Homogenizers and Immersion Blenders
Devices designed for overhead immersion into substances; ideal for pulverization of plant/animal tissue, grain/seed, sample prep, and more. Includes accessories such as generator probes of varying tips, stand assemblies, bead mill tubes, and more.
Homogenizers can be used with tissue, plant, food, soil, and other sample types. Homogenization is a common sample preparation step for analyzing nucleic acids, proteins, cells, metabolism, pathogens, and other targets.
Cell fractionation releases the contents of cells, and newer methods have been designed to consider quality and environmental aspects, cross-contamination, aerosol generations, infection risk, and noise levels. Different methods have been developed for disrupting cell walls and other structures. These include bead mills, sonication, rotor-stator mechanical, high pressure, and other physical methods.
For biological work, sonication may adequately disrupt or deactivate biological material via the process of sonoporation. Sonic dismembrators can break up cells and fragment DNA molecules by subjecting the sample to ultrasonic waves that create small fragments.
Some substances can be mechanically homogenized using beads and other small pieces of metal or minerals. The sample is added to a vial that contains these small particles; the tubes are then rapidly agitated, which breaks down the materials. Depending on the equipment, many samples can be processed simultaneously with this method.
Another mechanical homogenization method is the rotor-stator; these devices have a fast-spinning inner rotor and a stationary outer sheath (stator). Samples are subjected to tearing, shear fluid forces, and cavitation (bubble formation and collapse). A rotor-stator processes a single sample at a time; high-throughput and continuous use models are available.
An immersion blender has an electric motor that powers rotating blades at the end of a shaft. The device is lowered into the sample or mixture and the motor activated. The device may be hand-held or clamped to a stand.
Homogenizer packages are also available for motorized methods.
IKA™ ULTRA-TURRAX™ Tube Drive
Disperse, stir, homogenize and grind using a single drive unit. ULTRA-TURRAXX™ Tube Drive provides protection and security for infectious sample materials, toxic substances, high-odor substances under defined conditions (time, energy, volume).
IKA™ T 10 Basic ULTRA-TURRAX™ Disperser
A small dispersing instrument for volumes from 0.5 to 100 mL (H2O) that offers a wide speed range, enabling users to work at high circumferential speeds even with small rotor diameters.
Fisherbrand™ Ceramic Pre-Filled Bead Mill (2 mL Tubes) Nuclease Free
Ceramic Pre-Filled Bead Mill Tubes for use with Bead Mill 4 and Bead Mill 24 homogenizers. May also be used with most other commercial Bead Mills.
Kinematica Polytron™ PT1200E Handheld Homogenizer Package
The Kinematica Polytron Handheld Homogenizer package is ideal for laboratory applications involving pulverizing plant and animal tissue, grain and seed, soil extraction, DNA/RNA extraction, Karl Fischer sample prep, toxicology and food science.
Kinematica Polytron™ PT 2500E homogenizer
Versatile units combine quality, convenience and high performance for rapid, reproducible sample processing and consistent sample-to-sample uniformity
Kinematica Polytron™ 2500E Homogenizer
Versatile units combine quality, convenience and high performance for rapid, reproducible sample processing and consistent sample-to-sample uniformity
Fisherbrand™ Plastic Disposable Generator Probe
12 mm Fisherbrand Plastic Disposable Generator Probe significantly reduces the complexity of disassembly and maintenance compared to traditional stainless-steel probes. Made from durable plastic, these tips are cost-effective for single use, minimizing the risk of cross-contamination.
Fisherbrand™ Fisherbrand Prefilled 2 ml Bead Tubes for Refrigerated Bead Homogenizers
2 ml bead tubes are ready-to-use and available with a variety of bead types/sizes for homogenization of a wide range of sample types
OHAUS™ Ready-To-Use Lysing Bead Tubes for Bead Mill Homogenizers
Protect the integrity of your samples - tubes, grinding beads and balls are treated and tested to be DNase and RNase-free.
IKA™ S 25 N - 25 F Dispersing Tool
Use this dispersing element with the IKA T 25 digital homogenizer. IKA Dispersing Element for IKA Ultra-Turrax™ Homogenizers is suitable for use with solvents in applications such as homogenizing waste water samples and sample preparation in medical research.
Fisherbrand™ Bead Mill Homogenizer Accessory, Metal Bulk Beads
For use with Fisher Scientific™ Bead Mill 4 and 24 Homogenizers. Also fits most other commercially available Bead Mills.
IKA™ ULTRA-TURRAX™ Tube Drive P Control Disperser
Assures the best stirring, dispersing, grinding and homogenisation results and has been devised in particular for the safe processing of infectious, toxic or odour-intensive samples.
Omni International Fine Saw Tooth Generator Probe
Saw Teeth add extra cutting action and stator design allows fine to medium samples to pass through the processing windows.
Omni International Pre-filled 2 mL 96 Deep Well Plates with Beads
Bead Ruptor bead beating Well Plates are pre-filled with an optimized amount of lysing matrix to provide efficient and high yield sample homogenates.
Fisherbrand™ 850 Homogenizer Accessory, Motor Stand Assembly
Fisher Scientific™ 850 Homogenizer Accessory, Motor Stand Assembly designed to retain the Fisher Scientific 850 Homogenizer for post mounted operation.