| Industry | Laboratory Equipment |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1938, as a manufacturer of precision drive motors |
| Headquarters | Schwabach, Germany |
| Products | Specializing in Rotary Evaporation, Shakers, OH Stirrers, Peristaltic Pumps, and magnetic hotplates stirrers. |
| Employees | 250+ (2010) |
| Website | http://www.heidolph.com/ |
Heidolph Instruments is a manufacturer of laboratory equipment with a presence in more than 100 countries. It sells equipment to laboratories in the pharmaceutical research, the cosmetics, biology, bio-fuel, chemical industries and universities world wide.
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Heidolph Instruments, founded in 1938 as a manufacturer of precision drive motors and engineering, is a manufacturer of high quality laboratory equipment specializing in rotary evaporation, shakers, overhead stirrers, peristaltic pumps and magnetic hotplate stirrers. The organization is headquartered in Schwabach, a city within close proximity to Nuremberg, Germany. It is there that the development and production of equipment; as well as the coordination of sales, and customer support activities are located.
Heidolph Rotary evaporators are used for standard distillation, crystallization, product concentration, powder drying and separation of one or several solvents. Rotary evaporators are now being used in more and more laboratory kitchens as well. There is a wide variety of accessories available for the rotary evaporator including vacuum pumps, vacuum controllers, temperature sensors, and glassware. For pilot plants and industrial use, most scientists require large scale 20 liter Rotary Evaporators.
The Synthesis 1 concept allows for flexibility and highly efficient research in the field of parallel liquid and solid phase chemical synthesis. It enables chemical reactions such as moisture and oxygen separation or precisely controlled low temperature applications to be performed.
Heidolph magnetic stirrers are used for smooth to intense mixing of low-viscosity fluids. Depending on the application, they are able to mix and heat at the same time. They are the first choice for decomposing organic and inorganic substances. MR Hei- Standard and MR Hei- End are a few models of the magnetic stirrer line where you can set the amount of heat and speed required for substance manipulation.
Overhead Stirrers, not to be confused with magnetic stirrers, are used for standard mixing of the higher viscosity substances. They essentially are mixers, used for suspending, gas intrusion and recirculation. Companies and scientist alike use these for mixing paint chemicals used on cars to mixing shampoos and conditioner components.
This line is used for mixing and heating of small or large wells in biology, microbiology, medical diagnosis and biochemistry. There are 6 separate motions including vibrating, orbital, reciprocal, wave, rocking and overhead. The variety of motions are used for shaking samples, cultivation cells, to sample separation. Accessories may be needed depending on the scientist's application and compound sizes.
The Peristaltic pumps are ideal for pumping corrosive, viscous and abrasive materials. Different tubing sizes and material allow for numerous applications. Peristaltic pumps are generally used in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology or food pilot plant industries, and in the research laboratories.
Homogenizers are used for disruption of tissue in biotechnology, for for sample preparation in medicine, enzymatic treatment in food industry and various applications in pharmaceutical, cosmetic, paint and lacquer industry.