These cooling plate are kept in a freezer or cryostat and placed in the tray to cool tissue blocks. The plate can be cooled to –20 °C and keeps tissue cool for up to four hours.

• Can cool up to 28 tissue blocks simultaneously
• The tray collects condensation
• From black aluminium, tray from moulded plastic

A cooling plate is used to keep the tissue in good condition when it is processed into coupes.