Colony Counter Automatic Scan 500 Interscience

colony Counter Automatic Scan 500 Interscience

Key Features

1. HIGH RESOLUTION AND PERFORMANCE

Minimum colony size : 0.1 mm

1000 colonies CFU detected in 1 second

Live image ( zoom x 28 )

Counts 30 dishes in 5 minutes  ( in real conditions with presettings )

2. COUNTS ON :

3. SOFTWARE EFFICIENCY

All functions in 1 window

Automatic optimization of the contrast, luminosity and sensitivity

Automatic corrections of the agar defects

Automatic separtion of confluent colonies

Automatic elimination of counting grids

Cross on each counted colony

Polygonal exclusion areas

Automatic adjustment of the counting area

Automatic settings for more than 20 pres-set media ( PCA/TSA, MRS, VRBL, TBX, TSC, Baird Parker, GVPC, L.Mono, YM more…)

4. INHIBITION ZONE, AGAR WELL

Rapid detection : up to 8 antibiotic sensitivities in 1 click

Inhibition zones and agar wells can be manually added or deleted

Built-in antibiotic database ( CA-SFM, French Society of Microbiology )

Precision of inhibition zone measurement : 0.3 mm

Precision of agar well measurement : 0.3 mm

5. FULL TRACEABILITY

Harmonization of the results within a team

Automatic archiving and printing of data: pictures, comments & results

External traceability ( Session saved, Excel™, PDF, JPEG, BMP, Scan printed report )

Internal traceability ( Barcode, file archive, LIMS connection )

Securization of the sessions ( Compliance with CFR 21 part 11: system securization, operational controls and documentation management )

6. EXCELLENT REPRODUCIBILITY AND REPEATABILITY

GLP ( Good laboratory Practice )

CFR 21 Part 11

Scan® SOFTWARE

Scan® automatic colony counters use an exclusive software developped by INTERSCIENCE : evolutive, user-friendly and powerful

There are numerous advantages in using Scan® counting software :

only one clic to count

only one setting cursor

Traceability : automatic saving of data, Excel™ export

To try the demo version with your samples, please identify below or register here

Download Scan® demo software

1. VISUALISATION WINDOW

Detected colonies are highlighted and marked with a cross.

2. PARAMETERS WINDOW

only one cursor to optimize counting. customizable settings adaptable to any kind of agar.

3. RESULTS WINDOW

All previously recorded data can be checked anytime.

EASY DATA EXPORT

Scan software provides easy ways to export quickly your results:

Work sessions saving

PDF export

JPEG, BMP export

Results exported to Excel™

Scan® printed report

EXAMPLE OF A SCAN® PRINTED REPORT

Check in a glance images before and after counting, complete sample information, comments and results.

Specifications

Scan® 500

Reference

436 000

Camera

CMOS color camera

Lens

M12 lens

Digital zoom

x 28

Resolution

1 megapixels

Counting time

1000 colonies per second

Minimum size colony

0.1 mm

Lighting

Long-life white LEDs / Dark Field

Lighting system

Automatic : 6 combinations, top and/or bottom light white or black background

Counting

Automatic, with manual control

Counting on Petri dishes

55-90 mm

Counting on pour, surface, Spiral® and circle plated dishes

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Counting on chromogenic dishes

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Inhibition zone reader

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Results /Data export

Recountable Scan® session, PDF report, JPEG, PNG, BMP, Excel™

Color detection

7 colors on the same dish

LIMS/SIL connection

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USB connection

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Languages

English, French, Japanese, Chinese, Russian, Spanish, German

Dimensions ( w x d x h )

28,5 x 26,5 x 29 cm

Weight

8,4 kg

Voltage

100-240 V ∼ 50/60 Hz

Power

20 W

Processor

Intel ( recommended ) AMD Phenom or better

Operating systems

Windows™ 7 Service Pack 1 or Windows™ 8 or 10

Frequency

2 Ghz or superior

RAM

3 Go or better

Graphic card

AMD  or NVIDIA ( chipsets are not recommended )

Equipment

USB 2.0 port / CD-ROM reader

Screen

1280 X 1024 pixels and more

Computer

Desktop computer recommended

Hardware

Stainless steel

Software update ( after registration )

3 years

Guarantee ( after registration )

3 years