- borosilicate glass or stainless steel (customized)
- round bottom
- total / working volume (in liters) - 2.0 / 1.2; 3.6 / 2.4; 7.5 / 5.0 & 13/10
- vessel dimensions (depth x inner diameter, mm):
- vessel 2 / 1.2 l - 240 x 115 (2.1: 1);
- vessel 3.6 / 2.4 l - 370 x 115 (3.2: 1);
- vessel 7.5 / 5.0 l - 465 x 150 (3.1: 1);
- vessel 13/10 L - 420 x 200 (2.1: 1).
- bumpers located inside the vessel
- tight connection of the fermenter lid to the vessel without lubrication
- supplying the vessel and lid with handles for easy carrying
- stirring speed - 10-1500 rpm
- removable electromechanical agitator motor located on top
- electronic control of the operation of the electric motor
- Rushton mixing element (cross paddle)
- temperature range from 5-10 °C above the cooling water up to 60 (optionally up to 80 with a water jacket and up to 90 with a thermal cuff)
- vessels with direct heating carry out direct heating around the vessel with a thermal cuff, a "cold finger"
- jacketed vessels carry out heating of water by a heating element and water circulation provided by a circulation pump
- cooling with water through a coil
- control by automatic valve for cold water supply for cooling
- 3 pumps with electronic control of dosing speed and 1 analog pump
- automatic supply of reagents
- maximum pump speed - 17.9 ml / min
- the maximum number of built-in pumps - 5 pcs.
- the ability to connect external pumps
- through the air filter, injector and pressure gauge, controlled by a rotameter
- standard bubbler without diffuser
- control of the concentration of dissolved oxygen with a pO2 sensor (option)
- varying the dissolution of air oxygen by the stirrer rotation speed
- the possibility of bubbling O2, N2 and CO2, mixing gases, supplying gases above the surface of the cell culture (option)
- control of gas supply by an automatic valve
- flue gas condenser
- stirrer rotation speed
- temperature
- pH
- dissolved oxygen concentration (option)
- foam level control (option)
- control of the mass flow of gases
- gas mixing system - GasMix (option)
- control of switching on and off the oxygen supply valve
- analysis of exhaust gases (O2, CO2)
- feeding under conditions of continuous cultivation
- optical density
- redox potential
- weight
- pressure
- analysis of the substrate (for example, glucose and methanol levels)
Sterilization: The vessel, together with the reagent and sampling bottles, pump heads, sensors, lines and air filters, are autoclaved at the same time.
The control panel is a touch screen controller with IP 66 protection and OPC server:
- independent control of four bioreactors from one control panel
- installation on a fermenter or remotely up to 15 m
- touch panel software:
- 1 GB memory saves and views graphs without connecting to software
- shock protection, dust protection and moisture protection
- RS232, RS485, Ethernet, XML OPC DA interface
- for keypad:
- memory card for storing settings and calibration data
Iris software allows you to:
- display fermentation parameters and display them in the form of a graph in one window
- write data to the computer memory, as well as transfer the recorded data to other programs
- set alarms for critical parameter values
- program the sequence of changing parameters during fermentation
- network up to 8 Labfors 5 fermenters using the networked version of the Iris software
- automatic washing and sterilization system LabCIP / SIP
- flue gas cooler
- pH electrode, pO2 - electrode and foam level sensor
- mass flow control, two-gas mixing system (air + O2)
- mixing system for three gases (air, O2 and N2)
- gas mixing system 3 + 1 (air, O2, N2 + CO2)
- liquid level control sensor for continuous fermentation
- additional analog pump for power supply
- perfusion system with centrifugal filter
- mixing elements and bubblers
- O2 and CO2 gas analyzer
- sampling system and multi-sampler
- immobilization systems for adherent cells
- ultra-small peristaltic pumps for ultra-precise dosing (1.2 μl / min)
- cooling thermostat
- Iris Software V.6
General and working fermenters with a volume of more than 300/200 l - on request.