Shakers, rockers & rotators

Choose by vessel and motion. An orbital shaker moves in a circle and suits flasks, plates and cultures, such as the digital orbital shaker. A reciprocating shaker moves back and forth, which suits extractions in separating funnels and bottles, like the digital reciprocating shaker. A rocker or 3D shaker tilts gently and suits gels, blots and staining. A rotator turns tubes end over end for gentle, continuous mixing. To mix a single tube quickly, a vortex from vortex mixers is faster. Questions? Ask sales@luminixhealth.com.

If your culture or reaction must run at a set temperature while shaking, yes: an incubator shaker combines both in one closed chamber, and models with cooling also hold temperatures below room temperature, such as the incubation shaker with cooling function. Bacterial and yeast cultures, enzyme reactions and solubility tests are typical uses. If everything runs at room temperature, a standard shaker is enough. You can also place some shakers inside an existing incubator; check on the product page that this is allowed. Incubators are in incubators. Questions? Ask sales@luminixhealth.com.

It depends on what you shake. A non-slip mat holds plates, boxes and bottles of different sizes and is the flexible choice for mixed loads. Flask clamps hold Erlenmeyer flasks firmly at higher speeds and come per flask volume, so choose clamps for each size you use. Racks for tubes and holders for plates are also available. Platforms and clamps only fit the shakers they are made for, so check compatibility on the product page. Accessories are in stirring and mixing accessories. Send us your shaker model and vessels: sales@luminixhealth.com.

Add up the weight of everything on the platform: vessels, liquid, clamps and platform. Choose a shaker whose maximum load, stated on the product page, covers this with a margin, because a shaker running at its limit wears faster and can become unstable at high speed. Then check the speed range and the orbit: a larger orbit mixes flasks more strongly at lower speed, a smaller orbit suits plates and small vessels at higher speed. For cultures, follow the speed in your protocol. Platforms and clamps are in stirring and mixing accessories. Unsure? Send your load to sales@luminixhealth.com.

A shaker, rocker or rotator moves a rack, a plate or a bottle so the contents keep moving without a stirrer bar. Orbital, reciprocating and rocking motions are different. The platform, the load and the speed range are the specification.

Stirring keeps a mixture uniform or helps a solid dissolve. A magnetic stirrer spins a bar inside a closed vessel. An overhead stirrer drives a shaft when the liquid is viscous or the volume is large. A vortex mixer agitates a tube. A shaker moves a whole rack or a plate. The shape of the impeller and the speed decide whether the liquid turns over or merely spins. The vessels being stirred are indexed under ISO laboratory glassware.

This shelf belongs to Stirring, shaking & mixing, inside Lab instruments. Luminix Health distributes this range for laboratory use.

The neighbouring shelves are Magnetic stirring bars, Stirring shafts, propellers & impellers, Magnetic stirrers, Stirring & mixing accessories, Homogenisers & dispersers, Overhead stirrers and Vortex mixers. The category above this shelf is Stirring, shaking & mixing.

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