Mike, If your budget is tight, consider used Sakura VIP processor and Tissue-Tek embedding center.
One superb vendor is Avantik , formerly Bellair in NJ. 800-783-9424 973-912-8900 They have earned my complete trust-I am reluctant to have equipment in my lab unless Bellair can maintain it. Every piece of equipment I have bought from them and serviced by them has been solid. A good used embedding center and processor can be serviceable for 10 years or more, yet inexpensive. New Tissue processor - Depending on your # of blocks, another consideration I did not see mentioned is the RVG2 tissue processor sold by Bellair-Avantik. We have used it since new with nearly 1100 runs over 3+ years without problem. One advantage is the preheater/heat exchanger pre-warming solutions, allowing for rapid processing, e.g., small biopsies in 90 minutes. Steve A. McClain, MD 631 361 4000 PS I have no financial interst in that company, but I have had great experience and I am biased toward small companies which deliver great service. Message: 8 Date: Tue, 04 Oct 2011 11:56:03 -0400 From: "Mike Tighe" <mti...@trudeauinstitute.org> Subject: [Histonet] Tissue processor To: <histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu> Message-ID: <4e8af3e6.26e4.00e...@trudeauinstitute.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII I am looking to purchase a Processor and embedding center. I have received a quote for VIP6 and a TEC5 but they seem to be a bit out of our price range. Does anyone have another Processor/embedding center that they found to be reliable? Thanks Mike _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet