Hi Pamela We have the Jun Air VK800 5M compressor/vacuum "in a cabinet" combination that has worked well for 10 years or so. We had an "air drier" fitted to reduce the risk of biological contamination that may be present in moist air. Whether the latter made a material difference in respect to contamination I'm not sure but it certainly removes water from the "holding tank", means that draining the compressor is not an issue and the likelihood of corrosion is much reduced. Only criticism is that it is a bit noisy and if you can site it in a different room it may be worth thinking about. Ian Ian Titley PhD Section of Haemato-oncology Institute of Cancer Research 15 Cotswold Road Belmont Sutton Surrey SM2 5NG UK Tel +44 (0)20 8722 4255 >>> "Moody, Pamela" <moody@cshl.edu> 01/05/2008 20:28 >>> Hi Everyone, My FACSVantage DiVa cell sorter is currently using house air to pressurize the system. This was never a problem until we started sorting at the higher pressures. Now we have fluctuations in the pressure which are causing stability issues with the stream. I would like to order an air compressor that would be dedicated to the sorter. I have heard that BD recommends Junair compressors and I am curious as to what you are all using for your instruments. I look forward to hearing your replies. Warmest regards, Pam Pamela Moody Manager, Flow Cytometry Shared Resource Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Hershey Building One Bungtown Road Cold Spring Harbor, New York 11724 Phone: (516) 367-8477 Fax: (516) 367-8461 Website: http://www.cshl.edu/cancercenter/shared_resources.html The Institute of Cancer Research: Royal Cancer Hospital, a charitable Company Limited by Guarantee, Registered in England under Company No. 534147 with its Registered Office at 123 Old Brompton Road, London SW7 3RP. This e-mail message is confidential and for use by the addressee only. If the message is received by anyone other than the addressee, please return the message to the sender by replying to it and then delete the message from your computer and network.Received on Wed May 7 18:18:00 2008
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