Monday, January 10, 2011

Laboratory Equipment Tenders are Growing in Tendering Markets

A recent trend in the tendering market is the substantial growth of Laboratory equipment tenders. With research and experimentations growing steadily not only in the public sector but also in the large and medium corporate sectors as well, demands for laboratory equipments are constantly growing. One will find numerous laboratory equipment tenders today in the market offering good business opportunities for businessmen in the field.

Different Types of Laboratories
Save a few general equipments, there is no uniformity in the equipments that are procured for the laboratories. Reasons for such situation are that different laboratories require different types of equipments to carry out their operations. For instance; chemical laboratories will require equipments like test tubes, jars, and various other items made of glass. On the other hand some automobile laboratory will require different items like meter testing, fuel and lubricant testing equipments.

Important Laboratory Tenders
Laboratory equipments are absolutely indispensable in any lab whether chemical, medical, or mechanical. Some of the most important laboratory equipments are as follows and most of the laboratory equipment tenders are floated for their procurement.
  • Bottles seem insignificant but are indispensable for any type of labs. They are mostly used for heating small quantity of components at using very high temperature.
  • Crucibles are also used for heating as well as testing of small quantity of different items.
  • Burets are used in form of measuring scales to determine the quantum of liquids used in any component.
  • Heating and storing liquids in most of the laboratories are performed using Erlenmeyer flask. Bottom of such flasks are wider than their tops and therefore the bottom heats much faster because the surface area coming in contact with the flame is greater in comparison.
  • Beakers are used for multiple purposes and it can accomplish numerous tasks including holding as well as heating fluids.
  • Mortar and pestle is one of those equipments that can be used in the smaller labs as well as in the larger labs and equipments.
  • Florence flask is used for distillation processes because with the bulb like bottom it helps the heat to be distributed throughout the liquid evenly.    
  • Bunsen burner is in use over the ages for heating inside the labs. However it is not just a hot plate and has multiple other uses to which it can be put.
  • Pipets are plastic containers that are disposable and can be used to carry small amount of liquids in the lab.
  • Since heating and cooling is an integral process in any lab, tongs constitute one of the important laboratory equipments that are used to hold small items and hot items as well. 
  • Barometer is often used in the labs for gauging the temperature and atmospheric pressures.
  • Thermometer is used to calculate precise temperature of any item in the lab.
  • Solid items in the labs are used to weigh or transport solid objects.

Most of the organizations having laboratories will float numerous laboratory equipment tenders for procuring above items. However, the list is not exhaustive and only suggestive. There are numerous other items for which such laboratory equipment tenders are floated opening up substantial business opportunities for the entrepreneurs in the field.