The Eppendorf microcentrifuge with macropossibilities

1 Sept 2008
Greg Smith
Analyst / Analytical Chemist

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Eppendorf’s new 30-place Centrifuge 5430 spins at up to 30,130 x g and accommodates virtually any tube or plate in eight different rotors, yet its footprint is highly compact.

Mehran Khajooei, Product Manager, Eppendorf AG, Hamburg, comments, 'The new Centrifuge 5430 combines state-of-the-art features with ease of use, offering a wide choice of rotors, low loading height of only 25 cm, and an ergonomically structured control panel. The simple, intuitive menu guide is easy to read on the large backlit LC display and up to 50 routine programs can be stored. Centrifuge 5430 is ideal for laboratories using both tubes and plates, especially considering the 30,130 x g rating and the small footprint – only 33 x 42 cm.'

Centrifuge 5430 is the world’s first microcentrifuge offering the option to use a swing-bucket rotor for spinning MTP and PCR plates, and with seven other rotor options, Centrifuge 5430 is brilliantly versatile, whatever type of tubes researchers use in their applications. The high speed rotor produces a g-force of up to 30,130 x g, saving centrifugation time prior to performing PCR/qPCR or ELISA assays.

The aerosol-tight standard rotor improves safety and peace of mind, while rotor options cover tubes from 0.2 ml up to 50 ml, including CryoTubes® and Falcon® tubes; microtest plates, Deepwell plates (200 or 500 µl) and slides; and a Kit rotor for open spin columns.

Centrifuge 5430

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The compact design of the new Eppendorf 30-place microcentrifuge offers an impressively wide range of applications. Virtually any tube or plate you want to centrifuge can be accommodated by one of its eight available rotors from an Eppendorf Tube® at 30,000 x g, to Falcon® tubes in the fixed-angle rotor, to MTP plates in the swing-bucket rotor—and more! Centrifuge 5430 is your centrifuge, based on your requirements. And the ergonomically structured control panel makes handling easier than ever

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