A conductive plastic tip rack for pipette tips includes a conductive outer
shell formed around a support insert. The support insert serves as the
skeleton for the tip rack, providing structural support to make the tip
rack strong and sturdy. The conductive outer shell includes sidewalls
depending from the sides of a face having a plurality of tip seats for
receiving a plurality of pipette tips. The conductive outer shell is
formed of an electrically conductive plastic. The conductive plastic rack
is capable of sufficiently conducting or dissipating electricity such
that static electricity existing on a pipette tip placed within the tip
rack will flow out of the pipette tip and through the tip rack. By
removing the static electricity from the pipette tips placed in the tip
rack, static electricity is prevented from disturbing the tips seated in
the tip rack.