Homogenizers and Immersion Blenders
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.
Kinematica™ POLYTRON™ PT 2500E Bundle with Generator
The sleek, sound-insulated casing with a digital speed display conceals enough power to handle a variety of applications safely and quickly. Our broad range of dispersing aggregates cover the range from preparing samples to testing product formulas and recipes.
Kinematica Polytron™ PT 1300 D Manual Disperser
Choose the KINEMATICA Polytron PT 1300 D for your lab. This versatile hand-held homogenizer combines quality, convenience and high performance for rapid, reproducible sample processing and consistent sample-to-sample uniformity.
Kinematica Polytron™ PT 10/35 GT Homogenizers
Versatile units combine quality, convenience and high performance for rapid, reproducible sample processing and consistent sample-to-sample uniformity
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
Kinematica™ Polytron™ PT1200E Handheld Homogenizer
This ergonomic handheld homogenizer is lightweight and therefore ideal for rapid turn-around of smaller sample volumes. For sample volumes 0.05 ml to 250 ml.
Kinematica Polytron™ PT3100D Homogenizer Motors
For applications requiring high reproducibility and scaling up. The fully digitized control and regulation system is very easy to operate. The illuminated LCD display shows all the parameters, which can be changed with the membrane keypad.