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Temperature Control > Petri Dish Heaters

Heating Element with 20/15mm aperture, TC-E35x15/20

Fits 35mm dishes (might require TC-PA reducing O-ring). The whole bottom is heated to eliminate temperature gradient, which makes it ideal for Petri dishes, including glass bottom dishes. Wide 15mm aperture to access your sample with immersion optics from the bottom. Built-in temperature sensor.  Since some brands of Petri dishes have different diameter, reducing adapters TC-PA might be required. Incorporates PTFE  perfusion tubing, which makes the element to work as inline pre-heater. Requires a microscope adapters with 50mm mounting opening. Requires a temperature controller. This element is a part of TC-PD-35x15 heating stages. Click on image to enlarge. If wider opening is required, use TC-E35 with 35mm aperture.

Heating Element with 11/5mm aperture, TC-E35x11/5

Fits 35mm dishes. The whole bottom is heated to eliminate temperature gradient, which makes it ideal for Petri dishes, including glass bottom dishes with small optical window. Wide 11mm aperture to access your sample with immersion optics from the bottom. Built-in temperature sensor. Since some brands of Petri dishes have different diameter, reducing adapters TC-PA might be required. Incorporates PTFE perfusion tubing, which makes the element to work as inline pre-heater. Requires a microscope adapters with 50mm mounting opening. Requires a temperature controller. This element is a part of TC-PD-35x11 heating stages. If wider aperture is required, use TC-E35 with 35mm aperture. Click on image to enlarge.

Specifications:

Dimensions:

52mm diameter, 5.5mm high; 38.8mm inside diameter

Temperature stability:

0.01°C, required for sensitive applications: nano/piezo positioning, confocal imaging for example

Optical aperture:

15mm (or 35/20/11/5mm)

Use with:

Petri dishes, including 35mm glass bottom dishes

Solution Pre-heater:

Replaceable/Removable PTFE tubing, easy to wash. Can be replaced with any soft tubing with O.D. up to 2.3mm.

Microscope adapter:

Fits to 50mm cutout of standard microscope adapters



Heating Element with 40mm aperture, TC-E50x40/TC-E55x40

For 50mm dishes and chambers. The bottom has 40mm optical aperture, which makes it ideal for 50x40 glass bottom dishes. Wide 40mm aperture allows you to access your sample with immersion optics from the bottom. Built-in temperature sensor. Incorporates PTFE perfusion tubing, which makes the element to work as inline pre-heater. Requires a microscope adapters with 74mm mounting opening. Requires a temperature controller.

Heating Elements with 30mm aperture, TC-E50x30/TC-E55x30

For 50mm or 55mm dishes. The whole bottom is heated to eliminate temperature gradient, which makes it ideal for 50x30 glass bottom dishes. Wide 30mm aperture to access your sample with immersion optics from the bottom. Built-in temperature sensor. Incorporates PTFE perfusion tubing (TC-E50x30 only), which makes the element to work as inline pre-heater. Requires a microscope adapters with 74mm mounting opening. Requires a temperature controller.

Sample publication: A compact microscope for voltage imaging, Journal of Optics, Volume 24, Number 5 2022
Sample movies obtained from live transgenic embryo samples incubated using the heating stage. Produced by Albert D. Kim, Julien Y. Bertrand from David Traver's Lab, UCSD, San Diego, CA

Specifications:

Dimensions:

76mm otside, 50/55mm inside diamter (can be used with 50x36mm reducing O-ring TC-PA50 to fit CSC chambers and 35mm Petri dishes)

Temperature stability:

0.01°C, required for sensitive applications: nano/piezo positioning, confocal imaging for example

Aperture:

40mm or 30mm

Use with:

Petri dishes, including glass bottom dishes

Solution Pre-heater:

Replaceable/Removable PTFE tubing, easy to wash. Can be replaced with any soft tubing with O.D. up to 2.3mm (not available for 55mm dishes)

Microscope adapter:

Fits to 74mm cutout of MA/IMA microscope adapters





AFM images of Matrigel obtained in a glass bottom petri dish placed in the heating element connected to TC2-80-150 controller. Provided by Aereas Aung, UCSD La Jolla, CA
Sample publications:
12 A compact microscope for voltage imaging. Journal of Optics, Volume 24, Number 5, 2022;


Adapters, reducing rings, for Petri dishes, TC-PA-

For different brands of 35mm dishes. Since different brands have different diameter, a reducing ring is required to facilitate heat transfer to the side surface of the dish. The reducing ring also helps to center the dish inside the heating element. Select the appropriate adapter from the table below. If your brand of the dish is not listed, we might be able to find the right adapter if you send us a sample of the dish.



Adapter, reducing ring, for 50mm hating elements, TC-PA50

This reducing ring is used to bring the internal diameter of 50mm heating elements down to 38mm to fit CSC chambers and 35mm dishes. Another rings might be required to fit your brand of Petri dishes, TC-PA-xx. The reducing ring also helps to center the dish inside the heating element. Select the appropriate adapter from the table below. If your brand of the dish is not listed, we might be able to find the right adapter if you send us a sample of the dish.

Click on catalog numbers below to purchase online.

Required accessories: microscope adapter, temperature controllers.

Optional accessories: perfusion system, miniature tubing holders, flow control.

Download PDF catalog.

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Note: This heater is well suited for glass bottom dishes, that have flat bottom, for use with any optics. However, some plastic Petri dishes have a protruding rim on the bottom, which elevates the dish above the surface. Optional metal shims and thermal compounds are used to eliminate this gap,  and to conduct the heat to the dish. This allows you to use the heater with regular plastic Petri dishes as well. Due to the elevated positioning of the dish, the effective optical clearance (11/15mm) might be decreased if used with Plastic dish and oil immersion optics. For this configuration, 35mm clearance heater is recommended.

PRICES AND OPTIONS

TC-E35

$595

Heating Element for 35mm dishes with 35mm aperture

TC-E35x20

$595

Heating Element for 35mm dishes with 20mm aperture

TC-E35x15

$595

Heating Element for 35mm dishes with 15mm aperture

TC-E35x11

$595

Heating Element for 35mm dishes with 11mm aperture

TC-E35x5

$595

Heating Element for 35mm dishes with 5mm aperture

TC-E50x40

$595

Heating Element for 50mm dishes with 40mm aperture

TC-E50x30

$595

Heating Element for 50mm dishes with 30mm aperture

TC-E55x40

$595

Heating Element for 55mm dishes with 40mm aperture

TC-E55x30

$595

Heating Element for 55mm dishes with 30mm aperture

TC-PA-C

$95

Reducing adapter-ring, for Corning type dishes, including Mattek dishes.

TC-PA-F

$95

Reducing adapter  -reducing rings-, for FluoroDishes.

TC-PA-G

$95

Reducing adapter  -reducing rings-, for Greiner Bio-One dishes, glass bottom

TC-PA-W

$95

Reducing adapter-ring, for Willco dishes.

TC-PA50

$95

50mm reducing adapter for 35mm dishes, to use with TC-E50x40 and TC-E50x30 models.