K850

• Vertical chamber with top filling and bottom draining
• Side viewing port – good visibility
• Built-in adiabatic cooling and thermoelectric heating – accurate temperature control
• Fine-control needle valve pressure let down – precise control of decompression avoids potential damage to specimens by uncontrolled pressure release
• Built-in magnetic stirrer- enhanced solvent exchange
• Pressure monitoring with safety cut-out for over pressure
• Chamber: vertical, diameter 32mm, height 47mm with glass viewing port and safety shield

• Semi-automated critical point drying of delicate biological samples, high-moisture content samples, and MEMs.

Instrument Dimensions

• W 442 mm x 170 mm H x D 339 mm

Weight

• 15 kg (20 kg packed weight)

Packed dimensions

• W 630 mm x 640 mm H x D 630 mm

Safety

• Built-in safety devices in both hardware and software, including relief valves, level sensors, pressure switches and programming restraints

Chamber Size

• Vertical chamber 32 mm Ø x 47 mm H, with glass viewing port and safety shield.

Critical point dryer liquid carbon dioxide (CO₂) requirements

• All models require a cylinder of liquid CO₂ fitted with a siphon tube (normally indicated by a vertical white stripe on the cylinder). If there is any doubt regarding the presence of a siphon tube, advice should be sought from the supplier

Sample Holders

• Standard specimen holder with 12 individual specimens wells (each 8 mm Ø x 8 mm H)

Holders for TEM grids and bulk specimens also available upon request.