0.5 mL High-Speed Adapter for Z326-1220H Rotor (6/pk)

The Z36-05-HS is a 0.5 mL high-speed tube adapter for the Hermle Z326-1220H 30 × 1.5/2.0 mL super-speed angle rotor, sold as a 6-pack. The host Z326-1220H rotor is among the highest-RCF rotors in the Hermle catalog (30,000 rpm / 65,395 × g at 6.5 cm radius), engineered for the Z36-HK / Z32-HK super-speed chassis family. This adapter converts a 1.5/2.0 mL position to hold a 0.5 mL Eppendorf-style microtube (ø 8 × 32 mm), letting the workflow run smaller-volume samples at the host rotor's super-speed RCF range.

Key Specifications

Compatibility & When to Order This SKU

Adapter pairing: Z326-1220H super-speed rotor only. Order this SKU when:

1. Adding 0.5 mL tube workflow capability to a Z326-1220H + super-speed chassis install, for 0.5 mL Eppendorf-style microtube workflows at the rotor's high-RCF range.
2. Multiple packs for full-rotor 0.5 mL configuration: the Z326-1220H rotor has 30 positions; the 6-adapter pack covers a partial rotor configuration. For full-rotor 0.5 mL workflow, order 5 packs (30 adapters).
3. Mixed-format runs. When some positions hold standard 1.5/2.0 mL microtubes and others hold 0.5 mL tubes via this adapter (with adapter symmetry preserved across paired positions).
4. Replacement adapters if a current set is damaged or worn.

Application Profile

High-RCF 0.5 mL nucleic-acid pellet recovery: when DNA / RNA precipitation workflows in 0.5 mL Eppendorf-style microtubes need the super-speed rotor's >50,000 × g range for tight, well-defined pellet recovery resistant to disturbance during supernatant aspiration.

High-RCF protein-prep workflows in 0.5 mL: TCA, acetone, ammonium-sulfate precipitation in 0.5 mL working volume requiring high-RCF pellet compaction.

PCR-cleanup workflows in 0.5 mL format: PCR product cleanup, post-amplification consolidation, and similar molecular-biology workflows that use 0.5 mL tubes.

Cold-chain super-speed 0.5 mL workflows: refrigerated 0.5 mL tube prep on the Z36-HK / Z32-HK super-speed refrigerated chassis (6 °C at max speed).

Specialty molecular-biology workflows. Protocols specifying 0.5 mL tube format that need high-RCF processing.

Z36-HK / Z32-HK super-speed chassis consolidation: labs operating super-speed microcentrifuge chassis benefit from the cross-tube-format adapter family covering 0.4, 0.5, and 1.5 mL formats on a single rotor.

Ordering & Configuration

Symmetric adapter loading. Pair adapter positions across the rotor by tube mass; all positions in a balanced pair must use matching adapter + tube combinations.

Adapter seat verification. At 30,000 rpm and 65,395 × g, balance precision is critical. Confirm each adapter is fully seated in its 1.5/2.0 mL position before loading the 0.5 mL tube. Per the brochure: adapters become necessary "for full performance" from 16,000 × g and above, running without correct adapter at high RCF risks tube damage and rotor imbalance.

Tube cap confirmation. All 0.5 mL tubes must be securely capped before spinning at 30,000 rpm, at super-speed RCF, partial cap seating risks sample loss.

Z36-05-HS ships as 6 adapters. 0.5 mL Eppendorf-style microtubes (ø 8 × 32 mm) are operator-supplied (commodity 0.5 mL microtube formats from major commercial suppliers).

Confirm at quote: host rotor (Z326-1220H in inventory), chassis pairing (Z36-HK, Z32-HK, Z327-HS, or -E variants), tube format (0.5 mL Eppendorf-style, ø 8 × 32 mm), pack count needed (1 pack for partial rotor; 5 packs for full 30-position 0.5 mL configuration), and lead time.

Warranty: 5-Year Hermle warranty (3 years full + 2 years drivetrain) on the adapters.

Z36-HS adapter family, for Z326-1220H super-speed angle rotor:

- Z36-05-HS (this product): 0.5 mL Eppendorf-style microtubes (ø 8 × 32 mm)

- Z36-04-HS: 0.4 mL tubes (ø 6 × 50 mm)

- Z36-20-HS: 1.5 mL adapter for full performance at high RCF (necessary from 16,000 × g on)

Match the adapter to the workflow's tube format. The 0.5 mL adapter is the right pick for Eppendorf-style 0.5 mL microtube workflows at super-speed RCF.