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Scan 1200

automatic colony counter

Scan 1200 is a high resolution automatic colony counter that offer quick, and traceable counting results. Widely used in food microbiology, it counts colonies and automatically saves all data to Excel. Equiped with a digital camera and a powerful software, it connects to a PC via a Firewire connection. Scan 1200 counts all colonies, even on smallest poured, spread and Spiral Petri dishes; on PetriFilm™ and RIDA™ Count/Sanita-kun^™, on filtration membrane and Compact Dry^™.

• 1 click = 1 counting
• High resolution color CCD camera (1280x960 pixels)
• The brightness, contrast and sensitivity are automatically managed by the software
• Custom settings with only one cursor
• Automatic separation of confluent colonies
• No training required
• One window to access all functions
• Automatic correction of any defects in the agar

Color detection

Antibiograms / inhibition zones
Mesures the diameter of up to 6 zones on a 90mm Petri dish. Analysis and results are automatically saved.
Direct R.I.S (Resistant Intermediate Susceptible) results are given.

Applications

Food microbiology, pharmaceutical,
medical, environmental analysis

Automatic counting of colonies plated on:

• poured, spread and Spiral Petri dishes
• Petrifilm^™
• RIDA^™ Count/Sanita-kun^™
• filtration membrane
• CompactDry^™

Delivered with one unit :

• Firewire PCI card
• CD Rom Software
• Connecting cables
• User's manual
• 2 validation plates
  

Technical specifications :

• Lighting by life-time lasting LEDs
• Firewire CCD color camera (1280 x 960 pixels)
• Optical glass high resolution camera
• Scan 1200 software compatible Windows XP and Vista
• Minimum requirement: Pentium 4, 1,7 GHz and 256 Mo
• Multi-lingual software : English, French, Japanese, Chinese, Russian
• Possibility of LIMS and barcode connection
• Stainless steel, compact (27 cm width)
• Dimensions of unit : 27 x 27 x 38 cm, 8.7 kg
• Dimensions of box : 39 x 36 x 54 cm, 12 kg

Specifications

Minimum requirements:

• Operating system: Windows™ XP ,Windows™ Vista and Windows™ 7
• Processor: Intel Cor or AMD Phenom or better
• Frequency: 2GHz
• RAM : 1 Gbyte
• features: Firewire connector (6 pins) or free PCI slot, CD-ROM drive
• Screen resolution: 1024 X 768 or better
• Computer typ: Desktop computer (laptop not recommended)

Program specifications :

• Counts up to 7 different colors on the same plate
• Automatically adapts to all kind of agar (chromogenic…)
• Read Spiral, spread, surface and pour plates
• Read PetrifilmTM, RIDATM Count/ Sanita-kunTM & Compact DryTM
• Read filter membrane
• 6 combinations of lighting and background color:
• lighting (upper and/or lower)
• sliding background (white or black)
• User friendly software : only one button to press to start counting
  One cursor to optimize counting
• One window access to all functions
• Polygonal exclusion areas
• Minimum size of detected colony : 0.05 mm
• Automatic separation of clustered colonies
• Clear and precise vizualisation of detected colonies :
  their center is marked with a cross
• Powerful zoom on the image function
• Memorizes high resolution pictures of the plates for easy recounts and archive
• All recorded data can be transferred to Excel

Scan 1200 counting examples gallery

Counts in a secound:

An automatic colony counter for significantly improved work quality
Scan 1200 is suitable for any type of sample, and agar. It operates the automatic correction of any defects in the agar and the automatic separation of the confluent colonies. The pre-settings are customizable based on the type of agar. The brightness, contrast and sensitivity are automatically managed by the software.

Traceability and reproductibility: automatic export of the results to Excel™
Export to Excel™ and screenshots savings allows to consult and / or recount anytime you want. The LIMS connection and the barcode reader connection ensures traceability, essential to any quality analysis. CFU Ranking according to their color
Once detected, CFU are analysed and ranked according to their color. Each class of colony is defined by a color and a user chosen name, interactively.

Thereafter, during the automatic counting, any detected CFU whose average color approaches the base color of a class is classified in this class. In addition to the number and concentration of total CFU sample, the results of a counting show the number and concentration of CFU per class. The names given by the user for the classes serve as reference in the results display.

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