The top of the range high precision vibrating microtome.
Description
The Campden 9000SMZ Vibratome is our most advanced vibrating microtome, engineered for precise sectioning of live and fixed brain tissue. Trusted by neuroscience, cardiac, lung research, liver research, organoid research and plant research labs worldwide.
When your research depends on high-integrity tissue slices, compromise is not an option. The 9000SMZ Vibrating Microtome by Campden Instruments delivers unmatched control, slice quality, and tissue viability — making it the ideal vibratome for applications across electrophysiology, imaging, pathology, toxicology, and organ research.
Whether you’re preparing slices of brain, kidney, lung, liver, retina, cardiac, pancreatic, brain organoids, tumour or plant tissue, the 9000SMZ provides the precision and reproducibility that today’s life sciences demand.
Features
- Over 40 years experience with >4000 vibrating microtome publications.
- 5-Year Warranty.
- Proven high-quality slices with high cell viability.
- No chatter marks.
- Variable blade frequency & amplitude to cater for all tissue types.
- Precise control of advance speed, adjustable during slicing, for the perfect slice.
- Measure & correct blade Z-axis deflection (down to 0.1µm), essential for quality slices.
- Slice window mode for fast, automatic sectioning.
- Clear visibility of tissue; positional adjustments can be made during slicing.
- Store up to 8 user slice profiles for easy recall.
Specifications
| Section thickness step size: | 0.001 mm |
| Bath table rise & fall speed: | 1.0 mm/sec maximum |
| Maximum (vertical) travel of bath table: | 19 mm |
| Cutting head advance speed: | Minimum: -5.0 mm/sec (-1.00 during slicing) Maximum: +5.0 mm/sec (+1.00 during slicing) |
| Cutting head retraction speed: | 5.0 mm/sec |
| Maximum travel of cutting head: | 40 mm |
| Blade oscillation frequency: | Minimum: 20 Hz 2 Maximum: 120 Hz (amplitude dependent) |
| Frequency step size: | 10 Hz |
| Blade oscillation amplitude | Minimum: 0.5 mm (nominal) Maximum: 3 mm (nominal) |
| Amplitude step size: | 0.25 mm (nominal) |
| Power requirements (Selectable): | 115VAC 60Hz, 230VAC 50Hz |
| Power rating: | 100W |
| Fuse rating | 115V: T2A 250VAC 230V: T2A 250VAC |
| Light source: | 100-240Vac 3W |
| Dimensions: | 410mm Width x 400mm Depth x 270mm Height (excluding light source and microscope) |
| Weight: | 33Kg (Boxed shipping weight 60kg) |
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