EasySpiral Dilute - Automatic Diluter and Plater
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EasySpiral Dilute® is an automatic diluter and plater. It enables serial dilutions up to 10⁻⁵ with increased accuracy and automatic standardized plating from 30 to 1×10¹² CFU/mL.
EasySpiral Dilute® is an automatic diluter and plater. It enables serial dilutions up to 10-5 with increased accuracy and automatic standardized plating from 30 to 1x1012 CFU /mL on 1 single Petri dish.
Technical specifications
- Plating modes: exponential, constant, circle, pour plate
- Petri dish diameter: 55 mm, 90 mm and 150 mm
- Can adapt to all sizes of Petri dishes with adjustable plating dish (Ref 413 019 and Ref 413 020)
- Preset dispensed volumes: 50, 100 and 200 µL
- Counting range: from 30 to 1x1012 UFC/mL
- Programmable dispensed volume (via USB) from 10 to 1000 µL
- Exponential mode: 4 dilution logs on a Ø 90 mm Petri dish / 6 dilution logs on a Ø 140/150 mm Petri dish
- Volumes accuracy: ± 0.5% (in normal mode)
- Syringe capacity: 1 000 µL
- Plating cycles time:
- 1 disinfection + 5 dilutions + 1 sample intake + 1 plating of a dilution: 134 s
- 1 disinfection + 5 dilutions + 1 sample intake + 1 plating of each dilution: 234 s
- Automatic cycle of 5 successive dilutions at 1/10th
- 3 dilutions on a 90 mm Petri dish / 6 dilutions on a 150 mm Petri dish
- Successive plating capacity with the same sample : 20 Petri dishes (50 µL)
- Multi-use, autoclavable stylus
- Stylus disinfection system by overflow patented system, until 8 bars pressure
- Disinfection process
- Approved disinfectants: bleach at 1 to 2 % active chlorine or ethanol at 70 %
- Security detection in case of absence of disinfection liquid
- Approved diluents: saline water, Ringer solution
- Autonomy in disinfection (in normal mode): 1000 cycles (2L bottles)
- Autonomy in diluents: 63 cycles (2L bottle)
- Stainless steel
- Controlled by microprocessor
- Fast rotating arm (Patented)
- Filling time (for different sample viscosities) and volume programmable by USB
- Sample Mixing before dilution/plating
- 3 test keys for checking dilutions' volumes and platings (volumetric weighing)
- Easy connexion to PC via USB
- Traceability: Excel™ export, LIMS
- Compatible with dataLinkTM traceability system (sticker edition and automatic link with Scan® automatic colony
- counters)
- Sample intake in EppendorfTM 1.5 mL beaker
- Dimensions (w x d x h): 40 x 41.5 x 29 cm, weight: 16.4 kg
Expert opinion
Here's what our experts say about the product
A revolution for your series dilutions! Automatic easySpiral platers and the Spiral method give you more analysis options, while also reducing sample processing time. The method delivers a counting range of 100 to 1 x 10^7 CFU/mL on a petri dish with no prior dilution.Expert since 2023
Xavier Bron