Innovative solutions for biochip production systems

Together with partners from the pharmaceutical and biotechnological industry, we designed production lines for manufacturing protein based arrays (e.g. Microarray Production Line® of Boehringer Mannheim) as well as production lines for manufacturing DNA based arrays, with capacities of several thousand chips per day. In our presentation, we focus on the specific requirements related to the production in a High-Troughput manner, meaning several thousand chips per day, are discussed. With the help of some examples (e.g. Microarray Production Line® of Boehringer Mannheim, "Mediaplotter" of HSG-IMIT and Biochip Technologies) we will outline some of the technical solutions meeting the specific requirements. Last, we will present a new concept to produce and process biochips. Central element of our approach is a modular production platform with standardised interfaces for energy, information and media.