Masterclave^®

Masterclave is an automated culture media preparation system, and part of bioMérieux’ AES Blue Line™. This range of solutions places automation at the heart of your laboratory and improves your workflow, from media to sample preparation.

Automated culture media preparation system: a quality solution

Available in three different capacities, the robust Masterclave demonstrates high performance for the preparation of your culture media, agar or broth. With its high core temperature precision control, and its high efficiency stirring system, Masterclave prepares your medium and guarantees: 

• Homogeneity
• Fertility
• Sterility

Masterclave: workflow optimization through lab automation

• Productivity: with Masterclave, get rid of manual preparation steps such as stirring the media water and autoclaving bottles
• Reproducibility: with automation, avoid human error and benefit from batch-to-batch reproducibility
• Flexibility: Masterclave is ideal for both agar and broth
• Ease-of–use: to start a cycle, simply add powder and distilled water into Masterclave. No need to supervise your media during the cycle

Three different media preparation systems for your specific needs

• Masterclave 09: with a capacity of 1 to 9 litres, it is ideal for the preparation of your fragile media, such as blood or agar
• Masterclave 528: ideal for broth or agar and with a capacity of 5 to 28 litres, Masterclave 528 offers three different stirring speeds for distribution and can operate a complete cycle in 75 minutes
• Masterclave 60: with a capacity of 10 to 60 litres, this system guarantees standardized and cost-effective production, and can prepares 60 litres of media within 90 minutes

AES Blue Line: a complete range of solutions

With the AES Blue Line, bioMérieux offers a complete range of automated solutions for culture media and sample preparation, environmental monitoring and enumeration