Mopec Round Tissue Flotation Bath

Description

Enhance Tissue Section Quality With An Advanced Water Bath

Achieve precise and consistent tissue sections with Mopec’s Round Tissue Flotation Bath—engineered to optimize accuracy and workflow efficiency in histology and pathology labs. Designed for ease of use, this compact system ensures rapid readiness, reliable temperature control, and superior specimen handling for high-quality slide preparation.

Key features include:

• Designed to take up minimal bench-top space.
  
• Deep bowl to assist with tissue pick-up at any angle.
  
• Rapid heating system ensures the system is ready to use in less time.
  
• Analog temperature control.
  
• Anti-microbial coating to help prevent bacteria and virus growth.
  
• Optional lid helps improve temperature control and prevent surface particles (BK100-L).

Designed For Critical Applications

The Mopec Round Tissue Flotation Bath is built to support precision, consistency, and safety across a range of histology and pathology workflows. Its intuitive design and dependable performance make it an essential tool for professionals handling tissue sections in demanding lab environments.

The following applications demonstrate how the Mopec Round Tissue Flotation Bath supports precision and efficiency across every stage of slide preparation, from routine sectioning to advanced diagnostic testing.

Paraffin-Embedded Tissue Sectioning

Routine paraffin sectioning requires a stable, predictable water bath that performs consistently and reliably, day after day. The Mopec Round Tissue Flotation Bath’s analog temperature control enables precise, consistent heat regulation, ensuring each paraffin ribbon flattens smoothly and evenly for clear, distortion-free tissue sections.

High-Throughput Clinical Slide Preparation

In fast-paced clinical laboratories, maintaining efficiency without compromising quality is essential. The Mopec Round Tissue Flotation Bath is designed to take up minimal bench-top space, making it ideal for smaller or crowded work areas. Its rapid heating system ensures the bath reaches optimal temperature quickly, allowing technicians to prepare slides faster and keep up with demanding, high-volume workflows.

Preparing Slides For Advanced Staining (IHC & ISH)

When preparing slides for advanced staining techniques such as immunohistochemistry (IHC) and in situ hybridization (ISH), maintaining a clean and thermally consistent environment is crucial for preserving sample integrity. The Mopec Round Tissue Flotation Bath features an anti-microbial coating that helps prevent bacterial and viral growth, ensuring a contaminant-free workspace. 

Its optional lid (BK100-L) further enhances temperature stability while shielding the water surface from airborne particles, supporting the precision required for sensitive downstream testing.

Handling Delicate Or Serial Sections

Delicate tissue sections require careful handling to maintain their structure and integrity. The Mopec Round Tissue Flotation Bath features a deep, ergonomically designed bowl that allows for easy slide submersion and precise control from any angle. This design provides technicians with the maneuverability needed to safely and efficiently collect fragile sections, reducing the risk of tearing or distortion during transfer.

Key Features Designed For Laboratory Efficiency

Engineered for precision and performance, the Mopec Round Tissue Flotation Bath is designed to make slide preparation faster, cleaner, and more consistent. Each feature directly addresses common laboratory challenges such as maintaining temperature stability, minimizing contamination, and optimizing space.

Together, these design choices streamline workflows, reduce downtime, and help ensure every slide meets the highest standards of diagnostic quality. Below are the key features that make this system an indispensable tool in modern pathology and histology labs:

Deep Center Bowl Design

The Mopec Round Tissue Flotation Bath features a deep, centrally positioned bowl that allows slides to be fully submerged at a comfortable working angle. This ergonomic design enhances control and visibility when handling delicate tissue ribbons, helping technicians achieve smooth, wrinkle-free sections with minimal effort. The added depth also helps to prevent accidental contact with the bowl’s base, reducing the risk of damaging fragile samples.

Rapid Heating System

A high-performance rapid-heating system ensures the bath reaches its target temperature quickly, reducing wait time between sessions. This efficiency enables technicians to begin work sooner and maintain a steady pace throughout the day, supporting high-throughput environments where speed and accuracy are critical. Consistent thermal control also helps minimize variations in tissue flattening, ensuring reliable and reproducible results.

Advanced Anti-Microbial Coating

The system’s advanced anti-microbial coating provides an essential layer of protection against bacterial and viral growth. This durable surface treatment helps maintain a hygienic working environment, reducing the risk of contamination between samples. By keeping the water bath cleaner for longer, the coating lowers maintenance requirements and extends the system’s lifespan—saving both time and resources in busy laboratories.

Protective Lid For Stability And Purity

The optional fitted lid (BK100-L) is designed to sit securely over the bowl when the bath is not in use. This physical barrier enhances temperature stability, conserving heat to maintain consistent conditions for tissue processing. It also prevents dust, debris, and airborne particles from settling on the water’s surface—preserving purity and ensuring optimal conditions for preparing high-quality slides.

Technical Specifications

Built with precision and reliability in mind, the Mopec Round Tissue Flotation Bath is engineered to deliver consistent performance in demanding laboratory environments. The following specifications outline the system’s physical dimensions, temperature capabilities, and safety features—ensuring compatibility with a wide range of histology and pathology workflows.

Specification	Details
Model Number	BK100
Exterior Dimensions (Dia. x H)	325mm x 120mm
Bowl Dimensions (Dia. x H)	220mm x 60mm
Bowl Capacity	1.5L
Weight	3.5Kgs
Temperature Range	Ambient +5°C to 70°C
Temperature Stability	+/- 0.5°C (at 45°C)
Heater Power	400 watts
Power Supply	110/230V, 50-60Hz
Safety Features	Class 1 over-temperature cut-out, miniature circuit breakers

Ideal Applications In Histology And Pathology

The Mopec Round Tissue Flotation Bath is engineered to meet the precision, consistency, and safety standards required in modern histology and pathology laboratories. Its dependable performance and ergonomic design make it an invaluable tool for a wide range of slide preparation tasks where quality and accuracy are critical.

Paraffin-Embedded Tissue Sectioning

Properly flattening paraffin ribbons is crucial for achieving crisp, uniform sections that mount cleanly onto microscope slides. The Mopec Round Tissue Flotation Bath maintains stable, consistent water temperature, allowing compressed ribbons to gently expand and flatten without distortion. This controlled environment ensures the production of smooth, wrinkle-free tissue sections ready for accurate microscopic analysis.

High-Throughput Clinical Slide Preparation

In a fast-paced diagnostic laboratory, every second counts. Technicians must balance rapid turnaround times with uncompromising precision. The Mopec Round Tissue Flotation Bath meets this demand with its quick-heating system and space-efficient design, helping busy labs maintain productivity and consistency across large sample volumes. This reliability ensures that the workflow remains uninterrupted, even during peak testing periods.

Preparing Slides For Advanced Staining (IHC & ISH)

Advanced staining methods, including IHC and ISH, rely on the integrity of each tissue section. Any contamination or temperature fluctuation can compromise test accuracy. The Mopec Round Tissue Flotation Bath provides a thermally stable and contaminant-free environment—critical for preserving antigenicity and nucleic acid integrity—so slides are prepared under optimal conditions for precise downstream staining and diagnostic interpretation.

Handling Delicate Or Serial Sections

When working with fragile or irreplaceable tissue samples, such as those found in neuroscience, oncology, or research applications, stability and control are paramount. The deep, ergonomic bowl of the Mopec Round Tissue Flotation Bath enables precise manipulation during flotation, allowing sections to be gently retrieved without tearing or deformation. 

This level of control ensures that even the most delicate specimens are handled safely, maintaining their structure for critical diagnostic and research evaluations.

Secure This Essential Tool For Your Laboratory

Enhance the precision and reliability of your slide preparation process with the Mopec Round Tissue Flotation Bath—an essential addition to any histology or pathology workspace. Built for accuracy, efficiency, and durability, it delivers the consistent performance professionals depend on for high-quality tissue sectioning and diagnostic preparation.

To learn more about its setup, specifications, and operational features, access the resources below:

• Download Product Manual
• Download Product Brochure

Have questions about integrating this unit into your laboratory’s workflow? Contact us today for a detailed quote and answers to your technical questions.