Automate Your Entire
Plate Workflow.Move, Stack, Label, Inspect.
Dorna's plate handling solution automates every repetitive step in your plate-based workflow — moving, loading, stacking, destacking, lid handling, labeling, and inspection — in one modular benchtop system.
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Manual Plate Handling Is Limiting Your Throughput
Labs running plate-based assays lose hours each day to manual loading, stacking, and moving. It's repetitive, inconsistent, and a bottleneck that doesn't scale.
Repetitive Manual Steps
Loading plates into readers, washers, and incubators — over and over, all day. Skilled hands tied up in work that adds zero analytical value.
Inconsistent Handling
Lid placement varies, stacking pressure changes, timing drifts — manual handling introduces variability that affects assay results.
Doesn't Scale
More plates mean more people. Traditional plate stackers handle one format only and can't adapt when workflows change.
One System. Every Step of Your Plate Workflow.
Dorna's modular platform combines the Dorna Core System with purpose-built lab modules to automate your entire plate handling workflow — regardless of format, volume, or throughput demands. Start with the steps that matter most and expand as your needs grow. No custom engineering. No lengthy integration.
Every Plate Your Lab Runs
What This System Does
Plate Moving & Loading
Moves plates between instruments, stations, and storage — plate readers, washers, incubators, PCR machines, and more.
Stacking & Destacking
Automates plate stacking and destacking with consistent pressure, alignment, and timing.
Positioning & Alignment
Places plates with sub-millimeter accuracy into readers, washers, and other instruments.
Hotel Storage
Plates are stored in SBS-format hotel racks for organized input and output buffering.
Lid Handling
Removes and replaces lids automatically, maintaining sterility and consistency across runs.
Label Printing
Prints and applies labels in-line for full plate traceability and sample tracking.
Visual Inspection
Verifies plate identity, lid presence, fill levels, and well conditions using integrated vision.
Modules That Power This Solution
Every Plate Handling solution starts with the Dorna Core System — robot, rail, vision, and fixture plate — pre-configured and ready to build on. Modules are added based on your specific workflow.
Dorna Core System
Robot, rail, vision, fixture plate & tool changer. Available in Core 0, 500, 1000 or 2000.
Plate Handler
SBS Hotel Rack
Lid Handler
Label Printer
Vision & Inspection
Tool Changer
See It In the Lab
Application examples coming soon.
We're documenting real-world plate handling deployments. In the meantime, book a demo to see it live.
Book a DemoReady to Automate Your
Plate Workflow?
Tell us about your lab and your plate-based workflows. We'll scope a complete solution around your specific needs.
No commitment. Typical first call is 30 minutes.