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Electronic Instrument Services (E.I.S.)

  • Repair and calibration of most types of laboratory equipment
  • 30+ years of experience providing technical services to the university community
  • All major manufacturers

Experience on equipment such as

  • Amplifiers
  • Analyzers
  • Balances and scales
  • Centrifuges
  • Chromatographs
  • Colorimeters
  • Digitizers
  • ECG
  • EEG
  • Electrophoresis cells
  • Incubators
  • Osmometers
  • Personal computers
  • pH meters
  • Pipettes
  • Power supplies
  • Recorders
  • Shakers
  • Spectrophotometers
  • Speed controls
  • Stimulators
  • Temperature controls
  • Ultrasonic baths
  • Water baths
  • Plus more!

Other services offered

  • Regularly scheduled preventive maintenance programs
  • Pipette repair and calibration to traceable standards
  • Analytical balance and scale calibration to traceable standards
  • Electrical safety testing
  • Free loaner for equipment in for repair
  • Low cost instrument rental for short or long term use
  • Reconditioned lab instruments for sale
  • Design consultation
  • Instrument upgrading, modification and interfacing
  • Operator training
  • Computerized database of equipment repair history
  • Pick up and delivery or on-site service
  • Authorized warranty service for many major manufacturers

Lab equipment available for long or short term rental

  • Eppendorf 5415c centrifuge
  • Fisher fb-175 power supply
  • 2-channel chart recorder
  • Corning 240 ph meter
  • Heated stir plate
  • Acculab 10k top load scale
  • Heated circulating waterbath

Reconditioned lab equipment for sale

Call 612-625-6745 for current list of equipment available.

On-site pipette calibration and repair

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The U of M instrument services department has been calibrating and repairing pipettes for several years now and can now offer these same services on-site in your lab. If your lab has a quantity of pipettes and you do not wish to send them out, we can come to you. No packing, shipping or waiting.

  • Most common types
  • Single or multi-channel
  • NIST traceable standards
  • 6-month warranty
  • Call for pricing

Comprehensive centrifuge maintenance plans

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Along with our regularly scheduled preventive maintenace programs, we can now offer you a complete centrifuge maintenance plan which includes everything necessary to ensure the proper operation of your centrifuge.

  • Replacement of all parts
  • Unlimited emergency service calls
  • Once per year maintence call with replacement of any wear items
  • Ability to budget your expenses, no sudden expensive repairs
  • Department quantity discounts