RCS model autoclaves can improve laboratory efficiency

The RSC 350 laboratory autoclave from Priorclave is proving to be the ideal choice for those laboratories in the food and drink, dairy, pharmaceutical, agriculture, education, healthcare and research sectors looking to achieve high-throughput sterilising procedures or have a requirement to process large bulky items.

This front-loading autoclave offers a large sterilising chamber, yet requires a relatively small footprint, and is easy to install, as it is castor mounted for easy positioning and pass through a standard door.  

With a 350-L capacity chamber the RCS 350 laboratory autoclave is the perfect choice where tall, small and bulky items need to be sterilised, as the rectangular chamber will accommodate many differing media types and sizes side-by-side in a single process. This can often improve the daily throughput of a busy laboratory.

All steam sterilising process parameters are easily programmed through the advanced Tactrol 2 microprocessor control system, allowing for adjustment of temperature and time for simple cycles to fully featured multiprogramme operation. This powerful controller allows flexibility, monitoring and management of the process cycle. It guides operators through simple set-up procedures ensuring laboratories optimise the autoclave performance in relation to the media being processed and thus helps to reduce running costs.

The innovative RCS 350 autoclave features lower loading heights, simple set-up procedures and safer door opening mechanisms. The chamber door on the RCS 350 has a patented two-hand-wheel door closure system, the lower hand-wheel on the chamber door is fitted with thermal and pressure locks to prevent opening at load temperatures above 80 °C and pressures above 0.2 bar, thus averting potential accidents through discharge of hot, high-pressurised steam.

The RSC 350 can be supplied with a choice of steam generation — electrical or direct steam heated; alternatively they can be fitted with an in-house steam generator ideal where continuous sterilising applications take place.

As standard, the RSC 350 front loading laboratory autoclave is fitted with an automatic water-fill however as a dedicated autoclave manufacturer Priorclave is able to incorporate a number of options into the standard steriliser framework of these high capacity sterilisers such as water cooling jackets, pre-cycle vacuum in which multiple vacuum stages are programmed with interspersed heating to achieve greater steam penetration of difficult media as well as post cycle drying.

The RSC 350 autoclave also benefits from Biomaster protection, a tough special epoxy finish proven to reduce bacterial growth by up to 99.99% and is highly effective against MRSA, E coli, Listeria, Legionella, Campylobacter, Salmonella, Pseudomonas and over 50 other species.