Torrey Pines Scientific EchoTherm IN55 and IN50 vibration-free chilling/heating incubators

Torrey Pines Scientific announces two large models of EchoTherm vibration-free benchtop chilling incubators, suitable for protein crystallography. The incubators have a 100 L capacity and can hold 66 assay plates without stacking.

The incubators are Peltier-based for heating and chilling. They are also vibration-free, making them suitable for protein crystallisations. Other applications include incubating marine samples below room temperature, enzyme reactions and deactivations, hybridisations, ligations and general lab incubations.

The IN55 model is fully programmable for temperature cycling crystals for better growth, while the IN50 is simple digital. Both models feature temperature ramping up and down. The chamber size for both is 100 L. They are settable from 4–70°C and feature temperature control to ±0.1°C. They can be controlled at or near room temperature.

Both models feature digital display to 0.1°C, accuracy to ±0.2°C and an RS232 I/O port for remote control and data collection. Also included are a digital timer in hours, minutes and seconds with user-settable auto-off, temperature ramping and audible alarms.

The chamber comes with eight stainless steel racks with room for 12 racks. Racks are split in the middle for variety of sample sizes.

Both units are shipped with universal power supplies that take AC line inputs from 100 to 265 VAC, 50/60 Hz and convert that to 12 VDC for the unit. They also include an AC line cord for the country of use and a user’s manual. They are UL, CSA and CE compliant.