Lab Armor^® Bead Bath

Bead Baths from Lab Armor are designed with the user in mind and are optimized to work with Lab Armor Bath Beads. Bead Bath performs all the essentials, including warming, thawing, incubating, chilling and does so while maintaining a constant temperature just like a water bath. These baths deliver exceptional temperature uniformity up to 80°C. The baths are available in 6L, 14L, and 20L sizes, with and without beads included.
 
Uniform Temperatures - with Bead Bath designed specifically for beads, temperatures are consistent and uniform everywhere in the bath. Thermal uniformity is an amazing ±5 °C at 37 °C and ± 1 °C at 65 °C. Since Bead Bath won't boil off like water, or pose danger of combustion like oil, it is ideal for most applications from 37°C to 400 °C.
 
Fast Start - Bead Bath gets up and running faster and you never need to turn it off. There is nothing to evaporate. Unlike a standard bead-filled water bath, Bead Bath allows you to achieve a new set temperature quickly, without long warm up delays, so you can make quick adjustments.
 
Stays Organized - Unlike water baths that require racks, floats and bottleneck weights, Bead Bath naturally holds things in place without accessories. The types and kinds of vessels that can be used with the Bead Bath aren't limited to water-tight containers. So you can safely incubate multiwall plates and petri dishes-or thaw samples without fear of water wicking under the lids. And vessels can be set into the beads at any angle for better thermal optimization.
 
Low Maintenance - Water baths must be routinely monitored, cleaned and maintained. While it is a good idea to keep an eye on Bead Bath, it rarely needs attention. A bi-weekly or monthly spritz of a biodegradable disinfectant is usually sufficient.

Specifications

Lab Armor® Chill Bucket™

Bucket - The Chill Bucket's bell-like shape and molded side knobs help you carry it stably in one arm. If the knobs were too big, they would get in the way; too shallow, they would not hold the bead bag in place. So the current design is optimized for carrying and stability on the bench.

Bead Bag - The Bead Bag's nylon mesh allows any condensation on the beads to escape and the nylon fiber also resists mold and mildew. If the beads need to be washed, the mesh bag works like a wash bag-the mesh hold are small enough to keep the beads, which makes washing them a breeze.

Chill Packs- The Chill Packs are standard ice packs which hold temperature for a long time and are tough enough to be used over and over again without breaking or tearing like vinyl shipping freeze packs can. In addition, they can be cleaned with alcohol or bleach to keep the Chill Bucket System free of mold and other microbes.

Lab Armor^® Beads

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A Modern Upgrade

Lab Armor Beads are dry metallic beads that replace water/ice/oil/sand in baths, giving old equipment a cool, shiny, state-of-the-art upgrade.

Stays Clean

Lab Armor eliminates water bath contamination, harmful germicides, and unpleasant maintenance. 

Beads are dry and naturally more resistant to microbial growth than water, and therefore, are less likely to harbor and contribute to transmitting microorganisms in the laboratory. 
 

Saves Time & Money

Lab Armor Beads will help you save time and money. No more hassling with emptying, cleaning, and refilling water baths.
 

Always On

The bath stays on so there is no need to plan around warm-up times. Lab Armor Beads eliminate the worry about low water burnout because there is no water to evaporate.
 

Other benefits of using Lab Armor Beads: 

• Cleaner working environment.
• Greater organization capabilities as samples are held in place without racks or other accessories.
• Environmentally friendly.

Why Choose Lab Armor Beads?
 

Any Vessel, Any Angle

Lab Armor Beads prevent distorted data and dangers resulting from inaccurate temperatures, evaporated lab water baths, and water-exposed contaminated samples. The Beads are designed to decrease microbial contamination that can ruin experiments or lead to safety issues in the laboratory.

Organized and Secure

Lab Armor Beads flow fluidly and can conform to all sizes and shapes of vessels placed within the bath. Vessels that are prone to tipping over or floating away no longer require racks, floats, or bottleneck weights to secure them in place. Sample vessels can be conveniently buried into the beads to avoid temperature gradients associated with exposure to room temperature air. Bottles will rest on the surface and conical tubes will stay firmly in place in less than 1/2 inch of Beads.

Specifications

• Temperature range: -80°C to 180°C
• High thermal conductivity
• Non-toxic, non-vaporizing, antimicrobial
• No daily requirement for biocides, germicides, or other cleaners
• No gray water
• Smooth rounded shape allows fluidity and will conform to many sizes and shapes of vessels
• No racks, floats or weights required to hold items in place
• Recyclable*
• Weight 4 Lbs. (1.81 kg) per Liter

*Must follow biohazard disposal protocols if beads have been used in biohazardous work.

Lab Armor | Peltier Bead Bath 7 L and 14 L

• Acrylic Viewport to Monitor Samples without Opening Lid
• Sealing Lid for Better Temperature Stability
• Removable Aluminum Bead Baskets for Easy Handling
• Peltier Thermoelectric Cooler-Heater (TEC-H) Device
• Control Panel with Digital Temp Display
• Robust All Steel Construction
• 2 Year Limited Warranty

Lab Armor revolutionizes the scientific bath industry with the Peltier Bead Bath!

Utilizing Peltier Thermoelectric Cooler-Heater (TEC-H) technology, the Peltier Bead Bath is an all-in-one unit that efficiently controls the temperature in chilled and heated applications. The air jacketed design is exclusive to the Lab Armor Peltier Bead Bath, and it is the only bead bath on the market with both cooling and heating capabilities.

The Peltier Bead Bath works with Beads to deliver exceptional temperature uniformity and securely hold lab vessels of various sizes in place. Samples may be conveniently transported using the removable Lab Armor Peltier Bead Baskets. The Bead Bath helps prevent the risk of sample contamination by removing water from many laboratory processes. These design

*Bath empty with no beads loaded.
**Bath filled with beads.