date-created: '2021-01-17'
date-updated: '2026-01-09'
manifest-author:
    name: Appropedia
    email: admin@appropedia.org
title: 'Open Source 3-D Printed ISO 8655 Compliant Multichannel Pipette'
description: 'Multichannel pipettes are used widely to accelerate research and testing in life sciences laboratories and within the biomedical industry. Commercial multichannel pipettes cost several hundred to thousand U.S. dollars and are not accessible in many areas. This study utilizes an open source and digital distributed manufacturing model to design a USD$24 4-channel 200 micro-liter pipette. The design uses widely-available interchangeable off-the-shelf parts and custom components, which can be fabricated with a low-cost fused-filament RepRap-class desktop 3D printer. The manuscript describes the design, construction, and validation of an ergonomic open-source multichannel pipette, as well as the evaluation of pipetting parameters and quality control.'
intended-use: '3D Printing'
keywords:
    - 'open source hardware'
    - '3d printing'
    - 'additive manufacturing'
    - 'distributed manufacturing'
    - 'laboratory equipment'
    - 'open hardware'
    - 'open source'
project-link: 'https://www.appropedia.org/Open_Source_3-D_Printed_ISO_8655_Compliant_Multichannel_Pipette'
contact:
    name: 'User:J.M.Pearce'
    social:
        platform: Appropedia
        user-handle: 'User:J.M.Pearce'
version: 30
development-stage: Designed
made: false
image: 'https://www.appropedia.org/w/images/a/a7/Multichannelpip.png'
license:
    documentation: CC-BY-SA-4.0
licensor:
    name: 'User:J.M.Pearce'
    affliation: FAST
    contact: 'https://www.appropedia.org/User:J.M.Pearce'
documentation-home: 'https://www.appropedia.org/Open_Source_3-D_Printed_ISO_8655_Compliant_Multichannel_Pipette'
documentation-language: en