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Thermal conditioned cabinet for TGR (for Europe 220/240 Volt EU plug)
Product Code:35580-EU
Category: Pain and Inflammation
An essential optional tool for Your TGR experiments. This cabinet is made to efficiently control the inside temperature from -10° up to 100° and can hold up to two TGR apparatus.
In TGR experiments temperature is critical; to perform the test (which normally takes 1 hour) You need to ensure the TGR apparatus is placed into an environment having the average temperature between the two temperatures set on the TGR machine. Typical TGR set-up temps are:
- Cold 5°C and Hot 30°C: average temperature is 20°C (quite possible to have in a Lab)
- Cold 15°C and Hot 40°C: average temperature is 27.5°C (quite impossible to have in a Lab and not so comfortable for researchers)
- Cold 20°C and Hot 45°C: average temperature is 32.5°C (impossible to have in a Lab and not so comfortable for researchers)
Placing one or two TGR into the Conditioned Temperature Cabinet for TGR gives You the opportunity to set the appropriate temperature in order to have on the TGR a perfect temperature balance all along the ring and creating an optimal light and sound isolation ambient for the animals tested.
The cabinet is provided with an efficient air suction system to take out of the cabinet the hot air generated by two TGR machines and all the cable connections to drive from the cabinet outside the two TGR by a single ANY-Maze computer placed next to the cabinet.
Even if You can control the Lab temperature by a dedicated air conditioning system, the average temperatures needed for most of the TGR temperatures set-up makes the environment very uncomfortable for operators; by adopting the Conditioned Temperature Cabinet for TGR You can solve this obstacle and make Your tests in a perfect environment.
Thermal Gradient Ring is based on thermal diffusion on a metal aluminum ring, cooled and heated on the two-extremity creating a 12 symmetrical temperature zones.
The environment where the machine is placed is critical in order guarantee the correct temperature balance and the correct thermal diffusion.
To achieve this goal the environment where the machine is installed needs to be at the average temperature between the two-extremity calculated with the following formula: (Cold Temp + Hot temp)/2
Typical temperature set-up are:
- Cold 5°C and Hot 30°C: where average temperature result is 20°C
- Cold 5°C and Hot 30°C: where average temperature is 27.5°C
- Cold 20°C and Hot 45°C: where average temperature is 32.5°C
As You can imagine working in a Lab with 27.5 or 32.5°C is not comfortable and not under the labor safety rules; the use of the cabinet resolve this matter and You can place the cabinet inside the Lab whit out the need to control the Lab temp.
In addition to this You can control the lighting inside the TGR machine mixing IR and visible light to create a comfortable lighting environment for the animal, and last but not least, the animals inside the cabinet are sound isolated to eliminate external noise bias.
A complete set-up provides an efficient air suction unit (placed outside of the cabinet) to extract from the cabinet all the hot air generated by the cool/hot elements present in the TGR machine, to avoid temperature interaction with the cabinet temperature controller.
All the necessary cables are provided to power the one or two TGR and to connect the inside units to the ANY-Maze computer which is essential to run the experiment with one or two TGR units via a single computer.
ANY-maze TGR limited version
The ANY-maze TGR limited version gives You the ability to execute the TGR experiment only with a cheaper version of the software.
As an alternative, if You plan to use ANY-Maze for other video-tracking experiment You may choose to buy the ANY-Maze full version edition.
Remember that ANY-Maze is strictly linked to the PC where is installed and You can use one single ANY-Maze license at a time; if You plan to perform TGR and other behavioral experiment at the same time, You may need to buy 2 ANY-Maze license where You can have a multiple license discount.
TGR Measurement Parameters analyzed
- Thermal zone occupancy: % of time spent in a zone.
- Zone entries: number of entries in each zone
- Preference temperature: calculated as the weighted preferred temperature
- A “preference temperature” can be defined as the mean value using the zone temperature and “spent time” and the % of time spent above this temperature will be automatically calculated.
- Cumulative distance: calculation of the cumulative distance per zone or per the whole apparatus
- Coordinates of location within the Ring: Can be used to visualize mouse behaviour in the ring with Heat Maps
- Safe, reproducible incubation, even at high ambient temperatures
- Disinfection routine at +100 °C
- Up to 30% lower energy consumption compared to the previous model
- Hold one or two TGR units
- Available for Eu and US power
- Plug & Play system, all connection provided
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General | |
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Controls |
Digital external from panel |
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Preset Temperature Read-out |
Digital external from panel |
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Temperature range |
from-10° up to 100° C (14° up to 212°F) |
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Temperature uniformity at 37°C |
0.2 ± K |
| Temparature fluctuation at 37°C |
0.1 ± K |
| Max heat compensation at 40 °C | 500 W |
| Recovery time after door was opened for 30 s at 37 °C | 3 min |
| Sound-pressure level | 53 dB(A) (no air suction included) |
| Door lock | lockable door handle |
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Electrical data | |
| Rated Voltage | 200...230 V |
| Power frequency | 50/60 Hz |
| Nominal power | 2.3 KW |
| Measures Interior Volume | 698 L |
| Net weight of the unit (empty) | 304 kg |
| Wall clearance back | 100 mm |
| Wall clearance sidewise | 100 mm |
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Physical | |
| Width net | 1261 mm |
| Height net | 1925 mm |
| Depth net | 1042 mm |
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Warranty | |
| Warranty |
2 years upon product registration on the Ugo Basile web site |
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Thermal conditioned cabinet for Thermal Gradient Ring | |
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| 35580-US |
Thermal conditioned cabinet (for USA 220/240 Volt US plug). Temperature range from -10 up to 100 °C |
| 35580-EU |
Thermal conditioned cabinet (for Europe 220/240 Volt EU plug). Temperature range from -10 up to 100 °C |
