Azenta XPeel Integration
Drive your plate peeler in Python, without a vendor driver in between
Peel seals with your own speed, offset and adhere time, check a seal is there first, and keep track of the tape left on the spools.
- Supports
- All models
- Connects over
- Serial
- Local interface
- SiLA 2
- Vendor software
- None required
- Runs On
- Linux / Windows / MacOS
What You Can Command on the XPeel
Three modules: peeling, device state, and device information.
Peel
Run a peel at slow or fast speed, with a start offset of -2, 0, 2 or 4 mm and an adhere time of 2.5, 5, 7.5 or 10 s.
Seal Check
Check whether a plate still carries a seal before you peel, and set the upper and lower thresholds of the seal sensor.
Plate Check
Turn plate checking on or off.
Manual Moves
Move the plate in to the peel position or out to the user, raise and lower the elevator, and advance the tape 10 mm at a time.
Tape Left
Read how many deseals are left on the supply and take-up spools, so you can change tape before a long run.
Reset and Firmware
Reset or restart the XPeel and read its firmware version.
Know One Connector, Know Them All
Every instrument is found and called the same way, and the same Python drives whatever comes next. See how that scales from one instrument to a whole lab with our lab orchestration software.
One API, Every Instrument
Find it by name, then call its actions. It's the same on a liquid handler, a reader or an incubator, whatever the vendor ships underneath.
Ask a Connector What It Can Do
Modules and actions are discoverable at runtime, and parameters carry their own types, units and constraints. You don't need a PDF to find out.
Also Works With
The same Python script can drive every instrument on the bench, so a plate can move from one instrument to the next without switching tools.
Azenta XPeel
The questions automation engineers ask before integrating an XPeel.
Yes. The UniteLabs connector exposes the XPeel to Python: run a peel with the speed, offset and adhere time you choose, check for a seal, and read how much tape is left. It's the same call pattern as every other UniteLabs connector.
Yes. Brooks Life Sciences became Azenta Life Sciences, and the XPeel kept its name. The connector covers every XPeel model in our catalogue, including both mains voltages.
Speed (slow or fast), the peel start offset (-2, 0, 2 or 4 mm from the default position) and the adhere time after the elevator drops (2.5, 5, 7.5 or 10 s).
Yes. The seal check returns whether a seal is present, and you can set the sensor's upper and lower thresholds to suit the seals you use.
Yes. The connector has a simulation mode, so you can build and test the sequence before the peeler is on the bench.