Penguin AQ by Astec - The
World's Smallest Water Jacketed
Incubator

Meet Your New Labmate!
Penguin AQ by Astec

With a time-tested design that has been trusted by top laboratories since the 1990's, Penguin AQ gives you accurate control over temperature, gas and humidity levels - resulting in an extremely stable environment for cell culturing.

Penguin AQ is compact and highly configurable - enabling it to meet the unique needs of your IVF laboratory!

High Performance with Low Consumption

High Performance with Low Consumption

The Penguin AQ's sub-divided inner doors (in glass or acrylic), and available stainless steel frames enable rapid gas and temperature recovery while consuming the least amount of gas in it's class.

The water jacket achieves 98% humidity without condensation, which minimizes evaporation of culture media and enables stable osmolarity levels for the entire culture.

Highly Configurable to Meet Your Exacting Requirements

Highly Configurable to Meet Your Exacting Requirements

No matter the size or configuration of your lab, Penguin AQ can be customized to meet your needs. Both 30 and 50 liter capacities are available, with either a TC or IR CO2 sensor. A galvanic O2 sensor is also available. An access port can be placed in 7 different locations, and interior air filters can also be specified.

Compact Size Fits Your Laboratory

Compact Size Fits Your Laboratory

Penguin AQ's compact footprint allows you to save valuable lab space.

Multiple Penguin AQ units can even be stacked vertically, or on the optional space saving cart, giving you impressive cell culturing capacity while occupying the smallest space in it's class.

Penguin AQ - a great fit for your laboratory!

Japanese precision and reliability - it is at the heart of everything Astec Bio does. Our laboratory instruments are engineered with customer-oriented features and are backed by an unrivaled global network of highly-trained service engineers, ensuring years of trouble-free service. All our equipment is designed and manufactured in our ISO 13485 certified manufacturing facility in Fukuoka, Japan.