INTERSCIENCE

For over 40 years, INTERSCIENCE has been providing high-quality equipment for microbiology, especially designed for quick and safe analyses in quality control. We offer a large range of products, from solid sample preparation to its final bacterial enumeration, for the food and agro-food, medical, cosmetic and pharmaceutical industries.

ScanStation Real-Time Incubator and Colony Counter

  • 1. INCUBATOR & AUTOMATIC COLONY COUNTER
    • ScanStation:
    • 1 incubator of 300 Petri dishes
    • + 1 robotic arm transfers the Petri dishes
    • + 1 automatic ultra-HD colony counter
  • 2. PRINCIPLE
    • 300 Petri dishes are counted every hour throughout the process. Colonies are detected and counted as soon as they appear
  • 3. RESULTS
    • Sooner: Detection of the colonies is made at an early stage of their development, so the result is known 3 x sooner than with traditional methods, for example 8h instead of 24h.
    • Faster : 300 Petri dishes are processed simultaneously: colony counting is done automatically during incubation.
    • Accurate : Colonies are detected before clustering or covering can occur and are differentiated from writings and debris.
  • 4. REAL-TIME BACTERIAL GROWTH
    • Anticipated results: Automation of colony counting during incubation saves time and allows earlier release of production batches.
    • Real-time control: discover bacterial growth hour-by-hour and see the video during and after incubation with zoom, pause and replay features…
    • Zoom : zoom directly on the image to check the state of the colonies and closely study their development.
    • Full traceability: data is archived and available throughout incubation up to final validation of the results.
  • 5. INNOVATIVE FEATURES
    • Robotic architecture: The incubator includes a robotic architecture with a 300 Petri dishes carousel, an ultra-rigid robotic arm for more accuracy and durability and an ultra-HD automatic colony counter.
    • Pressure sensitive gripper: This high precision gripper fits to the Petri dishes right side or upside down, grabs them from the carousel and moves them to the image capture zone every hour.
    • Incubator with Peltier effect: Peltier modules allow a temperature regulation of ± 1 °C, low energy consumption, no fluid nor compressor.
    • Ultra HD image: With white LED lighting and 5 million pixels, ultra HD camera enables accurate counting and detection of the colonies from their early development.
    • Touch screen interface: Makes it easier to navigate through the software and gives real time access to the Petri dish data.
    • Multibatch : The loading of Petri dishes can be done at the beginning or during the incubation. Petri dish batches can be added at any point during the process.

Automatic Colony Counters

  • HIGH QUALITY
    • Stainless steel body
    • Ultra HD CCD colour camera
    • Digital zoom x 69
    • Resolution: 5 megapixels
    • Counting time: up to 1000 colonies per second
    • Minimum size of colony: 0.05 mm
  • THE LARGEST READING RANGE ON THE MARKET
    • Counting on round Petri dishes Ø 55 to 150 mm
    • Counting on 120 mm square Petri dishes
    • Counting on: PetriFilmTM, MC-Media PadsTM, Compact DryTM, filtration membranes, chromogenic dishes
  • UNEQUALLED LIGHTING
    • 360° LED lighting, without reflection or shadow of the dish with White LED Dome technology
    • Ultra HD CCD 5 megapixels camera, detects bare eye invisible details
    • Beam Splitter to ensure lighting 100% without reflections or shadows
    • Automatic detection of the dish + reading on 100% of the dish
  • SOFTWARE EFFICIENCY
    • Automatic optimization of the contrast, luminosity and sensitivity
    • Automatic corrections of the agar defects
    • Automatic separation of confluent colonies
    • Creation of polygonal exclusion zones
    • Pre-set medias: Pca/Tsa, Mrs, Vrbl/Vrbg, Tbx, Tsc, Baird Parker, Gvpc Bcye, YM, Rapid L.Mono, Rapid Entero, Rhapsody, Compass cereus, PetriFilmTM, MC-Media PadsTM, Compact DryTM
  • FULL TRACEABILITY
    • Automatic archiving and printing of data: pictures, comments & results
    • Traceability: Session archived and saved, Excel™, PDF, JPEG, BMP, Scan printed report, barcode, file archive, LIMS connection
    • Securization of the sessions (Compliance with 21 CFR part 11: system securization, operational controls and documentation management)
  • EXCELLENT REPRODUCIBILITY AND REPEATABILITY
    • GLP (Good laboratory Practice)
    • The Scan 4000 counts with up to 98 % accuracy in a constant and repeatable way
  • Scan SOFTWARE
    • Scan automatic colony counters use an exclusive software developed by INTERSCIENCE: evolutive, user-friendly and powerful.
    • There are numerous advantages in using Scan counting software:
    • Only one click to count
    • Only one setting cursor
    • Traceability: automatic saving of data, Excel™ export
  • VISUALISATION WINDOW
    • Detected colonies are highlighted and marked with a cross.
  • PARAMETERS WINDOW
    • Only one cursor to optimize counting. customizable settings adaptable to any kind of agar.
  • RESULTS WINDOW
    • All previously recorded data can be checked anytime.
  • EASY DATA EXPORT
    • Work sessions saving
    • Scan printed report
    • Results exported to Excel™
    • PDF export
    • JPEG, BMP export

instaBag Range

  • Just add water
    • Ready-to-use bag with pre-dosed dehydrated media
    • Perfect dissolution during blending
    • Non-woven filter identical to the bag filter
  • All the advantages of a filter bag
    • Debris are blocked by the filter during blending
  • Long shelf life
    • Easy pouch opening
    • Zip pouch with desiccant: optimal conservation after opening
    • Light-and-humidity proof aluminium pouch
  • Available in:
    • BPW 90 mL and BPW 225 mL

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