Both animal disease labs in the state of Illinois have used the Sakura machines for the twenty years I have been here with great success. We also have aSakura processor that has been going for 25 years and a coverslipper that has only had 3 service calls for minor problems in the past 15+ years. They make good products. Lynn Burton Animal Disease Lab Galesburg, Il
-----Original Message----- From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Tim Wheelock Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2012 2:29 PM To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: [Histonet] Embedding Centers Hi Everyone: I am also in the market for a new paraffin embedding center. I have demo-ed or site-visited the Sakura TEK5, the Leica EG1150, and the Thermo-Fisher HistoStar. I was wondering if people could give me their critical opinion on these, or other machines. What sorts of problems have you had with them. I currently have a 25 year old Shandon Embedding Center. I like it a lot. But I would like to find a machine with a specimen holding tank large enough to allow me to immerse 300 cassettes all at once. This is because I infiltrate brain tissue with Tissue Path Paraplast but embed with Surgipath Embedding Media So I let the cassettes sit immersed in the Surgipath for an hour or two before embedding. (Until I can buy a new processor, The Shandon's holding tank also serves as a third processing station, since my Shandon Hypercenter has only 2 wax reservoirs) I also do not feel comfortable having the cassettes sitting dry in the holding tank Thanks, Tim Wheelock Neuropathology Laboratory Harvard Brain Bank McLean Hospital Belmont, MA _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet
