easySpiral® Automatic Spiral Plater
The easySpiral® automatic plater increases laboratory capacity with a counting range from 100 to 1x10⁷ CFU/mL on a single Petri dish without prior dilution. This third-generation Spiral® plater delivers revolutionary efficiency with patented technology, completing a full plating cycle in only 25 seconds.
Overview
The Spiral® method dispenses a logarithmically decreasing volume of sample on the surface of a rotating Petri dish in an Archimedes spiral. The volume is calibrated and known at every point of the Petri dish. Bacterial concentration is determined by dividing the number of colonies found by the volume dispensed in the same sector of the dish.
Key Benefits
- Counting range from 100 to 1x10⁷ CFU/mL on 1 single Petri dish
- Up to 75% reduction in consumables
- Full plating cycle in 25 seconds
- 99.5% repeatability and reproducibility
- No cross-contamination with patented overflow disinfection system
- No exterior maintenance needed
- Compact design: 40 cm wide
- Can be used inside and outside a laminar flow
Features
- Revolutionary rotating arm architecture with patented electronic robot system
- Innovative unique stylus cleaning device with overflow technology
- Inside and outside stylus cleaning by overflow at 8 bars pressure
- Fast and accurate filling in sterile beaker DB50, sterile and autoclavable
- Stainless steel housing
- Autoclavable bottles with secure CPC Connectors
- 2L bottles providing 600 cleaning cycles
- Cleaning liquid sensor with alarm when bottle is empty
- Intuitive control panel, easy to use with no training needed
- One-button intensive periodic cleaning cycle (approximately 10 minutes)
- All liquid flows are visible
Applications
- Microbiological analyses
- Food quality control
- Bacterial kinetics
- MIC of antibiotics
- Challenge test: cosmetics control
- Pharmaceutical control
Compliance Standards
In compliance with NF V08-100, NF V08-050, NF V08-034, ISO 7218, ISO 4833-2, ISO 15189, FDA-BAM (Bacteriological Analytical Manual), and AOAC 977.27 standards.
Technical Specifications
| Specification |
easySpiral® |
easySpiral Pro® |
| Reference |
412 000 |
413 000 |
| Syringe capacity |
1000 µL |
| Preset deposited volume |
50 or 100 µL |
50, 100 or 200 µL |
| Counting range |
300 to 1.3 x 10⁵ CFU/mL |
100 to 1 x 10⁷ CFU/mL |
| Plating time (50 µL - disinfection + plating) |
25 seconds |
| Overflow technology pressure |
8 bars |
| Disinfectant autonomy (in normal mode) |
1000 cycles (2L bottles) |
| Distilled water autonomy (in normal mode) |
600 cycles (2L bottles) |
| Successive plating capacity with the same sample |
Up to 20 Petri dishes (50 µL) |
| Automatic disinfection program |
✔ |
| 90 mm Petri dish |
✔ |
| 150 mm Petri dish |
- |
✔ |
| Exponential deposition mode |
✔ |
| Circle deposition mode |
✔ |
| Constant deposition mode |
- |
✔ |
| Excel™ export traceability |
- |
✔ |
| Programmable deposited volume (via USB) |
- |
from 10 to 1000 µL |
| Dimensions |
40 x 41.5 x 29 cm |
| Weight |
16.4 Kg |
| Power supply |
100-240 V~ 50-60 Hz |
Included Items
- 1 blue dye for testing
- 1 syringe with silicone tubing
- Spiral® counting grid: 90 mm (150 mm with easySpiral Pro®)
- Support test container
- 2 filters
- 1 replacement stylus
- 4 connector sets for GL45 bottles
- 1 GL45 double connection connector set
- 1 pot of EnzyClear®
- 1000 sterile beakers
- Power cord
- User manual
- Software on CD-ROM (easySpiral Pro® only)
- USB cable (easySpiral Pro® only)
- 150 mm Petri dish ring (easySpiral Pro® only)
Accessories
| Item |
Description |
Reference |
| Housing protection for platers |
Transparent housing for working outside laminar flow |
413 001 |
| dataLink™ |
Traceability system |
410 100 |
| Bar-code reader |
Barcode reader for traceability |
522 000 |
| DB 50 beakers |
1,000 sterile beakers for Spiral® platers |
415 100 |
Plate & Count System® + dataLink™
The Plate & Count System® + dataLink™ offers quick and reliable results from automatic plating to colony counting with total traceability. The system provides up to 75% savings in time, consumables and space. Full plating cycle completes in 25 seconds and counting in 1 click. Repeatable and reproducible results up to 98%. Full traceability with dataLink™ includes automatic saving of data and results.
Colony Counting Methods
For manual counting, count the colonies in the first A or B outer segment and reach a minimum of 20 colonies. Repeat the same operation on the opposite side of the Petri dish. Compatible with automatic colony counting systems Scan® 100 (with Spiral® counting grid), Scan® 300, Scan® 500, Scan® 1200, and Scan® 4000.
