This package includes:
Optional rotors and adapters are available and can be purchased separately.
Users: Hospitals, veterinary clinics, food labs, universities and colleges, pharmaceutical labs, cell culture labs, environmental labs
Need a customised solution?
Optional accessories are available for purchase separately. If your order needs a customised configuration, our technical specialists will follow up with full details before your order is finalised. Contact us via the enquiry form or sales@lasec.com.
Installation, training and special delivery
Some products require installation, training, or special delivery (such as tail-lift trucks, extra labour, or hazardous material packaging). If your order needs this, we'll contact you with the additional cost before dispatch, so your final invoice may differ from the listed price.
Ordering from outside South Africa
Online ordering is currently limited to South African customers, but our full range is still available. Log an enquiry or email international@lasec.com and our international sales team will assist you through our traditional sales channels.
The properties of the Sigma 3‑16L compact benchtop centrifuge make it a classic all-rounder. This practically oriented laboratory centrifuge is appreciated for its outstanding capacity and wide variety of uses. Along with high performance and reliability, it features unmatched versatility. As a well-balanced all-purpose centrifuge with extensive rotor and accessory options, it is suitable for a very wide variety of tasks.
What makes the Sigma 3-16L all-purpose centrifuge so attractive?
The Sigma 3‑16L scores with impressive features: it is pleasantly quiet in use, and the patented one-knob controller and illuminated function keys make operation intuitive. Automatic lid opening can optionally be configured for easy end-of-run indication.
The centrifuge has an extraordinary capacity with a maximum of 4 x 400 ml. A broad selection of fixed-angle and swing-out rotors is available, along with an extensive range of accessories with buckets and adapters, including many biosafe configurations. The resulting compatibility with a large number of specimen tubes enables high versatility and allows use for a very wide variety of tasks, including high-throughput applications.
The centrifuge and rotors are optionally available with the g-lock system. This innovative rotor system enables quick and easy rotor exchange without tools.
| Max. capacity [ml] | swing-out rotor: 4 x 400 fixed-angle rotor: 6 x 94 |
| Max. RCF | 21.475 |
| Max. speed [rpm] | 15.300 |
| Min. speed [rpm] | 100 |
| Noise level at maximum speed (approximate) [dB(A)] | fixed-angle rotor 12154: ≤ 60 swing-out rotor 11180 with bucket 13190: ≤ 65 |
| Max. acceleration time [s] | fixed-angle rotor 12154: ≤ 25 swing-out rotor 11180 with bucket 13190: ≤ 20 |
| Max. braking time [s] | fixed-angle rotor 12154: ≤ 42 swing-out rotor 11180 with bucket 13190: ≤ 22 |
| Temperature setting range [°C] | - |
| Power consumption [W] | 500 |
| Height x Width x Depth [mm] | 355 x 460 x 600 |
| Height with open lid [mm] | 770 |
| Weight without rotor [kg] | 48 |
| Brand | Sigma |
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