Grant Instruments, a UK supplier of scientific, life sciences and data acquisition products, has developed a range of heating circulators and accompanying baths that it says will improve productivity in the laboratory.
There are four heating circulators in the Grant Optima range providing temperature stability (±0.05 to ±0.01ºC) and uniformity (±0.1 to ±0.05ºC). They are used with Grant’s five new stainless steel or three plastic baths and the five models in its refrigerated bath and circulator range. A clamp is also available to allow independent use of the Optima thermostats with any vertical-sided tanks.
Emma Hewson, product manager at Grant Instruments, said: ‘We have worked closely with customers during the design, prototyping and development stage of the Optima range.
‘As a result, we have improved the design and usability features and built in more programmability, without compromising quality or value-for-money, so that the user can set up a simple or highly complex procedure and leave the equipment to do its job so that they can do theirs.’
The four modular Grant Optima heating circulators work with any of the firm’s stainless steel and plastic tanks. The five new stainless steel tanks (5, 12, 18, 26 and 38 litre) feature raised feet for retort stand access and optional insulated gabled hinged lid to improve energy efficiency and to prevent evaporation. The baths include drain taps for easy tank emptying and cleaning.
The three plastic baths (5, 12 and 18 litre) are double-walled for rigidity, easy to clean and available with optional flat stainless steel or curved plastic lids.
For precision cooling applications such as spectrophotometry and refractometry, the Optima circulators can be combined with five Grant refrigeration units (5, 12 and 20 litre) to provide a range of 18 models covering basic through to sophisticated needs.
