Microfluidic Pump

Microfluidic Pump
The AF1 is a high performance autonomous pressure and flow controller. It comes in three different ranges with an integrated pressure sensor and vacuum source. It is compatible with Eveflow software.

A single channel autonomous pump and controller with the advantage of the most recent piezoelectric technology for microfluidics. The AF1 series comes in different ranges allowing vacuum and pressure control on a same channel. Thanks to our proprietary Piezoelectronic Technology, the AF1 series is 10 times more stable and up to 10 times faster than other microfluidic pump and flow controllers.

√ STANDALONE UNIT
√ NO COMPUTER NEEDED
PRESSURE AND VACUUM GENERATOR

⇒No need for a pressure or vacuum line

PRESSURE AND VACUUM CONTROLLER

⇒Software and/or dial control

FLOW CONTROL

⇒Pair it with a flow sensor for accurate volume control

PORTABLE, COMPACT & STANDALONE

⇒Move your setup from lab to lab

 

Highlights


Cutting-edge PORTABLE MICROFLUIDIC FLOW Controller

Don’t be limited by instrumentations for your microfluidic experiments! Designed by scientists for scientists, the versatile and powerful AF1 pressure pump and controller allows perfect flow control for all kind of applications.

Whether you need pressure or vacuum, low flow rate or high flow rate, short experiments or week-long processes, the AF1 is the perfect companion for your microfluidic research.

The embedded micro-compressor removes the need for a typical air compressor or air line scheme. Only an electrical plug is required to install your setup!

Best performance & affordable: Piezoelectric Technology

The AF1 series by Elveflow is the only microfluidic pump and controller in the world to use piezoelectric regulators, enabling a flow control that is 20 times more precise and 10 times faster than the other flow controllers on the market.

Customizable: 1 Module, 3 ranges available

The AF1 series are single channel controllers which can be configured at the order among three ranges available.

The AF1 200mb and AF1 2000mb are composed of one box only embedding both the pump and the controller when the AF1 Dual (-700mb to 1000mb) is composed of two boxes (one for the controller and one for the pressure and vacuum pumps)

Precise flow control with AF1 Series and Flow sensor MFS

1. AF1 Pressure and vacuum generator: Fast and accurate pressure and vacuum control for your system.

2. Sample: Push and pull liquid from the reservoir to your microfluidic chip

3. Microfluidic device: The liquid is smoothly and precisely injected into the microfluidic

4. Monitoring: Control pressure and vacuum using your computer or the instrument’s front panel dial.

5. Chip : The liquid is smoothly and precisely injected into your fluidic application.

Fastest flow rate control when paired with a flow sensor

You can connect a flow sensor to the AF1 series  to control directly the flow rate in your chip. The system continuously calculates the pressure to apply in order to maintain the desired flow rate.

Full control software & SDK

A single and intuitive software to get started in a few clicks and further automate the most complex and long lasting experiments. The SDK libraries to control the AF1 series with your own code and involve third parties instrument are also available.

Create, monitor and modify in real-time complex pressure and flow rate profiles such as sine, square, triangle, ramp, pulse, or sawtooth…

Applications


  • Digital microfluidics: micro-droplets, anisotropic particles, double emulsions generation & handling
  • Beads and particles manipulation
  • Fast liquid sample switching
  • cell culture experiments under medium perfusion

 

Technical Specifications


The following table summarizes the main features of the three different version AF1 available.

Software


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.

Easily control the pressure/flow rate of your setup and visualize the measurement in real time.

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

  • * For flow rate control, you need to add a flow rate sensor, we offer two ranges of flow rate sensors : MFS and BFS. Contact us for further information.