1994 Global Lab Product Instruments and Apparatus Usage Table

1994 Global Laboratory Product Usage Survey

20 pages, 20 graphs and tables.

Published: December 22, 1994

Price: $95

Here is the complete table of global usage for instruments and apparatus:
Listed Alphabetically:

A B C D E F G HIJK L MNO PQR S T UV W XYZ

Global Instrumentation & Apparatus Product Usage
Currently Using Planning to Use

Instrument/Apparatus Category Lab Workers % Lab Workers %

Autoradiography Equipment 164,300 57.9 17,600 6.2

Amino Acid Analyzers 25,200 8.9 14,800 5.2

Balances, Laboratory 240,600 84.8 2,800 1.0

Balances, Analytical 188,400 66.4 3,700 1.3

Blotting - N/S/W 151,800 53.5 17,000 6.0

Chromatographs (All Categories) 137,600 48.5 35,500 12.5

--- HPLC 91,100 32.1 21,300 7.5

--- LC 57,000 20.1 4,300 1.5

--- GC 26,100 9.2 3,400 1.2

--- Ion 36,600 12.9 4,800 1.7

--- Large Scale 11,900 4.2 3,700 1.3

--- Thin Layer 58,700 20.7 9,400 3.3

Centrifuges (All Categories) 253,300 89.3 30,900 10.9

--- Continuous Flow 23,300 8.2 3,700 1.3

--- High Speed 203,400 71.7 6,200 2.2

--- Table-top 234,900 82.8 7,100 2.5

--- Ultra, Floor 136,200 48.0 7,900 2.8

--- Ultra, Micro 69,800 24.6 12,800 4.5

--- Ultra, Analytical 22,700 8.0 2,800 1.0

Cell Sorters 36,000 12.7 29,500 10.4

Cell Harvesters 36,000 12.7 9,400 3.3

Cell Fusion Equipment 15,300 5.4 11,300 4.0

Cell Disrupters 61,600 21.7 10,500 3.7

Cell Culture Apparatus 133,900 47.2 11,900 4.2

Cell Counters 68,700 24.2 7,900 2.8

Circulators 43,100 15.2 2,800 1.0

Cryogenic Containers 130,500 46.0 9,900 3.5

Densitometers & Image Analysis (All) 129,100 45.5 57,900 20.4

--- Laser 44,500 15.7 19,600 6.9

--- Flatbed Scanner 41,700 14.7 20,400 7.2

--- Video Camera 55,000 19.4 24,700 8.7

--- Gas Ionization 4,300 1.5 2,000 0.7

--- Storage Phosphor 21,800 7.7 7,900 2.8

--- Fluorescent Detector 34,600 12.2 13,300 4.7

Electrophoresis (All Categories) 211,600 74.6 78,300 27.6

--- Capillary System 17,600 6.2 9,900 3.5

--- DNA Sequencing 137,000 48.3 23,800 8.4

--- Electrofocusing 36,000 12.7 17,600 6.2

--- Immunoelectrophoresis 41,100 14.5 10,500 3.7

--- Preparative 47,400 16.7 7,900 2.8

--- Pulsed/Reversed Field 18,400 6.5 15,600 5.5

--- Submarine/Horizontal 111,500 39.3 5,700 2.0

--- Two Dimensional 42,300 14.9 21,300 7.5

--- Vertical Slab/SDS-PAGE 145,500 51.3 14,800 5.2

Electroporation Equipment 75,500 26.6 31,200 11.0

ELISA Systems 89,100 31.4 28,400 10.0

Fermentors 19,000 6.7 7,100 2.5

Filtration Equipment, Ultra 73,500 25.9 5,100 1.8

Filtration Equipment, Microporous 52,200 18.4 4,800 1.7

Freeze Dryers 105,800 37.3 15,600 5.5

Gamma Counters 82,600 29.1 13,300 4.7

GC-MS 15,600 5.5 4,300 1.5

Hybridization Ovens 99,000 34.9 17,600 6.2

Laboratory Robots 14,200 5.0 9,400 3.3

Liquid Scintillation Counters 153,200 54.0 9,900 3.5

Microplate Readers 81,100 28.6 14,200 5.0

Microscopes (All Categories) 217,300 76.6 63,000 22.2

--- Fluorescence 120,900 42.6 24,700 8.7

--- Inverted 141,000 49.7 9,100 3.2

--- Optical 169,900 59.9 6,200 2.2

--- Electron, Scanning 24,100 8.5 12,200 4.3

--- Electron, Transmission 31,800 11.2 10,800 3.8

--- Scanning, Confocal 23,300 8.2 24,700 8.7

--- Scanning Tunnelling 900 0.3 5,100 1.8

Microtomes 65,500 23.1 14,800 5.2

Particle Size Analyzers 7,900 2.8 5,100 1.8

pH/Specific Ion Meters 174,200 61.4 4,800 1.7

Photodocumentation Systems 59,300 20.9 16,700 5.9

Sequencers, DNA Automated 39,400 13.9 29,800 10.5

Sequencers, Protein 14,800 5.2 17,600 6.2

Spectrometers, Mass 20,400 7.2 7,100 2.5

Spectrometers, NMR 16,700 5.9 5,100 1.8

Spectrofluorometers 50,200 17.7 9,900 3.5

Spectrophotometers (All Categories) 161,400 56.9 11,900 4.2

--- AA 12,800 4.5 2,800 1.0

--- FTIR 10,500 3.7 3,700 1.3

--- IR 15,300 5.4 4,300 1.5

--- UV/Vis 155,200 54.7 6,200 2.2

Synthesizers, DNA 67,000 23.6 16,200 5.7

Synthesizers, Peptide 19,600 6.9 12,800 4.5

Thermal Cyclers 142,400 50.2 21,800 7.7

Titrators 12,200 4.3 2,800 1.0

Tissue Culture Apparatus 119,200 42.0 9,400 3.3

UV Transilluminators 149,500 52.7 7,700 2.7

UV Monitors (All Categories) 78,300 27.6 4,800 1.7

--- Diode Array 19,000 6.7 2,000 0.7

--- Fixed Wavelength 42,300 14.9 2,000 0.7

--- Variable Wavelength 49,900 17.6 2,000 0.7

Water Purification Systems 177,300 62.5 10,800 3.8

X-Ray Dispersive Analyzers 3,700 1.3 1,400 0.5

**Global Instrumentation & Apparatus Product Usage**
	Currently Using	Planning to Use
Instrument/Apparatus Category	Lab Workers	%	Lab Workers	%
Autoradiography Equipment	164,300	57.9	17,600	6.2
Amino Acid Analyzers	25,200	8.9	14,800	5.2
Balances, Laboratory	240,600	84.8	2,800	1.0
Balances, Analytical	188,400	66.4	3,700	1.3
Blotting - N/S/W	151,800	53.5	17,000	6.0
Chromatographs (All Categories)	137,600	48.5	35,500	12.5
--- HPLC	91,100	32.1	21,300	7.5
--- LC	57,000	20.1	4,300	1.5
--- GC	26,100	9.2	3,400	1.2
--- Ion	36,600	12.9	4,800	1.7
--- Large Scale	11,900	4.2	3,700	1.3
--- Thin Layer	58,700	20.7	9,400	3.3
Centrifuges (All Categories)	253,300	89.3	30,900	10.9
--- Continuous Flow	23,300	8.2	3,700	1.3
--- High Speed	203,400	71.7	6,200	2.2
--- Table-top	234,900	82.8	7,100	2.5
--- Ultra, Floor	136,200	48.0	7,900	2.8
--- Ultra, Micro	69,800	24.6	12,800	4.5
--- Ultra, Analytical	22,700	8.0	2,800	1.0
Cell Sorters	36,000	12.7	29,500	10.4
Cell Harvesters	36,000	12.7	9,400	3.3
Cell Fusion Equipment	15,300	5.4	11,300	4.0
Cell Disrupters	61,600	21.7	10,500	3.7
Cell Culture Apparatus	133,900	47.2	11,900	4.2
Cell Counters	68,700	24.2	7,900	2.8
Circulators	43,100	15.2	2,800	1.0
Cryogenic Containers	130,500	46.0	9,900	3.5
Densitometers & Image Analysis (All)	129,100	45.5	57,900	20.4
--- Laser	44,500	15.7	19,600	6.9
--- Flatbed Scanner	41,700	14.7	20,400	7.2
--- Video Camera	55,000	19.4	24,700	8.7
--- Gas Ionization	4,300	1.5	2,000	0.7
--- Storage Phosphor	21,800	7.7	7,900	2.8
--- Fluorescent Detector	34,600	12.2	13,300	4.7
Electrophoresis (All Categories)	211,600	74.6	78,300	27.6
--- Capillary System	17,600	6.2	9,900	3.5
--- DNA Sequencing	137,000	48.3	23,800	8.4
--- Electrofocusing	36,000	12.7	17,600	6.2
--- Immunoelectrophoresis	41,100	14.5	10,500	3.7
--- Preparative	47,400	16.7	7,900	2.8
--- Pulsed/Reversed Field	18,400	6.5	15,600	5.5
--- Submarine/Horizontal	111,500	39.3	5,700	2.0
--- Two Dimensional	42,300	14.9	21,300	7.5
--- Vertical Slab/SDS-PAGE	145,500	51.3	14,800	5.2
Electroporation Equipment	75,500	26.6	31,200	11.0
ELISA Systems	89,100	31.4	28,400	10.0
Fermentors	19,000	6.7	7,100	2.5
Filtration Equipment, Ultra	73,500	25.9	5,100	1.8
Filtration Equipment, Microporous	52,200	18.4	4,800	1.7
Freeze Dryers	105,800	37.3	15,600	5.5
Gamma Counters	82,600	29.1	13,300	4.7
GC-MS	15,600	5.5	4,300	1.5
Hybridization Ovens	99,000	34.9	17,600	6.2
Laboratory Robots	14,200	5.0	9,400	3.3
Liquid Scintillation Counters	153,200	54.0	9,900	3.5
Microplate Readers	81,100	28.6	14,200	5.0
Microscopes (All Categories)	217,300	76.6	63,000	22.2
--- Fluorescence	120,900	42.6	24,700	8.7
--- Inverted	141,000	49.7	9,100	3.2
--- Optical	169,900	59.9	6,200	2.2
--- Electron, Scanning	24,100	8.5	12,200	4.3
--- Electron, Transmission	31,800	11.2	10,800	3.8
--- Scanning, Confocal	23,300	8.2	24,700	8.7
--- Scanning Tunnelling	900	0.3	5,100	1.8
Microtomes	65,500	23.1	14,800	5.2
Particle Size Analyzers	7,900	2.8	5,100	1.8
pH/Specific Ion Meters	174,200	61.4	4,800	1.7
Photodocumentation Systems	59,300	20.9	16,700	5.9
Sequencers, DNA Automated	39,400	13.9	29,800	10.5
Sequencers, Protein	14,800	5.2	17,600	6.2
Spectrometers, Mass	20,400	7.2	7,100	2.5
Spectrometers, NMR	16,700	5.9	5,100	1.8
Spectrofluorometers	50,200	17.7	9,900	3.5
Spectrophotometers (All Categories)	161,400	56.9	11,900	4.2
--- AA	12,800	4.5	2,800	1.0
--- FTIR	10,500	3.7	3,700	1.3
--- IR	15,300	5.4	4,300	1.5
--- UV/Vis	155,200	54.7	6,200	2.2
Synthesizers, DNA	67,000	23.6	16,200	5.7
Synthesizers, Peptide	19,600	6.9	12,800	4.5
Thermal Cyclers	142,400	50.2	21,800	7.7
Titrators	12,200	4.3	2,800	1.0
Tissue Culture Apparatus	119,200	42.0	9,400	3.3
UV Transilluminators	149,500	52.7	7,700	2.7
UV Monitors (All Categories)	78,300	27.6	4,800	1.7
--- Diode Array	19,000	6.7	2,000	0.7
--- Fixed Wavelength	42,300	14.9	2,000	0.7
--- Variable Wavelength	49,900	17.6	2,000	0.7
Water Purification Systems	177,300	62.5	10,800	3.8
X-Ray Dispersive Analyzers	3,700	1.3	1,400	0.5

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