Spiral Biotech has introduced the Autoplate Spiral Plating System, which delivers faster cycle times, a touch-screen display and self-cleaning features that boost processing speed and efficiency.
Anthony Pappas, national sales manager for Advanced Instruments, said: 'The new Autoplate features 50 per cent faster cycle times - 30 seconds as opposed to one minute - a new Windows CE-based touch screen display and an expanded range of analysis that includes two new spiral plating modes.
'The system also features a self-cleaning feature that is fast, thorough and ensures no sample-to-sample contamination.' The new Autoplate deposits microbial suspensions without the need for most serial dilutions, increasing efficiency in the microbiology laboratory.
Labour and material costs associated with sample preparation and manual dilution are reduced by 75 per cent.
Eliminating the variability inherent in manual procedures allows Autoplate to deliver a higher degree of accuracy and repeatability.
Spiral Biotech's Autoplate technology is ideal for any laboratory that uses microbial concentration samples greater than 1,000cfu/g or cfu/ml, or any application where counts are high and standardisation and reproducibility are key.
Spiral Biotech unveiled the Autoplate at the American Society for Microbiology (ASM) 2009 General Meeting.
