Trademark Index: The document lists trademarks owned by BRAND GMBH + CO KG, such as accu-jet® and BIO-CERT®, and references third-party trademarks like AMERSHAM® and Eppendorf®.
About the Product: BRAND operates a DAkkS-accredited calibration laboratory for liquid handling instruments, offering repair and calibration services for their products and third-party products.
Ordering Options: BRAND products are available globally through laboratory supply dealers. Specifications are subject to change.
About Us: Founded in 1949, BRAND emphasizes quality and innovation, operating one of the world's largest cleanroom facilities.
New Products: Introduces products like the Dispensette® TA for trace analysis and BRANDplates® Insert System for cell culture work.
Liquid Handling: BRAND offers ergonomic and precise liquid handling instruments, including Dispensette®, seripettor®, and Transferpette®.
Dispensette® Bottle-top Dispenser: Details features and applications of Dispensette® III and Organic models, highlighting easy calibration and safety features.
General Features: Dispensette® dispensers are designed for direct dispensing, easy cleaning, and conform to ISO 9001 and GLP guidelines.
Dispenser Selection Chart: Provides recommendations for selecting the appropriate dispenser model based on the reagent.
Overview: Specifications and guidelines for Dispensette® TA and seripettor® dispensers, including chemical compatibility and construction materials.
Chemical Compatibility: Lists compatibility of Dispensette® TA with various chemicals, indicating suitability with '+' and non-suitability with '–'.
General Features of Dispensette® TA: Made from high-purity plastics with sapphire valves, featuring a 360° rotatable valve block and easy disassembly.
Operating Limits: Dispensette® TA operates under specific vapor pressure, viscosity, temperature, and density limits.
Ordering Information: Catalog numbers for components and accessories like valve springs and discharge tubes.
seripettor® and seripettor® pro: Cost-effective dispensers for routine use, suitable for various solutions, with the pro model extending to concentrated acids.
Materials and Construction: seripettor® models use durable materials and feature replaceable dispensing cartridges.
Operating Limits for seripettor®: Specific limits for vapor pressure, density, and temperature, with viscosity limits for different volumes.
Accessories and Spare Parts: Lists accessories and spare parts for Dispensette® TA and seripettor® models.
Overview: Detailed information on Titrette® burette and Transferpette® pipetting system, including features and specifications.
Specifications and Features: Titrette® burette designed for precise titration with intuitive controls and optional PC interface.
Operating Limits and Compatibility: Operates within specific temperature and pressure limits, compatible with various titration media.
Calibration and Error Limits: Meets DIN EN ISO 8655-3 standards, with recommended calibration certificates for stricter limits.
Transferpette® Pipetting System: Features ergonomic design, Easy Calibration, and available in single and multichannel versions.
Accessories and Spare Parts: Includes threaded bottles, filling valves, and inspection windows.
Overview: Information on Transferpette® S and S -8/-12 pipettes, highlighting ergonomic design and precision.
Key Features: Ergonomic design, one-handed volume adjustment, autoclavability, and high precision.
Models and Specifications: Transferpette® S available in fixed and adjustable volumes, with multichannel options for serial tasks.
Ordering Information: Includes catalog numbers and specifications for accuracy and variation.
Conclusion: Transferpette® series offers versatile pipetting solutions with ergonomic design and precision.
Overview: Information on Transferpette® electronic pipettes, highlighting ergonomic design and innovative features.
Specifications: Available in various models with different volume capacities, calibrated to DIN EN ISO 8655-2 standards.
Features: Ergonomic design, intuitive operation, and multiple programs for different applications.
Programs: Includes standard pipetting, reverse pipetting, mixing, and dispensing.
Accessories: Lists accessories like stands and reagent reservoirs.
Pipette Tips: Manufactured in a cleanroom environment, ensuring high purity and quality.
Overview: Information on BRAND's
pipette tips and systems, focusing on Ultra Low Retention tips and Transferpettor pipette.
Specifications: ULR Pipette Tips available in sterile and non-sterile forms, Transferpettor suitable for challenging operations.
Procedures and Usage: Transferpettor ideal for precise results in challenging operations.
Compatibility and Standards: Tips tested for compatibility with major brands, conforming to DIN EN ISO standards.
Recommendations: Use BRAND microliter pipettes for optimal results with BRAND tips.
Ordering Information: Catalog numbers and packaging options for pipette tips and accessories.
Key Data from Charts and Tables: Comparison of residual quantities and accuracy data for pipettes.
Overview: Information on HandyStep® electronic repetitive pipette and compatible PD-Tips.
Specifications: HandyStep® designed for precise handling, featuring automatic tip size recognition.
Accuracy and Precision: Includes accuracy table for PD-Tips, ensuring compliance with ISO standards.
Usage and Handling: Operates optimally at 20°C with distilled water, includes ergonomic design features.
PD-Tips: Precision dispenser tips with size encoding, available in sterile and non-sterile options.
Accessories and Ordering Data: Lists accessories and catalog numbers for ordering components.
Additional Products: Describes other pipetting aids like accu-jet® pro and macro pipette controllers.
QuikSip™ BT-Aspirator Overview: Designed for use with BRANDplates® Insert System, featuring fingertip vacuum control.
Ordering and Spare Parts: Includes QuikSip™ BT-Aspirator and various adapters.
PLT Unit (Pipette Leak Testing Unit): Detects leaks in pipettes, improving reliability.
EASYCAL™ 4.0 Calibration Software: Automates accuracy calculations, supporting GLP and ISO standards.
Life Science Products: High-quality plastic consumables for biosciences, offering chemical resistance and temperature stability.
Material Specifications and Additives: Uses selected polypropylene types, avoiding additives that interfere with tests.
Cleanroom Production: Products manufactured in cleanrooms, ensuring high-quality standards.
Surface Modification: Techniques used to customize product properties, like hydrophobic surfaces.
Quality Grades and Sterility: Offers sterile products free from contaminants, suitable for sensitive applications.
Contaminant-Free Products: Free from DNA, RNases, endotoxins, and ATP, suitable for PCR and luminescence measurements.
Microcentrifuge Tubes: Feature uniform lid thickness and high clarity, available in various sizes.
Micro Tubes: Available with screw caps, suitable for storing sensitive samples.
Accessories: Includes tube racks and mini coolers for organizing and storing tubes.
Overview: Information on BRAND's PCR products, optimized for thermal cyclers and suitable for PCR applications.
Specifications: Includes PCR tubes, strips, and plates in various formats, made from polypropylene.
Product Features: PCR plates feature alphanumeric coding and cut corner design for easy orientation.
Product Range: Lists various PCR tubes and plates with different capacities and colors.
Accessories: Includes PCR sealing mats and films, mini PCR cooler, and PCR racks.
Thermal Cycler Compatibility: Compatibility chart for various thermal cyclers.
Recommendations: Highlights the importance of using white PCR products for qPCR applications.
Thermal Cycler Compatibility: Compatibility chart for thermal cyclers, indicating compatible models.
Sample Storage Products: Disposable products for storing life science samples, offering chemical resistance and autoclavability.
Deep-Well Plates: Essential for sample storage and other applications, made from polypropylene.
Microplates: Available in various types for different applications, including immunology and cell culture.
Cryogenic Tubes: Designed for storing biological materials in liquid nitrogen, sterile and free from contaminants.
Sealing Films: Self-adhesive films for securely sealing microplates, suitable for various applications.
Accessories: Lists accessories for cryogenic tubes and microplates.
Overview of BRANDplates® Microplates: Available in various well formats, suitable for cell culture applications.
BRANDplates® Insert System: Designed for cell culture work, available in different well formats and surfaces.
Cell Culture Insert Strips: Available with various pore sizes, suitable for migration and metastasis experiments.
BRANDplates® Ordering Information: Lists plates and insert strips with various surfaces and pore sizes.
UV-Cuvettes: Designed for photometric determination of proteins and nucleic acids, available in various sizes.
Standard Cuvettes: Made from PS and PMMA, suitable for water analysis and life science applications.
Overview: Information on laboratory instruments and materials, focusing on cuvettes and volumetric instruments.
Cuvettes: Importance of determining blank values and calibration curves for accurate measurements.
Photometric Methods: Methods for determining concentration and purity of nucleic acids and proteins.
Volumetric Instruments: Details precision and calibration of BLAUBRAND® instruments, emphasizing quality assurance.
Quality Assurance: Highlights quality management system certified by DIN EN ISO 9001.
Bulb Pipettes: Specifications for BLAUBRAND® bulb pipettes, including error limits and calibration details.
Graduated Pipettes: Information on BLAUBRAND® graduated pipettes, with details on batch certification and precision design.
Specifications and Standards: Outlines specifications for graduated pipettes and volumetric
flasks, adhering to standards.
Graduated Pipettes: Available in different types and classes, with specific calibration and error limits.
Volumetric Flasks: Essential for preparing dilutions and standard solutions, available in various designs.
Recommendations: Recommends using specific pipette types for precise pipetting.
Key Data and Features: Lists capacities, subdivisions, error limits, and catalog numbers for products.
Specifications: Burettes and automatic burettes calibrated to deliver, adhering to standards.
Materials and Design: Burettes made from borosilicate glass, with PTFE valve spindles for smooth operation.
Product Variants: Burettes available in various capacities and stopcock options.
Compact Burettes: Feature removable PTFE stopcocks, available in clear and amber glass.
Automatic Burettes: Available in different patterns, designed for rapid filling and fine titration.
Spare Parts: Spare burette tubes, stopcocks, and tips available for replacement.
Racks for Sedimentation Cones: Describes racks for holding sedimentation cones, made from PMMA/PP.
Hydrometers: Used to measure liquid density, with various types listed for different applications.
Thermometers: Range of thermometers available, calibrated for total immersion.
Special-Purpose Hydrometers: Designed for specific substances, featuring double scales.
Hydrometer Cylinders: Describes types of hydrometer cylinders, made from borosilicate glass and PP.
Conclusion: Provides specifications and usage instructions for laboratory instruments, emphasizing accuracy.
Overview: Specifications and descriptions of precision thermometers and laboratory containers.
Thermometers: Includes maximum-precision, precision Anschutz, high-temperature, low-temperature, and ASTM thermometers.
Laboratory Containers: Includes sample cups, jars, disposal bags, Petri dishes, and culture tubes.
Calibration and Certification: Many thermometers and containers can be officially calibrated.
Regulatory Compliance: Some products not available in EU due to directives.
Centrifuge Tubes Overview: Specifications for centrifuge tubes in PP and PC materials.
Sample Tubes and Accessories: Includes universal, coagulometer, and sedimentation tubes.
Test Tube Racks: Made from PP and PTFE, available in multiple sizes and colors.
Pipettes: Includes disposable micropipettes, Pasteur pipettes, and dropping pipettes.
Counting Chambers: Made from optical glass, used for particle counting.
Counting Chambers: Describes Fuchs-Rosenthal, Malassez, and Nageotte chambers.
Haemacytometer Cover Glasses: Made from borosilicate glass, designed for use with counting chambers.
Microscope Slides: Available in soda-lime glass, not suitable for high humidity storage.
Staining Troughs: Various designs available for different slide capacities.
Sealing Film: PARAFILM® M is a versatile sealing film with excellent stretchability.
Beakers and Flasks: Includes beakers and Erlenmeyer flasks made from various materials.
General Laboratory Supplies: Includes watch glasses and evaporating dishes made from PTFE.
Overview: Specifications and descriptions of laboratory equipment and accessories.
Tubing: Lists types of tubing made from PVC and silicone.
Flow Indicator: Optimizes cooling water flow during distillation.
Spring Clips: Made from zinc and polyethylene-coated spring steel.
Tubing Connectors and Adapters: Made from PP and PE-HD, available in various configurations.
Stopcocks: Available in PE-HD and PTFE, designed for ambient pressure operations.
Joint Clips and Sleeves: Conical joint clips available in PTFE and POM.
Stirrers and Stirring Bars: Various types described, including those with PTFE coatings.
Spatulas: Includes spatulas with steel cores coated in PE-HD.
Overview: Specifications and descriptions of laboratory equipment and containers.
Spatulas and Stirring Rods: Lists spatulas made from impact-resistant PS.
Forceps and Scoops: Available in various materials and capacities.
Weighing Dishes and Jars: Made from impact-resistant PS, available in various shapes.
Bottles: Details various types of bottles made from different materials.
Containers: Includes aspirator bottles, storage bottles, jerry cans, and more.
Pipette Rinsing Systems: Details on pipette jars and rinsing apparatus.
Pipette Specifications and Accessories: Includes specifications for pipettes and accessories like soaking jars.
Draining Rack and Pipette Storage: Describes draining rack and pipette stand for organizing pipettes.
Water Stills: MonoDest 3000 E and N models provide high-quality distilled water.
Cleaning and Disinfection: Offers a range of detergents and disinfectants for laboratory use.
Quality Management: Ensures high accuracy and consistency in volumetric instruments.
Quality Management and Certification: Outlines quality management system certified to DIN EN ISO 9001.
Precision and Accuracy in Volumetric Measurement: Explains key terms and provides formulas for calculating metrics.
Certificates and Calibration: BLAUBRAND® instruments are conformity certified, with various certificates available.
Monitoring of Measuring Instruments: Stresses importance of verifying and documenting accuracy.
Calculations and Error Limits: Provides detailed calculations for mean volume, accuracy, and more.
Easy Calibration Technique: Offers easy calibration technology for certain instruments.
Calibration and Adjustment Procedures: Outlines procedures for liquid handling instruments.
ISO and GLP Guidelines: Routine calibration and readjustment required according to guidelines.
EASYCAL™ Calibration Software: Facilitates calibration with step-by-step SOPs.
BRAND Calibration Service: Provides comprehensive calibration service for various instruments.
DAkkS Calibration Laboratory: Accredited to issue DAkkS calibration certificates.
CE Marking and IVD Directive: Explains CE marking requirements for IVD devices.
Materials: Glass: Discusses properties of different types of glass used in laboratories.
Glass Material Specifications and Safety Measures: Details thermal and mechanical stress considerations for glass instruments.
Glass Resistance Standards: Discusses hydrolytic, acid, and alkali resistance of glass.
Mechanical and Thermal Properties: Details thermal and mechanical properties of glass.
Plastic Material Specifications: Categorizes plastics into thermoplastics, elastomers, and thermosets.
General Properties and Sterilization: Discusses physical properties and sterilization methods for plastics.
Materials: Plastic: Lists plastics that are non-toxic to cell cultures.
Chemical Properties: Classifies plastics based on chemical resistance.
Chemical Resistance: Includes a table detailing chemical resistance of plastics.
Key Observations: Highlights plastics with excellent resistance and emphasizes suitability testing.
Cleaning Methods for Labware: Describes manual, immersion, and machine cleaning methods.
Specific Considerations for Glass and Plastic Labware: Provides cleaning recommendations for glass and plastic labware.
Disinfection and Sterilization: Describes methods for disinfecting and sterilizing labware.
Thermal Resistance: Details thermal resistance of volumetric instruments.
Safety Information: Emphasizes adherence to regulations for handling hazardous substances.
Retention of Title and Co-ownership: Outlines conditions for combining goods and resale under retention of title.
Collateral and Customer Obligations: Describes conditions for releasing collateral and customer obligations.
Warranty and Liability: Details warranty conditions and liability limitations.
Limitation Period: Specifies warranty period and exceptions.
Software Use: Describes rights and restrictions for included software.
Installation and Maintenance: Details installation costs and maintenance obligations.
Legal and Confidentiality: Retains ownership and rights to tools and documents, ensuring confidentiality.
Product Range BRAND_2023
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HandyStep® S
EASYCAL
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General Catalog 2010