Scan 4000

Automatic colony counter Ultra-HD

Scan 4000 is an ultra HD automatic colony counter and inhibition zone reader. Adapted to all sizes of Petri dishes and media, its lighting system guarantees a great user comfort, high accuracy and excellent reproducibility.

HIGH QUALITY 
 Stainless steel body 
 Ultra HD CCD color camera 
 Digital zoom x 69 
 Resolution: 5 megapixels 
 Counting time: up to 1000 colonies per second 
 Minimum size of colony: 0.05 mm

THE LARGEST READING RANGE ON THE MARKET 
 Counting on round Petri dishes Ø 55 to 150 mm 
 Counting on 120 mm square Petri dishes 
 Counting on: PetriFilm, MC-Media Pads, Compact Dry, filtration membranes, chromogenic dishes

UNEQUALLED LIGHTING 
 360° LED lighting, without reflection or shadow of the dish with White LED Dome technology 
 Ultra HD CCD 5 megapixels camera, detects bare eye invisible details 
 Beam Splitter to ensure lighting 100% without reflections or shadows 
 Automatic detection of the dish + reading on 100% of the dish

SOFTWARE EFFICIENCY 
 Automatic optimization of the contrast, luminosity and sensitivity 
 Automatic corrections of the agar defects 
 Automatic separation of confluent colonies 
 Creation of polygonal exclusion zones 
 Pre-set medias: Pca/Tsa, Mrs, Vrbl/Vrbg, Tbx, Tsc, Baird Parker, Gvpc Bcye, YM, Rapid L.Mono, Rapid Entero, Rhapsody, Compass cereus, PetriFilm, MC-Media Pads, Compact Dry

FULL TRACEABILITY 
 Automatic archiving and printing of data: pictures, comments & results 
 Traceability: Session archived and saved, Excel , PDF, JPEG, BMP, Scan printed report, barcode, file archive, LIMS connection 
 Securization of the sessions (Compliance with 21 CFR part 11: system securization, operational controls and documentation management)

EXCELLENT REPRODUCIBILITY AND REPEATABILITY 
 GLP (Good laboratory Practice) 
 The Scan 4000 counts with up to 98 % accuracy in a constant and repeatable way

Scan SOFTWARE
Scan automatic colony counters use an exclusive software developped by INTERSCIENCE: evolutive, user-friendly and powerful. 

There are numerous advantages in using Scan counting software: 
 Only one clic to count 
 Only one setting cursor 
 Traceability: automatic saving of data, Excel export

VISUALISATION WINDOW 
 Detected colonies are highlighted and marked with a cross.

PARAMETERS WINDOW 
 Only one cursor to optimize counting. customizable settings adaptable to any kind of agar.

RESULTS WINDOW 
 All previously recorded data can be checked anytime.

EASY DATA EXPORT 
 Work sessions saving 
 Scan printed report 
 Results exported to Excel  
 PDF export 
 JPEG, BMP export

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