When purchasing used or refurbished equipment from auction sites, equipment brokers and third-party vendors, laboratories aren’t always provided with product certification to guarantee that their equipment will operate according to the manufacturer’s specifications upon arrival.

Any number of variables during testing can cause inaccurate results, but most of the variables in the process can be rechecked and verified. As with most lab equipment problems, the most often overlooked is the lab’s utility power source and specifically its voltage regulation.

The latest equipment, instrument and system introductions to the laboratory market.

Out-of-level situations are so detrimental to the results of an experiment that balances can now be equipped to document levelness via an alibi memory, which will allow managers and external auditors to see when weighing results could possibly be tainted.

Whether vacuum is utilized for analytical purposes in corporate R&D or in government or university laboratory settings, those who depend on vacuum pumps do not expect vacuum to have color. However, in very significant and measurable ways, vacuum can be green.

The latest equipment, instrument and system introductions to the laboratory market.

If your pipettes have not been calibrated recently, the quality of your results and the integrity of your data are questionable. 

With the aim of increasing sample integrity, designers have looked at cold storage energy sinks, associated components and subsystems to increase system efficiency. As a result, a new breed of cold storage provides greater sample protection while being kinder to the environment.

The latest equipment, instrument and system introductions to the laboratory market at Pittcon 2009.

An integrated service delivery model pulls together the benefit of on-site, high-caliber resources with the administrative and operational back-office efficiencies to manage services across all of a labs systems.

As sites and tools for online networking and collaboration evolve, they are gaining a permanent place in most laboratories and businesses.

February picks for innovative new product introductions made to fit under your hood.