A media preparator is a laboratory instrument used to produce and store liquid agar.
Agar is used in daily laboratory routine as a medium for microbiological cultures: media preparators can prepare agar for filling contact plates and preserve it from contamination. Agar is used as a solidifying agent and is a component of the cell walls of several species of red algae. Once dissolved in boiling water and cooled, laboratory agar looks gelatinous. Agar is widely use in research and analysis laboratories as a culture medium for growing colonies of microorganisms and bacteria. Media preparators help preparing and dispensing liquid agar at a suitable temperature, ready to use for filling contact plates and Petri-dishes. Within media preparators, agar undergoes the process of sterilization in order to avoid any kind of contamination and assure high quality results. Media preparators are able to guarantee a safe storing of considerable volumes of liquid agar, keeping temperature and pressure at optimal levels.
Agarster IV agar media preparator is used for preparing, sterilizing and holding at dispensing temperature from 3 to 10 litres of agar. Agarster media preparator has a compact structure, entirely made of AISI 304 stainless steel. The device is provided with a microprocessor card, which can control process cycles, and an airtight lid equipped with steam safety valve, chamber pressure gauge, agar dispensing connector, thermocouple, electromagnetic
agitation system, screwcap opening for adding heat-sensitive substances. After sterilisation an internal system with a water cooling coil automatically reduces agar’s temperature within the media preparator in order to achieve the dispending temperature. A digital control panel displays sterilization times and set or actual temperatures.
Accessing the online catalogue, you can find all the technical and commercial information about Agarster IV Agar media Preparator, as well as other laboratory instruments and devices for microbiological cultures and analysis.
