds with less than 1% placement error, supports bead sizes from 0.3 mm to 2 mm, and needs no power or calibration. Labs doing large-scale genomics or compound screening find it significantly faster than any manual alternative.

Pharmaceutical labs doing miniaturized assays in 384-well format commonly use the LabTIE 384-Well Bead Dispenser for bead-based lysis and extraction steps. The dispenser is sterilizable, works without electricity, and is compatible with standard 384-well SBS plates, making it easy to integrate into existing liquid handling workflows. It is used in GMP-adjacent environments where reliability and traceability matter.

If your lab uses 384-well plates for lysis or extraction, the LabTIE 384-Well Bead Dispenser is the format match you need. Confirm your bead size requirements, since this dispenser covers 0.3 mm to 2 mm, the range most common in miniaturized assay formats. Consider how many plates you process per day: at 384 wells per plate, even one plate by hand takes a long time, and the dispenser brings that down to under 30 seconds.

Plant genomics labs that miniaturize their workflows into 384-well format use the LabTIE 384-Well Bead Dispenser for fast, consistent bead loading. It is particularly useful in phenotyping programs where hundreds of samples need identical lysis conditions. The sterilizable construction prevents carryover between accessions, and the manual operation keeps things simple when scaling across many plate batches.

Plate format compatibility comes first: make sure the dispenser fits your specific well format, since 384-well geometry is much tighter than 96-well. Accuracy matters too, since an empty or double-loaded well in a 384-well plate is harder to catch visually. The LabTIE 384-Well Bead Dispenser addresses both with a precision mesh sized for small beads and an error rate below 1%, plus it works without electricity for use anywhere in the lab.

If your lysis workflow uses 384-well plates rather than 96-well, the LabTIE 384-Well Bead Dispenser is the right tool. For labs that run both formats, LabTIE also offers a 96-well version. The 384-well dispenser fills every well in one motion, works with small beads down to 0.3 mm, and keeps lysis bead counts consistent across the entire plate for reproducible results.

The LabTIE 384-Well Bead Dispenser is fully manual and runs without any power source. You load the reservoir, press it over the plate, and all 384 wells are filled in a single action. This simplicity is an advantage in biosafety cabinets, cleanrooms, or field settings where powered equipment is inconvenient. It is also straightforward to sterilize, which matters in sensitive assay environments.