Just recieved mine last week. I ordered from Alloy Products. #72-02 UM ASME Pressure Vessel. 8 Liter size. cost was $222.00 each. Not so Bad. You will as stated below will have to get the connects for the top. You can these from BD or from Fisher Scientific depending on how you configure the tank. jim houston > ---------- > From: William Telford > Sent: Wednesday, January 2, 2002 10:00 AM > To: Cytometry Mailing List > Subject: Re: Spare sheath tank for Vantage > > > Hi Patty... > > The sheath and waste tanks for the Vantage are made by Alloy Products > Corporation (http://www.alloyproductscorp.com/). They fall under the > product category of " "UM" ASME pressure Vessels" and are made in a > variety > of sizes. I believe you can order their products directly, but be warned > that the BD tanks have been customized - you will have to add some > extensions and quick-connects to the basic tank design to make them > work. And even from the manufacturer they are still pricey! > > An alternative is to find an old FACStar or FACStar Plus tank someone > doesn't need anymore - they are the same as the Vantage tanks except for > the size (about half) and work great as backup or spare tanks. > > Take care. > > Bill Telford > NCI-NIH > > PM 12/27/2001 -0800, Patty Lovelace wrote: > > > >-- > >Dear all, > > > >Would anyone know of a source for obtaining a spare sheath tank for a > >FACSVantage? > > > >Thanks very much, > >Patty > > > >Stanford University Blood Center > >Palo Alto, CA > > >
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