Upgrade your used FLIPR® Fluorescence Readers

Upgrade your used lab equipment! Black Dog will upgrade the light source of your existing FLIPR® fluorescence reader to an air-cooled laser, saving you valuable bench space and energy.

Black Dog continues to investigate improvements to the FLIPR® systems with cost-effective, performance-enhanced options, which benefit your ROI.  Black Dog has successfully integrated and an air-cooled laser* into the FLIPR® 1, 2, and 3 instruments. This upgrade eliminates the need for the water chiller and hoses, as well as 208V power that is required with the existing laser technology. With the smaller FLIPR® system, keep the 8-foot table and use the open space as a lab workstation, or upgrade to a smaller table to cut your FLIPR® workstation’s footprint in half!

The air-cooled laser generates results that are comparable to those of the water-cooled laser, yet reduces the FLIPR® system’s footprint by one-half, requiring less space and increasing portability.  The 110V laser provides sufficient power for most applications.

Black Dog conducted a test to compare a FLIPR® fluorescence reader with Air-Cooled Laser and FLIPR® with Water-Cooled Laser, and determined that:

• The air-cooled laser can be retrofitted and aligned to existing FLIPR® optics.
• The air-cooled laser provides so much power that the signal needs attenuating (f-stop number increased).
• The air-cooled laser system’s signal test is similar to using the water cooled laser when comparing dye loaded cells.
• No significant difference in experimental results between laser sources is indicated.

Learn more about the advantages of the FLIPR® with air cooled laser solution. Click here to read the complete FLIPR® Air-Cooled Laser and FLIPR® Water-Cooled Laser comparison.

Contact Black Dog for more information and pricing.