USA Scientific Lab Equipment Scraper

Free plan limit: Free-plan users can receive up to 5 result records per run. Paid-plan and local/unknown runs retain the Actor's existing limits.

Extract structured product data from the public USA Scientific laboratory equipment catalog. The Actor follows category feeds, opens public product pages, validates every record, removes duplicates, and returns analysis-ready JSON for procurement research, catalog monitoring, comparison workflows, and laboratory supply intelligence.

The default run collects products from USA Scientific’s Equipment category. You can instead provide specific USA Scientific category or product URLs and optionally filter category-feed candidates by product keywords.

What it extracts

Each default-dataset item represents one real USA Scientific product. Diagnostic messages are written to OUTPUT and SUMMARY, never mixed into the product dataset.

Field	Meaning
productCode, manufacturerPartNumber, upc	Source identifiers
productName, shortDescription, fullDescription	Public product copy, cleaned to plain text
brand, categories	Brand and source category names
price, listPrice, currency, onSale	Public US catalog pricing when available
purchasable, discontinued	Current source flags when supplied
imageUrl, imageUrls	Absolute public product-image URLs
specifications	Visible properties such as capacity or operating temperature
packageHeight, packageWidth, packageLength, packageWeight	Package measurements when supplied
productUrl, sourceCreatedAt, sourceUpdatedAt, scrapedAt	Provenance and timestamps

Null means the source did not provide that field. The Actor does not infer prices, availability, UPCs, or technical specifications.

When to use it

Use this Actor to:

• monitor USA Scientific product and price changes;
• build internal laboratory procurement tables;
• compare equipment categories, brands, and specifications;
• collect a known product by URL;
• create structured inputs for spreadsheets, databases, and AI agents.

Do not use it for other vendors, account-specific pricing, checkout, inventory guarantees, private documents, or authenticated customer data. Prices on the source apply to US orders and can change after a run.

Input

Input	Default	Description
startUrls	Equipment category	Public USA Scientific category/feed or product URLs. Multiple URLs are deduplicated.
searchTerms	[]	Case-insensitive OR filter over feed title, description, and categories.
maxResults	50	Total unique product cap, from 1 to 1,000.
maxPages	100	Maximum RSS catalog pages visited, from 1 to 200.
maxConcurrency	4	Concurrent source requests, from 1 to 10.
proxyConfiguration	No proxy	Optional Apify Proxy configuration for regions where direct access is blocked.

Default input:

{
  "startUrls": [
    { "url": "https://www.usascientific.com/equipment/c/93" }
  ],
  "searchTerms": [],
  "maxResults": 50,
  "maxPages": 100,
  "maxConcurrency": 4,
  "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": false }
}

Filter the Equipment category for centrifuge-related products:

{
  "startUrls": [
    { "url": "https://www.usascientific.com/equipment/c/93" }
  ],
  "searchTerms": ["centrifuge", "centrifugation"],
  "maxResults": 25
}

Collect one product directly:

{
  "startUrls": [
    { "url": "https://www.usascientific.com/product/2510-1104" }
  ],
  "maxResults": 1
}

Run through the Apify API by sending the same JSON as the request body to the Actor run endpoint. Results are available from the run’s default dataset; the output schema also exposes direct links to the dataset and OUTPUT record.

Example output

{
  "productCode": "2510-1104",
  "productName": "Thermal-Lok 4-Position Dry Heat Bath (Without Blocks)",
  "productUrl": "https://www.usascientific.com/thermal-lok-dry-bath-four/p/2510-1104",
  "shortDescription": "Thermal-Lok four block position dry heat bath (without blocks).",
  "fullDescription": "Thermal-Lok dry heat bath provides precise and stable temperature control...",
  "brand": "USA Scientific",
  "categories": ["Dry Baths", "USA Scientific"],
  "price": 1168,
  "currency": "USD",
  "onSale": false,
  "listPrice": 1168,
  "purchasable": true,
  "discontinued": false,
  "manufacturerPartNumber": "2510-1104",
  "upc": null,
  "imageUrl": "https://cdn-tp2.mozu.com/27776-44382/cms/44382/files/a7cc1eef-3b50-40b5-8d0f-014c4894e4b2",
  "imageUrls": ["https://cdn-tp2.mozu.com/27776-44382/cms/44382/files/a7cc1eef-3b50-40b5-8d0f-014c4894e4b2"],
  "specifications": {
    "Brand": "USA Scientific",
    "Max operating temperature": "150°C",
    "Capacity": "4 blocks",
    "Discontinued item": false
  },
  "packageWeight": { "value": 1, "unit": "lbs" },
  "sourceUpdatedAt": "2025-01-07T16:19:00.644Z",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-08-29T00:00:00.000Z"
}

Pricing

This Actor uses pay-per-event pricing. These are the current Apify Store event prices:

Event	Price (USD)	When it is charged
apify-default-dataset-item	FREE: $0.029; BRONZE: $0.029; SILVER: $0.029; GOLD: $0.019; PLATINUM: $0.019; DIAMOND: $0.019	USA Scientific product — One unique, schema-valid USA Scientific product record written to the default dataset.
apify-actor-start	$0.005	Actor Start — Charged when the Actor starts running. Number of events charged depends on Actor memory (one event per GB, minimum one event). — Charged once per run.

Apify platform usage for this Actor run is included alongside the event prices above; no separate per-run platform-usage fee is passed to users.

This covers Apify platform usage for this Actor run. Other Apify products or usage outside this Actor run may still follow your account plan.

Reliability and failure behavior

The Actor uses the source’s public RSS category feed for discovery and the embedded public product payload for detail extraction. Static HTTP keeps compute and bandwidth lower than a browser. Requests use a consistent session, bounded concurrency, two retries, and session retirement for 403/429 responses. Optional Apify Proxy routing is available but disabled by default because direct requests are normally sufficient.

Every output item is normalized, deduplicated by product code, and validated before it reaches the dataset. Partial valid data is preserved. A valid search with no matches returns an empty dataset plus an EMPTY summary. A source challenge, systemic request failure, or payload drift returns a BLOCKED/FAILED summary and no fabricated product rows. Invalid external URLs are rejected before scraping.

The Actor reads current public pages; it cannot guarantee future price, stock, shipping, regulatory suitability, or product availability. Search-term filtering is applied to catalog-feed text, not to every detail-page specification, so use a category or direct product URL when you need exhaustive coverage of a narrow source section.

Responsible use

Scrape only public data you are entitled to use. Follow USA Scientific’s terms, applicable law, and reasonable request rates. Do not use the Actor to access accounts, defeat access controls, or make regulated purchasing decisions without checking the current source page. USA Scientific is a third-party trademark; this independent Actor is not endorsed by or affiliated with USA Scientific, Inc.

For support, include the Apify run ID, a redacted input example, and the URL that produced an unexpected result. Do not include credentials or private customer information.