42 Innovative Water Purification for the Modern Laboratory


Established in 1997, Hydrolab is a leading Polish manufacturer specialising in the design and delivery of state-of-the-art water purification systems tailored for laboratory purposes. With over 25 years of experience, the company has been at the forefront of introducing cutting-edge water purification technologies, including mechanical filtration, adsorption, iron removal, softening, and various membrane technologies (such as reverse osmosis, microfiltration, nanofiltration, ultrafiltration). Hydrolab also incorporates 185nm and 254nm UV radiation and deionisation into its systems.


The provision of pure water in laboratory settings is critical, often serving as the most important chemical reagent. Hydrolab offers an extensive range of water purification systems, meticulously designed to meet the standards of ISO 3696:1999, ASTM, CLSI, and FP norms for various water purity classes. In modern laboratories, water quality should remain consistent, with parameters like conductivity and temperature under continuous monitoring.


Hydrolab offers a diverse portfolio of over a hundred water purification systems. Drawing upon years of expertise and research, the company has developed three distinct series of demineralisers: TECHNICAL, HLP, and SPRING. These series provide ideal solutions that meet the stringent requirements of modern laboratories for ultrapure water supply. In addition to the core offerings, Hydrolab has introduced unique and innovative solutions, expanding the range to include the ULTRA, R, and TECHNICAL PLUS series. The product line extends to industrial systems, such as SPRING and TECHNICAL. These demineralisers find wide applications in analytical laboratories, as well as in sectors like pharmaceuticals, chemicals, electronics, and the food industry, among others. The equipment is also popular in settings such as dental clinics and beauty salons.


Beyond equipment supply, Hydrolab offers a comprehensive array of services to ensure the delivery of the highest quality water for laboratories. The company provides guidance and support, from initial planning to installation, complete with IQ, OQ, and PQ documentation. Notably, Hydrolab maintains ISO 9001:2015 certification, covering quality management, design, production, and maintenance of water purification systems. This certification underscores the company’s commitment to upholding the highest standards in both its products and services.


More information online: ilmt.co/PL/mVLw 61381pr@reply-direct.com Compact Cutting Mill for Small Sample Grinding


The Fritsch Mini Cutting Mill PULVERISETTE 29 is the go-to laboratory mill for grinding small sample quantities of diverse materials, from grains and seeds to low- density plastics. This cost-effective, compact, and space-saving mill is designed for uncomplicated use and can be easily cleaned without contamination concerns.


One of its standout features is a rotor with four straight cutting edges and fixed knives made of hardened stainless steel, enabling an impressive 48,000 cutting processes per minute.


The mill offers a variable rotational speed ranging from 500 to 6000 rpm, ensuring optimal cutting speed. It can handle feed sizes of up to 25 mm in diameter and volumes of up to 100 ml.


With sieve inserts ranging from 0.25 to 6 mm, you can achieve variable final fineness. The rotor and fixed knives are simply inserted, eliminating the need for adjusting the cutting gap.


Furthermore, the rotor knives and fixed knives are durable and turnable, extending their lifespan. The mill’s practical design allows for easy cleaning with just a few simple steps, and it ensures no loss of moisture during sample preparation for moisture determination.


The Fritsch P-29 is particularly suitable for analysing moisture, raw fibre, ash, as well as infrared (IR) and near-infrared (NIR) applications.


Thanks to its variable rotational speed, the Fritsch P-29 excels in grinding grains and seeds while preserving moisture, meeting the essential requirements for analytically correct analysis in feed and raw material sampling.


Explore the Mini Cutting Mill PULVERISETTE 29 further by watching a video showcasing its functionality and unique features. You can also schedule a virtual application consultation to learn more about its capabilities and even test the mill with your most challenging sample to witness the results first-hand. More information online: ilmt.co/PL/vAR2 and ilmt.co/PL/4ZNe


61238pr@reply-direct.com Advancing Canine Epigenome Research with Vacuum Aspiration Systems


Seoul National University’s College of Veterinary Medicine researchers, led by the Cho Lab, have adopted Integra Biosciences’ VACUSAFE safe aspiration system and VACUSIP portable aspiration system for their ground-breaking work on cancerous organoids from domesticated dogs. This initiative is part of a comparative medicine study to expand canine NGS datasets and enhance our comprehension of tumour progression in human and canine oncology.


Borris D. Aldonza, Lab Facility Manager, commented: “We perform daily microvolume aspirations of organoid cultures, working with many diverse samples from the university’s veterinary hospital. The compact VACUSAFE and VACUSIP systems provide us with a finely controlled aspiration technique that enables accurate work in our NGS workflows. The VACUBOY vacuum hand operator on the VACUSAFE features a finger-activated valve that precisely regulates vacuum flow, enabling sensitive fingertip control and markedly improving accuracy when aspirating microvolumes. Integra’s VACUSAFE also has multiple vacuum intensity settings that allow us to control the amount of suction force, which is ideal for the delicate handling of precious samples such as organoids. The VACUSIP is perfect for daily microvolume aspiration tasks, as it allows us to aspirate any remaining liquid from the samples - which is simply unachievable by manual pipetting - and saves us a lot of time for our microplate- and PCR plate-based samples.”


Borris continued: “We are very satisfied with the VACUSAFE and VACUSIP and we’re looking forward to continuing our relationship with Integra in the future. The company’s products have helped us to achieve great feats so far - including our successful publication of the first reference epigenome of the domesticated dog - and we plan to keep moving the field of comparative oncology forwards using such robust, reliable equipment.”


More information online: ilmt.co/PL/Jeye Energy-efficient and Environmentally-friendly Temperature Control


Huber Kältemaschinenbau has used natural refrigerants for more than 20 years already and is one of the pioneers in the field of environmentally-friendly thermoregulation. The innovative design of the devices makes it possible to equip large Unistats with environmentally friendly refrigerants and ensure their safe use. The devices achieve an excellent ecological balance not only in the field of refrigerants but also when it comes to low cooling water consumption of water-cooled Unistats and Unichillers, making Huber products especially environmentally friendly. Huber devices only use about a third of the cooling water required by conventional cooling machines. Since 2010, Huber also offers the possibility to use process heat in cogeneration, thereby optimally utilising any surplus resources: Unistats can be combined with existing energy resources such as steam, cooling water or liquid nitrogen.


The use of natural refrigerants achieves excellent results and contributes to a positive environmental impact, be it the thermoregulation of reactors, material stress tests, preparation of samples or temperature simulation. A choice of refrigerants geared towards sustainability makes expensive conversions at a later point in time unnecessary and protects against additional investments due to new regulations and laws.


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