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COLO.Science · Incubation & Controlled Environments · Dry bath incubators
ALEMADR-MB mini dry bath incubator — 0.2 ml to 2.0 ml, five blocks, RT+5 °C to 100 °C
The ALEMADR-MB is a mini dry bath incubator for microtubes and 8-position strips from 0.2 ml to 2.0 ml. It is set from 0 °C and controlled from RT+5 °C to 100 °C under microprocessor control, to ≤ ±0.3 °C. It weighs 0.5 kg, takes 145 × 113 mm of bench and runs on DC 24 V from a mains adapter, so it stands where a full-size dry bath does not fit. Product code PRO4345.
Five blocks, 0.2 ml to 2.0 ml, on 145 × 113 mm of bench
A dry bath does one thing: it holds tubes at a set temperature through metal contact, without water. The ALEMADR-MB does it in the smallest practical format. It is a mini dry bath incubator with five interchangeable blocks — 2.0 ml, 1.5 ml and 0.5 ml microtubes, 0.2 ml PCR 8-tube strips and ELISA 8-well strips. Temperature is set from 0 °C and controlled from RT+5 °C to 100 °C. It heats only; the cooled version of the same instrument is the ALEMADR-MC.
Key characteristics
- Five block formats — 15 × 2.0 ml, 15 × 1.5 ml, 24 × 0.5 ml and two 32 × 0.2 ml strip blocks.
- Temperature 0 °C setting, RT+5 °C to 100 °C controlled, accuracy ≤ ±0.3 °C.
- Temperature uniformity ≤ ±0.3 °C, display resolution 0.1 °C.
- Heating time ≤ 20 min from 40 °C to 100 °C.
- Timer 1 s to 99 min 59 s, or continuous running.
- 145 × 113 × 110 mm, 0.5 kg — a dry bath that moves with the work.
- DC 24 V supply, 40 W, from a 100–240 V mains adapter.
- Fault detection with buzzer alarm and over-temperature protection.
Suitable for
- Sample incubation and preservation at a fixed temperature, without a water bath.
- Fixed-temperature steps in DNA amplification workflows.
- Initial denaturation of samples before electrophoresis.
- PCR 8-tube strips and ELISA 8-well strips through dedicated blocks.
- Laboratories that need a mini dry bath incubator on a crowded bench or a second heating position beside the main instrument.
Why a mini dry bath incubator earns its place on the bench
Most heating steps in a small-volume protocol involve a handful of tubes, not a rack of forty. A full-size dry bath takes a permanent bench position and a mains socket for that handful. A mini dry bath incubator takes 145 × 113 mm, weighs half a kilogram and is carried to where the samples are — beside the centrifuge, next to the gel tank, into the hood.
The block is what decides whether it fits the protocol. One block is mounted at a time and exchanged by hand to match the tube format; the main unit is supplied without a block, so the block is chosen with the order. Because the wells are machined to the tube wall, heat reaches the sample through contact rather than through air, which is what keeps the temperature across the block within ≤ ±0.3 °C.
Model, product code and blocks
The ALEMADR-MB is supplied as a main unit. Blocks are chosen separately by tube format and are ordered under their own product codes. Quote and order with the COLO product code.
Mini dry bath incubator, heating only, 0 °C to 100 °C setting, RT+5 °C to 100 °C control, five blocks ordered separately.
Blocks for ALEMADR-MB
| PRO4511 | 15 × 2.0 ml microtubes |
| PRO4512 | 15 × 1.5 ml microtubes |
| PRO4513 | 24 × 0.5 ml microtubes |
| PRO4514 | 32 × 0.2 ml, PCR 8-tube strips |
| PRO6371 | 32 × 0.2 ml, ELISA 8-well strips |
Technical specifications
Temperature and blocks
| Temperature setting range | 0 °C to 100 °C |
| Temperature control range | RT+5 °C to 100 °C |
| Temperature accuracy | ≤ ±0.3 °C |
| Temperature uniformity | ≤ ±0.3 °C |
| Display resolution | 0.1 °C |
| Heating time | ≤ 20 min, from 40 °C to 100 °C |
| Cooling | None — heating only |
| Block options | 5 interchangeable blocks, 0.2 ml to 2.0 ml |
| Control | Microprocessor |
| Display | LCD — temperature and time |
Timer, safety and general data
| Timer | 1 s – 99 min 59 s, or continuous |
| Safety | Over-temperature protection, fault detection with buzzer alarm |
| Power | 40 W |
| Supply voltage | DC 24 V / 1.67 A, from a 100–240 V mains adapter |
| Dimensions (W × D × H) and net weight | 145 × 113 × 110 mm · 0.5 kg |
| Product type | Mini dry bath incubator |
| Product code | PRO4345 |
Operating functions
Temperature
The block is set from 0 °C and controlled from RT+5 °C up to 100 °C, with 0.1 °C on the display and the microprocessor holding ≤ ±0.3 °C across the block. Heating from 40 °C to 100 °C takes twenty minutes or less. Because the control range starts five degrees above the room, the lowest working temperature depends on where the instrument stands — worth knowing for protocols that hold at 25 °C in a warm laboratory.
Blocks
The block is changed by hand: it lifts out of the seat and the next one drops in, with no tools. A transparent cover sits over the block during the run, so the tubes stay visible while the heat stays in. Blocks for formats that are not on the list can be made to order.
Timing and control
The timer runs from one second to 99 minutes 59 seconds, or continuously for open-ended incubation. Temperature and time are shown together on the LCD. Automatic fault detection with a buzzer alarm and a built-in over-temperature protection device are part of the instrument rather than options.
Build, power supply and safe operation
The ALEMADR-MB mini dry bath incubator is a low-voltage instrument: it takes DC 24 V at 1.67 A, 40 W, from an external mains adapter rated 100–240 V. There is no mains voltage inside the housing and no fan-driven air path across open tubes.
The instrument measures 145 × 113 × 110 mm and weighs 0.5 kg without a block. Confirm the mains plug type for the adapter before the order is placed.
Standard delivery
- ALEMADR-MB main unit of the mini dry bath incubator.
- Mains adapter, DC 24 V.
- Operating manual.
- Declaration of conformity and warranty documentation.
Blocks are not part of the main unit — they are ordered separately under their own product codes, according to the tube format. The delivered configuration for a specific order is the one confirmed in the COLO.Science quotation.
Knowledge base
Dry bath incubators on COLO.Science — our knowledge base.
Applications and operational value
In molecular biology the ALEMADR-MB mini dry bath incubator covers the short fixed-temperature steps around the main instruments: enzyme incubations, heat inactivation, sample denaturation before a gel, holding reagents at working temperature. The 1.5 ml and 2.0 ml blocks take standard microtubes; the 0.5 ml block takes the smaller format with 24 positions.
The two strip blocks are for 0.2 ml work. One takes PCR 8-tube strips, the other ELISA 8-well strips, four strips at a time. That makes the instrument a practical pre-incubation position beside a cycler or a plate reader, without occupying either.
Against a water bath the argument is the usual one for dry heat — no water to change, no condensation on caps, no contamination path — with the added point that a 0.5 kg instrument can simply be moved to the next workstation.
Selection guide
- Tube format first. The block decides what the instrument takes: 15 × 2.0 ml, 15 × 1.5 ml, 24 × 0.5 ml, or 32 × 0.2 ml in PCR or ELISA strips. Count the positions per run before choosing.
- The main unit comes without a block. Order at least one block with it.
- Lowest working temperature. Control starts at RT+5 °C. If the protocol holds at or below room temperature, this model is not the one — the cooled ALEMADR-MC is.
- More than 15 tubes per run? A mini dry bath incubator is sized for small series; for larger runs look at the full-size dry block incubators in the ALEMADR range.
- Mains plug. The adapter accepts 100–240 V — confirm the plug type for the country of use.
Configuration notice
This page is provided for orientation and product selection. It does not replace the binding specification, the delivered configuration, the validation protocol or the acceptance criteria confirmed in the official COLO.Science quotation, proforma invoice or order confirmation. Custom blocks for this mini dry bath incubator are available on request. Confirm the tube format, the block type and the adapter plug type for the specific order. B2B prices are quoted net, excluding VAT.
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