Shaker Adapter, 96-tube, 13 ml

This 96-position rack accessory fits the shaking platform of QIAGEN tissue disruption instruments, enabling simultaneous processing of ninety-six 13 ml sample tubes during primary sample preparation workflows. The adapter accepts round-bottom or screw-cap tubes and withstands the high-frequency vertical oscillation used for mechanical lysis of tissues, plant material, microbial cultures, and soil. Stainless steel construction resists corrosion from chaotropic lysis buffers and common extraction reagents, including Buffer ATL, Buffer RLT, and Buffer AL used in QIAGEN DNA and RNA purification kits. The rack's footprint matches standard plate spacing, allowing direct transfer from automated liquid-handling workstations into the shaker with minimal tube handling. Operators load up to 96 prepared tubes in a single batch, reducing hands-on time during nucleic acid extraction, protein purification, and forensic sample preparation protocols. The adapter locks into the TissueLyser II clamp without tools, accepting stainless steel, ceramic, or glass beads supplied in QIAGEN bead-mill kits and compatible third-party bead-tube products. After homogenization, the loaded rack transfers to a compatible swing-bucket rotor for centrifugation, eliminating a sample transfer step and lowering contamination risk before downstream column purification or assay steps.