Experion Automated Electrophoresis Station

Performs all of the steps of gel-based electrophoresis in one compact, durable unit. It automates analysis by combining electrophoresis, staining, destaining, band detection, and imaging into a single, 30 minute step. It's an electrophoresis cell, power supply, and imager built into a single device.

Laser Tweezers

General Description:Also known as optical tweezers, they use a strongly focused laser beam to trap small particles and objects within the beam. The laser tweezers can manipulate individual cells and similarly sized bits of matter and measure the forces involved with great precision. Measuring the interactions of the particles accurately is important to assess their function.

Fisher Scientific Sonic Dismembrator 500

Designed to mix, disperse, emulsify and homogenize liquid samples. Advanced circuitry provides regulation to the tip for a variety of applications.

Tecator 2020 Digestor

General Description: A block digestion system for Kjeldahl nitrogen analysis.

Specifications: The digestor operates from 100 – 440 oC, and can digest up to 20 samples at once.

Tecator Kjeltec System 1026 Distilling Unit

General Description: A steam distillation system for Kjeldahl nitrogen analysis.

Specifications: Operates in either manual or automatic mode. Dispenses water (for sample dilution) and alkali into sample. Generates steam and injects it into sample during distillation. Condenses distillate and collects it in the receiver flask.

Rheometric Scientific SR-5000
Dynamic Stress Rheometer

General Description: The Dynamic Stress Rheometer is a controlled stress rheometer used to characterize properties of materials in either melt or fluid form.

Specifications: Applies either dynamic or linear stress to the sample and measures strain. Analyzes applied stress and resulting strain to calculate material properties.

Beckman Coulter LS 230
Particle Size Analyzer

General Description: The LS 230 utilizes laser diffraction (light scattering) to determine particle size distributions in fluid and dried samples.

Specifications: Measures particles in the ranges 0.04 to 2000 microns for fluids and 0.4 to 2000 microns for powders.

Beckman Coulter QuickSCAN

General Description: The QuickSCAN is a liquid dispersion optical characterization instrument.

Specifications: Analyses stability and instability of concentrated liquid dispersions (emulsions, suspensions, and foams). Detects physical destabilization phenomena (creaming, sedimentation, coalescence, and flocculation) using the multiple light scattering principle of measurement.

Texture Technologies / Stable Micro Systems TA.XT2 Texture Analyzer

General Description: The TA.XT2 is a portable, single-column, bench-mounted, microprocessor-controlled texture analysis system.

Specifications: Measures force, distance, and time to provide three-dimensional product analysis. Determines force from 0.1 g to 5 kg. Measures distance from 0.1 to 295 mm. Operates at a speed range of 0.1 to 10 mm/sec.

Foss Type 11700 Formagraph

General Description: The instrument is used for the evaluation of cheese process parameters.

Specifications: Records firmness/time graphs for coagulating milk, with a capacity of 20 samples/hour.

TA Instruments DSC 2920

General Description: The DSC 2920 determines the temperature and heat flow associated with material transitions as a function of time and temperature.

Specifications: Provides quantitative and qualitative data on endothermic and exothermic processes of materials during physical transitions caused by heat-related changes. The DSC has a temperature range from room temperature to 725ºC.

General Description: Beckman L7-35. Used to generate centrifugal forces for the separation of particles such as sedimentation of milk and cellular components.

Specifications:Speed: 1000 to 35000 rpm in increments of 1000 rpm. br>
Temperature Range: 0ºC to ambient.
Time: Up to 9 hours 59 minutes or hold.

GCMS- Gas Chromatograph/Mass Spectrometer with head space sampler

General Description: The TurboMass™ Mass Spectrometer is a sophisticated benchtop mass spectrometric detector that provides you with the simple tools needed to perform routine gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GM/MS) analyses as well as the sophisticated tolls needed to perform the more complex analyses. Turbo Mass can run analyses that best characterize your sample by using either the electron ionization (EI) mode or chemical ionization (CI) mode.

HPLC- High Performance Liquid Chromatography

General Description: peptide analysis from cheese ripening

Capillary Electrophoreses

General Description: CE is a powerful analytical technique currently used for the identification and separation of proteins, peptides, and organic acids.

Digital Imager

General Description: Digital imager for quantification and record keeping of dairy product sample structure and composition

Microscope

General Description: Contrast phase microscope for analysis of microorganisms, spores, and cells.

Super Critical Fluid Extraction

General Description: Pilot plant system designed for extraction of samples of up to 500 ml. Wide range of conditions are possible and is used for optimizing extraction processes.

Elisa Plate Reader

General Description: UV-Spectrometer plate reader can analyze multiple samples at once. Utilized for antibody and enzymatic assays for milk product component analysis or microbiological safety.

Ultra Scan XE Spectrophotometer

General Description:This insturment can be used to measure virtually any kind of product. Opaque and translucent materials can be placed at the reflectance port on the front of the sensor for measurement of reflected color. Transparent samples such as films and liquids can be placed in the transmission compartment for measurement of transmitted color.

Rotary Evaporator

Rotary evaporators are used to remove solvents from reaction mixtures and can accommodate volumes as large as 3 liters. It has a heatable water bath to keep the solvent from cooling or even freezing during the evaporation process. The solvent is removed under vacuum, is trapped by a condenser and is collected for easy reuse or disposal.