Posted October 17, 20186 yr comment_74810 We have been trying to buy a new serological centrifuge but the Clay Adams is backordered for months. All of the vendors keep suggesting others that they think will work. We have already tried a Hettich EBA21 and just can't get it to work as well as the old Clay Adams. We get different results on titers using the 2 different centrifuges. Cell suspensions that are washed in it end up mixed once the braking stops. If we set the brake lower, it takes too long to stop. Is there a good serofuge for sale in the US anymore? I miss the Immufuges of 1985.
October 18, 20186 yr comment_74815 We have a Hettich EBA-21 that seems to work OK. But we mostly use our Clay Adams sero-fuge 2001s . Not sure they still make the EBA-21s. Scott
October 18, 20186 yr comment_74816 I'm using the Hettich with the brake set for soft braking. We just live with the increased time. I miss those old centrifuges, too. Flip the lid open, apply pipette bulb, eraser or fingers for brake.... OSHA would have a fit today!
October 19, 20186 yr comment_74834 Yeah, but once you had your fingers broken, you are back to not having a brake! Scott
October 19, 20186 yr comment_74836 3 hours ago, SMILLER said: Yeah, but once you had your fingers broken, you are back to not having a brake! Scott Ah...but you have to carefully calibrate the use of that finger or fingers. And bare fingers worked better than gloved fingers. Of course, that was before we really had gloves.
October 22, 20186 yr comment_74862 It was so hard when teaching students not to reach over and flip open that lid. Remember changing broken clips on the immufuges? Or the Dade Cell Washer that added the antiglobulin? I think that is why manufacturers started makng green antiglobulin.
November 8, 20186 yr comment_75008 Check EBAY I picked up a Clay Adams Serofuge there to "revitalize" one of ours. I think it was only $400.
November 21, 20186 yr comment_75181 On 10/19/2018 at 1:27 PM, AMcCord said: Ah...but you have to carefully calibrate the use of that finger or fingers. And bare fingers worked better than gloved fingers. Of course, that was before we really had gloves. I used to use a 10mL tigertop tube, it was an excellent brake!
November 22, 20186 yr comment_75197 15 hours ago, DPruden said: I used to use a 10mL tigertop tube, it was an excellent brake! Agree! and they were always handy.
November 19, 20195 yr comment_78953 We just tried to order Serofuges for our student lab, and found out that BD no longer makes the Serofuge. Does anyone know when they stopped? What are people doing? I think we found some sources for the Serofuge 2002--but when those sources dry up, I think we'll have to go to another manufacturer for our student labs.
November 20, 20195 yr comment_78967 We use the Hettich and have separate programs set up so only the wash program has the longer break time included. We also have a site that set two wash programs (one for larger cell suspensions and one for cell button only) allowing only one program to be affected by the increased break time.
November 22, 20195 yr comment_78978 On 11/20/2019 at 1:53 PM, Kibs said: We use the Hettich and have separate programs set up so only the wash program has the longer break time included. We also have a site that set two wash programs (one for larger cell suspensions and one for cell button only) allowing only one program to be affected by the increased break time. That's how ours are set up.
December 2, 20195 yr comment_79028 At our facility I'm in the process of switching out our Hettich EBA-21 with the Hettich EBA-280. In our validation there was no major differences between the two.
December 3, 20195 yr Author comment_79041 There is a new company that I saw at the AABB meeting. Their centrifuge takes the Serofuge heads and otherwise looked promising. They will let you try it for free. Drucker Diagnostics' SERO 12 Has anyone tried it?
March 6, 20214 yr comment_81720 We just got a brand new Hettich and I cannot for the life of me figure out how to program it so that it is easy to switch between 15 seconds and 45 seconds of spin time. There is a manual with it , but it's so complicated to me that I just can't figure it out.
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