CoolSink™ Thermoconductive Sinks

CoolSink Thermoconductive Sinks: Supporting Sample Temperature Uniformity

CoolSink Thermoconductive Sinks are modules designed to provide uniform temperature to all wells, regardless of position, rapidly adapting when placed on a temperature source, such as ice, dry ice, liquid nitrogen or water baths, from -196°C to >+100°C.

Thermoconductive Sinks and reservoir modules provide uniform temperature to all wells, regardless of position. When placed onto a temperature source such as ice, dry ice, liquid nitrogen or water baths, the Thermoconductive Sink module will rapidly adapt to that temperature –
from -196°C to >+100°C.

Its precision-engineered “direct contact” stage design virtually eliminates the insulating air gap found between the bottom of the plate wells and the temperature source, ensuring well-to-well temperature consistency. Thermoconductive Sink modules ensure temperature sample uniformity when cooling, snap freezing, heating or thawing samples. All Thermoconductive Sink modules may be autoclaved, high heat sterilized or decontaminated with bleach, alcohol or other disinfectants or lab detergents.

• Removes all problems created by placing sample directly in ice: variable sample temperature, wet labels, contamination risk
• Keeps samples at desired temperature while also keeping them dry and sterile
• Sterilize via autoclave, high heat, disinfectants, or alcohol; compatible with common lab detergents
• Hard-anodized surface for resistance to rust, corrosion, and abrasion
• SBS footprint
• Compatible with all temperature sources (ice, dry ice, liquid nitrogen, water baths)
• Provides stable base for pipetting or reaction set-up
• Ideal for ELISA, multi-plex immunoassays, enzyme assays, or washing cells
• Useful for all benchtop procedures such as enzyme reactions, glycerol stocks, FACS staining and analysis in the same plate, RNA and protein isolation, and dilution assays

  The problem with placing samples in ice: non-uniform plate cooling Click on image to expand Plate directly on crushed ice does not reach 4°C in any of the wells and well-to-well temperature is uneven.

  The thermoconductive sink solution: uniform plate cooling Click on image to expand Plate placed on a thermoconductive sink module and then placed on ice shows more uniform well-to-well temperature and all wells at or below 4°C (clue center plate wells are slightly warmer due to curvature of the underside of the plate).

  Ordering Information

  Description	Reference number
  CoolSink XT 96F Thermoconductive Sink for use with Flat Bottom Plates For use with one 6, 12, 24, 48, 96 or 384 flat bottom well plate	BCS-536
  CoolSink XT 96U Thermoconductive Sink for use with one 96-well U-bottom Plate	BCS-537
  CoolSink LX55 Thermoconductive Sink for use with 55ml Reagent Reservoirs	BCS-184