Epredia™ CryoStar™ NX50 Cryostat With Blade Carrier

Description

Manual cryostat designed to accommodate the needs of the routine clinical laboratory by offering a form-fitting ergonomic design, with optional height adjustment, vacutome and cold D disinfection.

The CryoStar NX50 Cryostat follows in the footsteps of the popular CryoStar NX70 Cryostat by offering standard features well-suited to the routine clinical histology laboratory.

Ergonomic/Safety features

• Optional height adjustment from 82-112 cm to allows for sectioning while sitting or standing and accommodates users of different heights quickly
• Body contoured band and integrated arm rest controls
• Motorised coarse advance to max 3 mm/s
• Cold Disinifection (Optional) Disinfections the cold cryochamber in just 50 minutes.
• Handwheel lock, blade guard and magnetic blade removal tool
• 3 Program memory for storage of regular sectioning parameters
• Touch screen operation with intuitive software to accommodate multiple users
• Manual sectioning - For motorized sectioning please see the NX70 cryostat

Cryochamber features

• Spacious stainless steel chamber for workflow organisation
• Chamber cooling to -25°C±2°C (at 20°C ambient)
• Separate specimen head cooling to -43°C±2°C (at 20°C ambient)
• Continuously cooled knife holder to -27°C±2°C (at 20°C ambient)
• 18 cryobar storage positions including 1 quick freeze location
• Integrated peltier fast freezing device rapidly cools to -57°C±3°C
• Vacutome (Optional) for stretching of cryosections

Microtome features

• Manual light touch rotary flywheel
• Section thickness from 0.5 μm to 500 μm
• Precise stepping motor blade advance for minimal vibration
• when sectioning
• Vertical stroke length of 64 mm
• 48 mm horizontal feed range
• 20 μm specimen retraction on return stroke, with optical indication
• Sample orientation adjustable 8° in the Y axis for increased stability and 360° z axis rotation

• Standard unit includes Rapid Response Object Head Temperature Control, form-fitting design and color touch screen user interface for control of instrument functions
• Optional features include integrated height control, cold disinfection module and vacutome system

Specifications

• Product Type: Cryostat with Carrier
• Includes: Object Cooling, Peltier, Height Adjustment, Low-profile Blade Carrier
• Configuration: OPH,Low Profile Blade Holder
• Frequency: 50/60 Hz
• Voltage: 110/120 V