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How Easy it is to Switch to Hygiena® EnSURE® Touch
How Easy it is to Switch to Hygiena® EnSURE® Touch
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Why the EnSURE® Touch? There is no denying that ATP systems are essential tools for food safety and quality control....

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💔 It is with profound sadness that I share the heartbreaking news of the passing of our dear colleague and friend,...

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Dental Practice: Protein Residue swabbing for Hygiene Verification
Dental Practice: Protein Residue swabbing for Hygiene Verification
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Protein residue hygiene verification can provide several benefits to a dental practice in terms of having a reliable...

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Water Activity (aw) - how it affects food manufacturing.
Water Activity (aw) - how it affects food manufacturing.
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When choosing a water activity (aw) meter, you should consider factors such as accuracy, range, ease of use,...
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Which Type of Centrifuge is best suited for your business needs?
Which Type of Centrifuge is best suited for your business needs?
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Which Type of Centrifuge is the best suited for your business needs? In this guide, we will discuss the different...
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Cross industry uses for laboratory ovens and incubators

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Laboratory ovens and incubators are used in most industries and don’t always remain in the lab. They are able to provide a controlled environment for their users to conduct experiments, perform testing on products and they can also preserve samples. In other applications, they can be used to cure powder coated surfaces, cure and harden carbon fibre components. The newest application is testing seaweed based food safe packaging for takeaway cartons.

Industries using ovens and incubators:

  • Research, Medical and Biotech Laboratories: In research labs, ovens and incubators are used to perform a range of experiments, such as drying and baking samples, culturing cells and tissues, storing and incubating cultures, and drying and curing specimens.
  • Pharmaceutical Laboratories: In pharmaceutical laboratories, ovens and incubators are used for drying and curing samples, testing the stability of ingredients/constituents, as well as testing the shelf-life of pharmaceutical products.
  • Food and Beverage Industry: In the food and beverage industry, ovens and incubators are used for new food and beverage product creation/formulations in the research labs. By allowing baking, roasting, and fermenting of ingredients, as well as for testing the shelf-life and stability of food and beverages. Food packaging can also be tested using ovens.
  • Education: In colleges and universities, ovens and incubators are used for teaching and training students in laboratory techniques and procedures, as well as for research by staff and postgraduate students.
  • Manufacturing/Engineering/Aeronautical Industry: Oven and incubators can be used in a wide range of applications from powder coating drying/curing, curing of carbon-fibre items, testing of materials for strength and durability.
  • Geotechnical & Environmental: Ovens and incubators are used for drying soil samples for further analysis. Ovens can be used to cure models for “to scale” experiments.
Ovens and incubators allow a range of skilled people including, scientists, engineers or technicians to maintain precise temperature, humidity, and other environmental conditions, which are essential for conducting reliable, technically precise and accurate experiments or tasks. Features of laboratory ovens and incubators can include being equipped with safety features, such as over-temperature protection alarms, air circulation methods, multiple shelving, different interior surfaces, made to measure dimensions, as well as varying temperature ranges. Gem Scientific supply a wide range of ovens and incubators from market leading manufacturers including Genlab, Binder and JIM Engineering.
 

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