achisholm (asker) Jan 27, 2006:

Sorry, there is no more context. This is all the clients says.
My guess is that its an orbital shaker, or an end to end shaker.
I was hoping that someone who has Italian lab experience might shine some light on this (in that they might have used the expression themselves).
In any case, its definitely a lab shaker/mixer of some kind, for use in a biochem./organic chem. lab. No other kind of application.

Ford Prefect Jan 27, 2006:

From my experience this could mean almost anything that mixes without using a stirrer - it could be an orbital shaker or a belly dancer, a rotating wheel, a tube tipper - we are guessing unless you have any further context.