Automation is often crucial to increase productivity. Porvair’s turnkey UltraVap Mistral robot-compatible automatic dry down station works with robotic liquid handling systems from many third-party suppliers. It features a new shuttle design that is capable of serving and retrieving microplates to and from the robot deck without further need for off-deck handling. It has a built-in colour TFT display and easy-to-use graphical interface, as well as an integrated method storage for 32 protocols and five-step evaporation ramp programming. Multiple units can be connected via Ethernet and a wide choice of needle heads are available as well as, integrated fume extraction. Porvair Sciences Ltd.