Bio-Rad 583 Gel Dryer

Item Number:

1152

Manufacturer:

Model:

583

Condition:

Used

Power Supply:

110-120 V, 5.5 A, 50, 60 Hz

Specifications:

The Bio Rad Model 583 Gel Dryer, along with the Bio-Rad HydroTech Vacuum Pump, is used in our lab primarily to dry polycacrylamide gels of all types. This gel dryer, which is 11 X 55 X 50 cm with a drying surface of 35 X 45 cm, has the capacity to dry 9 16 mini gels or 2 large-format gels (e.g. gel shift gels) or 1 sequencing gel. The 583 Gel Dryer consists of a lid with a heating element, a transparent rubber sealing gasket, which allows one to observe the gel during drying and a porous gel support through which the vacuum is applied.

• The gel dryer's operating temperature range is 50 to 90 C and it has an operating time range of 5 minutes to 9 hours and 55 minutes.
• There are 3 programmable drying cycles:
• the sequencing cycle which decreases the sequencing gel drying time
• the gradient cycle which increases the temperature slowly to prevent gels from cracking
• the PAGE gel cycle which is used for most routine gel drying. Our lab primarily uses the gradient cycle to dry coomassie-stained mini gels. Because these gels are thin, they tend to crack easily, but we've found that if we're careful and apply saran-wrap to the gel with two pieces of filter paper beneath it (Bio-Rad recommends using wet filter paper), than we can avoid this problem.

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Electrophoresis, Gel Dryer, HydroTech