Laboratory shakers: different types and applications
Laboratory agitators are electromechanical devices commonly used in laboratories to homogeneously mix solutions and suspensions. These are usually made up of a plate, which is moved by an electric motor. The sample to be mixed is placed in a container, which can be a beaker, tube or flask, which is positioned on a vibrating surface.
Orbital shakers, functions and parts
Orbital shakers are laboratory equipment used to combine, divide or prepare substances. These equipment creates a movement between liquids or between liquids and solids in order to achieve mixing, suspension, dispersion, homogenization, heat transfer processes, among others.
What is a magnetic stirrer?
A magnetic stirrer is an electronic instrument that uses a magnetic field to mix one or more solutes with a solvent in an automated way. This equipment has the ability to heat chemical solutions, also minimizes the risk of a solution being altered, as usually when shaken manually the solutions tend to become contaminated.
Agitator with heating plate: Why is it fundamental in a biology lab?
Hot plate stirrers are electronic desktop computers that adapt to multiple processes that require temperature and shaking. That is, they are instruments that provide options for simultaneous heating and stirring. This equipment is often used in biology laboratories, as it serves to mix liquids with each other or with powders, for pro produce solutions and different suspensions, due to its versatile design that allows shaking and heating at the same time. Reducing the time of use and reducing the risks of contamination.
What is a laboratory shaker?
Laboratory shakers, which are used to mix liquids and prepare solutions and suspensions. These equipment creates a movement between liquids or between liquids and solids in order to achieve mixing, suspension, dispersion, homogenization, heat transfer processes, among others.
What is the function of a Magnetic Stirrer?
A magnetic stirrer, is a piece of equipment that is used in chemistry , capable of mixing liquids, in a container by means of a rotating magnetic field, which rotates a magnetic rod and is measured in revolutions per minute (rpm). They are used for low density liquids and low density solids. It is silent, efficient and has no direct contact with the solution to be mixed (no contamination of the sample).
Agitators make it easy to mix your solutions
Agitators are laboratory equipment used to mix or shake substances in tubes or flasks, which is mainly used in the fields of chemistry and biology. An orbital shaker has a circular shaking motion and is suitable for growing microbes and mixing in general.
Types of laboratory shakers
Laboratory shakers, also known as mixers, are laboratory products used in the chemical and biological sectors to mix
What is a hot plate?
The heating plate is a laboratory instrument desktop and portable comprised electric heating elements and corrosion resistant to chemical and mechanical attacks. It is a device useful for heating fluid containers, glass materials, or contained within them, in a uniform and controlled.
What are multi-station heating plates?
The multi-station heating plate is a benchtop and portable laboratory instrument that adapts to multiple processes that require temperature and shaking frequently used in the laboratory, it can be available in 2, 4 and 6-station multi-station models. That is, it is a device that provides simultaneous heating and stirring options, totally ideal for mixing several chemical substances at the same time, this instrument is used to mix solutions from water to 50% glycerin together with a magnetic bar in small open containers or closed. It is an ideal equipment for laboratories that need to do multiple processes.