Goettingen, – Sartorius, a leading international laboratory and biotech equipment provider, has introduced on the market a new rugged and reliable series of lab balances for universities, schools, training centers and other educational facilities: Practum®. This series is available in a choice of nine models and covers a range of weighing capacities extending from 120 g to 5,100 g, along with readabilities from 0.1 mg to 1 g.

Professional weighing results; easy operation

The dependable, rugged-built weigh cell of the Practum® balance ensures that even entry-level users will start weighing right and obtain professional, accurate results at all times. The easy-to-use menu guides the user intuitively through standard built-in applications, such as weighing, counting, peak hold to “lock in” the highest reading of a measurement series, and weighing under unstable conditions. The supervisor lock enables educators to prevent unintentional changes to the menu settings that control the balance’s weighing performance or data transfer in order to rule out operating errors. Moreover, Practum® transfers weighing data and results over its mini-USB port directly to standard software, such as Microsoft® Office or OpenOffice. The housing of the balance is easy to clean. In particular, the draft shield can be readily disassembled and its individual glass panels simply exchanged. These features make the Sartorius Practum® balance the ideal entry-level weighing instrument for education at schools and universities and training in laboratories.

A profile of Sartorius

The Sartorius Group is a leading international laboratory and process technology provider covering the segments of Bioprocess Solutions, Lab Products & Services and Industrial Weighing. In 2012, the technology group earned sales revenue of 845.7 million euros. Founded in 1870, the Goettingen-based company currently employs around 5,500 persons. The major areas of activity of its Bioprocess Solutions segment cover filtration, fluid management, fermentation, cell cultivation and purification, and focus on production processes in the biopharmaceutical industry. The Lab Products & Services segment primarily manufactures laboratory instruments and consumables. Industrial Weighing concentrates on weighing, monitoring and control applications in the manufacturing processes of the food, chemical and pharma sectors. Sartorius has its own production facilities in Europe, Asia and America as well as sales subsidiaries and local commercial agencies in more than 110 countries.