CO2-Cover KM

CO2-Cover KM

The CO2 Cover KM is designed for the Uni­ver­sal Mount­ing Frame KM to pro­vide the cell cul­tures with a defined air-gas mix­ture dur­ing the obser­va­tion inside large, heat­ed PeCon incubators.

Description:

  • For the use togeth­er with Uni­ver­sal Mount­ing Frame KM on invert­ed microscopes
  • Con­stant gassing of cell cul­tures with CO2 and/or N2 and an opti­mal dis­per­sion of the air-gas mixture
  • Rel­a­tive air humid­i­ty of approx. 90% under the cover (Humid­i­fi­ca­tion Bot­tle includ­ed with the gas con­trol unit)
  • The cover con­sists of black PMMA with a glass cov­ered open­ing for all trans­mit­ted light applications
Dia­gram:

Fast and sta­ble gas exchange under this cover, illus­trat­ed by the reduc­tion of oxy­gen down to 0.5% with­in 2 min. with the use of a CO2-O2-Con­troller 2000
.

Specifications:

Material acrylic glass (PMMA) black; glass
Dimensions (LxWxH) 168.5 x 138.5 x 18.5 mm
Observation area (glass insert) (LxW) 114 x 77 mm
Weight approx. 175 g
CO2-Cover KM

Compatibility:

  • Compatible to most multiwell plates except for those higher than 24 mm (e. g. some 6-well plates)
  • Not compatible to stage attach­ment Z PIEZO WSB 500 from Zeiss, see Adapter Frame for Universal Mounting Frame KM for a solution
  • Not compatible to Märzhäuser SCAN IM 112 x 74

a) see Adapter Frame for Universal Mounting Frame KM for a solution, or

b) with stage modification (contact us)