Scan 500

    Automatic colony counter

    Scan 500 is an automatic colony counter that ensures fast and efficient counting of colonies, including on chromogenic agar. It guarantees excellent reproducibility. The images and results are saved and usable anytime. Scan 500 is also an inhibition zone reader.

    • Minimum size of detected colony: 0.1 mm
    • Camera: 1 megapixel - zoom x 28
    • Counting on Ø 55 - 90 mm round Petri dishes
    • Counting on pour, surface, Spiral, circle mode plated Petri dishes
    • Counting on chromogenic agar
    • Inhibition zone reader

Scan® 500 is an automatic color colony counter providing quick and efficient counting of the colonies on the most

common supports. Scan® 500 guarantees an excellent reproducibility and the automatic saving of images and results.

• Counting on pour plating

• Counting on surface plating

• Counting on Spiral® plating

• Counting on circle plating

• Counting on chromogenic dishes

• Automatic separation of clustered colonies

• Creation of polygonal exclusion zones

• Inhibition zone reading on round dishes Ø 90 mm

• Automatic detection: paper disks (several brands simultaneously), wells, peni-cylinder (steel, plastic) with possibility to add

or remove manually

• Number of antibiotic paper disks: up to 7 antibiotics on a Ø 90 mm Petri dish

• Reading time: 7 inhibition zone reading between 1 to 3 seconds

• Interpretation system: EUCAST / CA-SFM Human health / CA-SFM Veterinary / CLSI (Clinical, Laboratory Standards Institute) /

customizable list

• Antibiogram reading accuracy: ± 0,3 mm

 • Inhibition zone measurement: automatic with manual correction ability

Technical Specifications

• All stainless steel body

• CMOS color camera

• M12 lens

• Zoom x 28

• Resolution: 1 megapixel

• Lighting technology: long-life white LEDs / Dark Field

• Lighting system: automatic 6 combinations, top and/or bottom light, white or black background

• Languages: French, English, Japanese, Chinese, Russian, Spanish, German

• Counting time: up to 1000 colonies per second

• Minimum size of colony: 0.1 mm

• Counting: automatic with manual control

• Counting Petri dishes Ø 55 - 90 mm

• Manual control to add or substract colonies

• Color detection: 7 colors on the same dish + 1 color to exclude

• Results/traceability: image / sample number & antibiotic name / bacteria name / read diameter / result with category SIR

by color code / critical diameter mini and maxi / comments / date / time

• Data export to PDF report, jpg, png and bmp images, Excel™ recountable session

• USB connection

• Compatible with dataLink™ or dataLink™ pro traceability system

• LIMS/SIL connection

• Data security: modified data traceability in conformity with 21 CFR part 11

• Voltage and frequency: 100-240 V ~ 50-60 Hz

• Max power: 20 W

• Fuses: T3.15 A L 250 V 5x20 mm

• International Protection Marking: IP00

• Dimensions (w x d x h): 28.7 x 27.1 x 29 cm, weight: 8.38 kg

• Box (w x d x h): 50 x 40 x 40 cm, weight: 11 kg

• 3-year warranty after warranty card recording

• Software updates: 3-year warranty after card recording

• Manufactured under CE, UKCA, RoHS, WEEE

• Designed and made in France

• Availability of Spare parts : 10 years

• In compliance with 21 CFR part 11, ISO 7218 and AOAC 977.27

 

• Processor: Intel i5, 2.8 GHz, quad core or higher

Minimum Computer requirements

·         Operating system: WindowsTM 10 or WindowsTM 11 (or higher)

·         RAM: 4 Gb for the exclusive use of the Scan®

·         Equipment: 4 USB ports free

·         Screen resolution: 1280 x 1024 pixels or higher

Delivered With

·         Scan® software

·         15 V power cord

·         USB cable

·         3 validation plates

·         user manual

Options

·         dataLink™: traceability system for Petri dishes, from plating to counting, using label printing

·         Stickers for printer: Labels roll for thermal printer - Label size: 45 x 10 mm

·         Film: Thermal transfer film

·         Adaptor for Petri dish (55 mm): Adaptor for Ø 55 mm-dishes on Scan® 300 / 500 / 1200

·         dataLink™ pro: traceability bundle for Petri dishes, from plating to counting, using label printing

·         Stickers for printer: Pack of 3 rolls of 2500 adhesive thermal transfer labels - Label size: 5 x 50 mm

·         Film: Thermal transfer film

·         Bar-code reader: Barcode reader