[Histonet] Mounting Media for Hacker Coverslippers

[Valerie Abbott]

TBS is the exclusive North American Importer of the  SHUR/Mount  RCM7000
Glass Coverslipper. The instrument is produced in Japan by Meisei, the
supplier of the now discontinued coverslipper models 3655 and 3660,
previously marketed by Hacker. 
SHUR/Mount utilizes a xylene bath to stage slides, a xylene reservoir to
prevent the dispensing needle from drying out as well as xylene to
lubricate the dispensing system pump. Toluene based mounting media
should not be utilized as the functionality of the instruments is
matched to the evaporation rate of xylene. Toluene was also not chosen
because of its more hazardous properties to human health
Various viscosities of xylene based mounting media can be used in
SHUR/Mount and are available by multiple suppliers. TBS offers a
mounting medium that is formulated for use with the RCM7000 and is also
compatible with the 3555 and 3660. The viscosity is specifically
formulated to match the midpoint of the pressure ranges of the pumping
system of the instrument. 
Jack Hunnell
http://www.trianglebiomedical.com/ <http://tbs>