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Dilugent® Shaker indicates which Dilucup® to dilute or plate.
With the Pro version, you can upgrade your experience by selecting your favourite colours.
Check out the video to see a simple trick for opening only few Dilucups—just cut the top plastic with a cutter.
Interested in getting a cutter for your Dilucups?
Contact us!
The first version of Dilushaker was just a humble laboratory shaker.
It was launched in 2001 and lacked sensors, so it could only be activated with the foot pedal. The only parameter that could be changed was the shaking time, which was limited to either 2 seconds or permanent.
In 2003, a second version was launched with a substantial improvement: a front optical sensor to activate the shaking. However, with this instrument, it was easy to make mistakes. Since the user had several cups open at once and there was no light indicating where to dilute, it was easy to accidentally dilute the same sample twice or skip a Dilucup®, for instance.
Thus, the need arose for users to have an indication of which cup they were diluting in. This is why, after five years, in 2008, a third version was launched. Dilushaker III revolutionized the market with a ramp of 3 or 6 LED lights (depending on the model) that indicated which Dilucup® to dilute. It had 3 different shaking speeds, could shake from 1 to 30 seconds and manage 1 to 12 dilutions. The light ramp indicated which column the Dilucup® to be diluted was in, and it could be programmed to work from left to right or vice versa.
Dilushaker III was a great success, which explains why it is still on sale today.
If you noticed in the video, Dilucup® has also evolved into what is now Dilucup® Elegance, but that is another story we will tell another day.
After 12 years more of innovation, the Dilugent® Shaker was launched. Unlike the previous versions, this instrument indicates you exactly where you are in the serial dilution process and has a lot of smart features that make it a sophisticated shaker.
Watch the video and see the remarkable improvement by yourself!
Recently, Marina faced a major challenge:
after an accident she had severe pain in her injured left arm
which made it almost impossible for her
to perform some of her daily tasks in the laboratory.
This was a problem because her colleagues were on vacation,
and no one could help her in the work for several weeks.
Luckily, she was perfectly capable of enumerating microorganisms
thanks to the Dilucup® System.
With Dilucup®, Marina could perform serial dilutions effortlessly.
The ergonomic design
allowed her to pipette comfortably just with one hand
and she used the footswitch to start the shaking,
so she didn't have to rely on her injured arm.
The Dilucup® System not only optimized her workflow
but also improved her quality of life.
If you or your team face similar challenges,
consider the Dilucup® System.
It's designed to make your work easier,
more efficient, and less physically demanding.
It's July and it already smells like summer vacation!
We wish you a fantastic summer, with your loved ones and full of good memories.
We remind you that our facilities will remain open, and we will be able to process orders as usual.
Simply place the ready-to-use dilution cups on top of the shaker
and dilute your samples quickly and easily.
The perfect alternative to dilution tubes and vortex.
Try the Dilucup® System for free or contact us and upgrade your dilutions!
Do you only want to open some Dilucups
instead of the whole row?
We have a new retractable cutter available,
perfect for cutting the film of the required Dilucups.
Contact us to get yours!
We know that it can be confusing, that's why we want to help you with this demonstration video.
Please feel free to contact us if you have any further questions.
Dilugent Shaker indicates you which Dilucup to use
with different colours,
making serial dilutions a guided experience,
as well as entertaining 😉
Tip: Dim the light in the room
and you'll see what colours come out of Dilugent Shaker…
They are amazing!
Did you know that the daffodil (or Påskliljan in Swedish) is the flower most associated with Easter in Sweden?
After a long winter, the streets have already been filled with little flowers of different colours all over the grass and they bring a lot of joy (apart from allergies ;)).
We wish you a Happy Easter and hopefully some sunny days to enjoy your days off! 🙂
We control our dilution cups very much to make sure they have as little deviation from 9 mL as possible. We regularly make statistics of our analyses, and this is the latest one we have done.
🔊EXPLANATION:
In the following graph you can see the amount of Dilucups classified according to 3 different volume intervals during the last 3 years:
❕Note: according to ISO standards the volume must be: 9 mL ± 2 % (8,82 mL to 9,18 mL)
Results are based on approximately 15.000 volume measurements per year.
📈 RESULTS:
In 2021, 99,97 % of Dilucups had a volume of 9 mL ± 1 %, of which 89,21 % were in the range of 9 mL ± 0,5 %.
In 2022, 99,9% had a volume of 9 mL ± 1 %, of which 84,45 % were in the range of 9 mL ± 0,5 %.
Last year, 99,92% had a volume of 9 mL ± 1 %, of which 91,72 %* were in the range of 9 mL ± 0,5 %.
*This increase compared to 2022 is not a coincidence. Since summer 2023 we have been working harder so that the volume is in the range of 9 mL ± 0,5 %. This is because we know how important it is to have a highly accurate volume for many industries, such as probiotics.
📝 CONCLUSION:
Almost all Dilucups have a volume of 9 mL ± 1 %, with normal values being in the range of ± 0,5 %.
The results are consistent over the years, and our goal is to continue increasing the percentage of Dilucups that have a volume of 9 mL ± 0,5%.
