Film seal testing
14 July, 2003 | IDM Instruments
The Hot Tack Tester is an advanced system for monitoring the seal performance of flexible and semi-rigid plastic films and laminates.
IR thermometer/camera
14 July, 2003 | ECEFast
The Raytek MX6 is a handheld infrared thermometer with integral digital camera. Temperature measurements are made instantly and easily with the full function thermometer in the range of -30 to 900°C or with SZ option from -50 to 500°C. The target is accurately indicated with a bright coaxial circular laser which is accurate at any distance. Standard optics provide 60:1 distance to target ratio, while the CF option allows targets as small as 6 mm at 300 mm. The MX6 can be programmed with up to 100 customised locations by name and with alarms.
Automated pipette
14 July, 2003 | VWR International Pty Ltd
The 'HandyStep electronic' from Brand is a microprocessor-controlled, battery-operated pipette with automatic tip size recognition for the encoded Plastibrand PD-Tips. It is also compatible with most standard dispenser tips, including Combitips and Combitips Plus, by manually entering the tip size.
Analytical QC LIMS
14 July, 2003 | Thermo Electron Corporation
Thermo LabSystems has announced that Analytical Quality Control (AQC) functionality is now available as part of the latest version of its Nautilus LIMS (Laboratory Information Management System).
LA300 particle size analyser
14 July, 2003 | BEST Lab Instrumentation Pty Ltd
The LA300 is a QC instrument designed for liquid dispersion work in the range 0.1 to 600 µm, and is suitable for pharmaceutical applications. It is compact, easy to use, and able to handle difficult sample types with ease.
Tubing assembly
14 July, 2003 | Omnifit Ltd
Omnifit has developed a tubing assembly with leak-tight gripper fittings for fluid transfer in spectrophotometers. Each flow cell consists of a glass tube held in an aluminium housing. The requirement was for a PTFE tubing assembly with fittings that would seal to the glass surface of the flow cell while accommodating variations in the alignment between the cell and its housing. The dimensions of the flow cell tubing were 1.6 mm OD and 1.0 mm ID.
Microdialysis probes and accessories
16 June, 2003 | Global Scientific Pty Ltd
Microdialysis monitors the chemistry of individual tissues by mimicking a blood capillary. Using a CMA Microdialysis probe filled with perfusion fluid, chemical substances are transported to and from the tissues through a dialysis membrane attached to a catheter. Depending on the substance, this can reflect either local (eg, glycerol) or systemic (eg, glucose) metabolism.
Real Time Thermal Cycler
16 June, 2003 | Diagnostic Technology Pty Ltd *
The Smart Cycler System from Cepheid is a versatile and efficient thermal cycler with precise real-time optical detection.
Gram stain technical update
16 June, 2003 | BD
BD Diagnostic Systems has developed and incorporated a filtration process improvement to reduce the presence of artifacts when using Difco-BBL Gram Stains.
Decontamination showers
16 June, 2003 | Enware Australia Pty Ltd
The Hughes Cupola decon 2 Rapid Decontamination Shelter (RDS) is an inflatable portable decontamination unit that can be deployed in minutes for mass decontamination of the public or emergency services. The unit is fully self-contained and can cope with walking or stretchered casualties requiring decontamination.
Web-based LIMS
16 June, 2003 | LabWare Australia Pty Ltd
LabWare Web LIMS fully embraces the web paradigm without requiring customers, using the existing client/server LIMS product, to make any configuration changes. Users have the choice of interacting with the LIMS either via the Web LIMS, or the client/server LIMS, or a combination of both using exactly the same LIMS configuration.
Quadrupole ICP-MS
16 June, 2003 | Varian Australia Pty Ltd
Varian has released a sensitive quadrupole ICP-MS (Inductively Coupled Plasma - Mass Spectrometry) instrument designed to achieve gigahertz sensitivity (1000 million counts per second per ppm of analyte) while delivering improved performance across other criteria. Sensitivity is a key factor in detection limits, and with environmental and other regulations calling for increasingly lower detection limits, ICP-MS is becoming the analysis tool of choice in a number of industries.
PCR tubes
16 June, 2003 | Edwards Group Pty Ltd
Edwards Instrument Co manufactures 0.2 mL PCR tubes with attached, individual caps. The tubes have smooth internal walls to prevent sample hang-up. The polypropylene tubes feature thin walls with domed caps and come in strips of eight.
Blood storage refrigerators
16 June, 2003 | Thermoline L+M
Thermoline has six models of blood storage refrigerators that comply with Australian Standard 3864-1997.
Low bleed capillary columns
19 May, 2003 | Varian Australia Pty Ltd
Varian has released a family of ultra low bleed capillary columns that detect lower concentrations for more accurate quantification and qualification of trace compounds, boost instrument uptime, and speed instrument stabilisation.
