Torrey Pines Scientific has announced its EchoTherm Model IC20XR compact Peltier-driven, chilling/heating dry bath. It can freeze, chill or heat samples from –10°C to 110°C, and can be supplied with the broadest variety of precision-made aluminium sample blocks available.
The Model IC20XR can be used with assay plates of all types, centrifuge tubes of all sizes, vials, test tubes, and most any other sample container. It is particularly well suited to the molecular biology laboratory for hybridisations, sample preparation for PCR, ligations, enzyme reactions and much more.
The Model IC20XR has digital display and control of temperature to 1°C. It comes with a countdown timer in days, hours, minutes and seconds to 30 days; data logger; and RS232 I/O port to control the unit by computer or to record data. It comes complete with chiller/heater module, universal power supply, AC line cord, and instructions. Custom sample blocks can be made in three weeks.
