Heat Sealing

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Benefits

Heat sealing has the following benefits compared to conventional adhesive sealing:

  • high degree of reliability for automated sealers
  • no exposed adhesive
  • the underside of the seal is non-tacky at room temperature - reduces the risk of contamination
  • no adhesion of dry samples to the film
  • cost effective - on average 25% cheaper than corresponding adhesives
  • wide range of materials available

And, as with all 4titude® plate seals:

  • certified free from nucleases and human genomic DNA contamination

4titude® offers the widest range of heat sealing materials in roll and sheet formats and a semi automatic thermal sealer.

Heat Sealing Guide
To download our Heat Sealing guide, please click here (130Kb) ».  This shows what heat seals we manufacture, their properties, and the applications for which they are intended.

4s2™ Thermal Sealer 4s2™ Thermal Sealer:
A semi automatic thermal sealer compatible with a wide range of seals and plates of differing designs and heights, and variable temperature and time settings.
Clear Seal Clear Seal:
Clear polymer film forming a peelable seal, for qPCR and short term compound storage.
Clear Weld Seal Mark II Clear Weld Seal Mark II:
Clear polymer film forming a permanent seal with good optical clarity and solvent resistance, for PCR (especially water bath thermal cyclers), qPCR, storage and disposal of hazardous samples.
Clear Seal 3730 Clear Seal 3730:
Clear pierceable polymer with good optical clarity, recommended for use with the ABi 3730 Sequencer.
Peel Seal Peel Seal:
Peelable laminate material for low temperature compound storage and PCR.
DMSO Resistant Peel Seal DMSO Resistant Peel Seal:
Peelable laminate material with high resistance to solvents even at elevated temperatures, for compound storage with DMSO and other organic solvents.
Pierce Seal Pierce Seal:
Pierceable foil based material with good solvent resistance, for compound storage, sample shipping and PCR.
Pierce Seal Strong Pierce Seal Strong:
Pierceable foil based material with good solvent resistance that forms a weld seal that cannot be peeled, ideal for high temperature and high pressure applications such as water bath thermal cycling.
Foil Seal Foil Seal:
Pierceable and peelable foil seal with good solvent resistance, for compound storage and PCR
Thermal Bond Thermal Bond:
Heavy duty laminate material that gives a strong peelable seal with good solvent resistance, for storage, transportation and PCR.
Black Seal Black Seal:
A foil based seal with a surface coating of a low fluorescence black pigment for fluorescent and other light sensitive assays.
Gas Permeable Heat Seal Gas Permeable Heat Seal:
A woven seal permeable to gases for cell culture, incubation, seed and insect storage.
Heat Sealing Parameters Heat Sealing Parameters:
Technical information and heat sealing parameters.