Kris, If you want to melt paraffin for changing the processor, etc. you might think about getting a paraffin dispenser and a separate slide dryer.
We have lab heat issues in the summer. We got rid of the incubator that melted our paraffin and got a Paraffin dispenser (TBS cat # PD-120). It holds 6.25 gal of paraffin at whatever temp we want. It takes about 3-6 hrs to completely melt or we turn it on the night before to use the next morn. It has a coffee pot type spigot for dispensing. It took us a while to get used to not having liquid paraffin at any time we want, but the benefit was an extra 2-3 degrees of cool air during our hot summer months. We have dedicated slide dryers. One is mobile and gets put on our downdraft during the summer heat. We even have the embedding centers with timers so we can eliminate some of their heat. Now if we can just figure out how to keep those two embedding centers from rising the lab temp while we are embedding................ Barbara Barbara Stancel, HTL(ASCP)HT USDA, FSIS, EL, Pathology RRC, 950 College Station Road Athens, Georgia 30605 706-546-3698 or 706-546-3556 barbara.stan...@fsis.usda.gov Message: 20 Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2009 09:40:18 -0400 From: "Kalleberg, Kristopher" <kristopher.kalleb...@unilever.com> Subject: incubator oven Hi All, I desperately need to get a new incubator oven for my histology lab. It seems as if most ovens are now convection ovens. Since my old oven is not convection I am just concerned that the constant air movement will some how affect the tissue slides in the way the paraffin in melted before the processing of the slides. I will be using this oven for strictly melting paraffin containers to have ready for embedding center and for baking of slides to melt paraffin prior to processing. Has anyone had any concerns or issues with these new convection ovens or can they recommend a decent oven to buy. it just needs to be a medium sized oven. Thanks in advance. Kris kalleberg kristopher.kalleb...@unilever.com _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet