Category: refrigeration

Maintaining a permanent chill in the lab

SP SCIENTIFIC offers a wide range of compact and quiet recirculating chillers with heat removal rates from 1050 to 24,000W and temperature ranges from -90C to +150C. The company says an optimised SP Scientific chiller is available to suit most…

Multiply the water supplies in a fume cupboard

A COMMON practice when multiple condensers are deployed in laboratory fume cupboards is to daisy-chain the devices in series. This can be effective, but means that the chilling effect of the water is not uniform. Asynt says its water manifold…

Maintaining charpy impact specimens at precise temperature

A LOW temperature bath that provides metallurgists and testing laboratories with precise temperature control when cooling specimens for impact testing has been launched by SP Scientific. The new CharpyCool has one of the smallest footprints on the market, the company…

Lab freezers in the deepest green

ENERGY efficiency is a prime consideration for any laboratory these days, and freezer manufacturer New Brunswick says this has long been a priority. The Eppendorf group company says its ultra-low temperature (ULT) freezers are the most energy-saving in the industry,…

Protein incubator is vibration-free

A NEW range of chilling incubator which promises vibration-free operation to make it suitable for growing delicate protein crystals has been launched by Torrey Pines Scientific. The EchoTherm range consists of four models in two sizes, with capacities of 27.5…

Store big samples at low temperature

A REUSABLE sample storage rack from Micronic enables large-volume samples to be stored for long periods at cryogenic temperatures, and promises complete sample integrity and security. The Arctic Rack-24 is made of thick-walled plastic and can be autoclaved several times,…

Microsite answers cryopreservation FAQs

THE CRYOPRESERVATION of biological specimens is standard practice in many modern laboratories, but is still an area where scientists and technicians might benefit from a dedicated source of product information and technical tips. Wheaton hopes to satisfy this need with…

Freezer maximises lab space (video)

MAXIMISED internal storage space with minimum laboratory footprint is the claim made by Thermo Fisher Scientific for its new Revco UxF ultra-low temperature (ULT) freezers. These upright freezers can chill samples down to -86C and are available in five sizes…