Better control of reactions and the ability to vary work or scale immediately using one stand with interchangeable vessels up to 5 litres.

Reactor-Ready Lab Reactor

Contacts: Lead Scientist

Organisation: A leading US pharmaceutical company

Department: Process R&D group

Country: USA

Product: Reactor-Ready Lab Reactor

Case Study No: CS1003

The situation

Temperature control of reactions in round bottom flasks via mantles or oil baths was poor. Using traditional jacketed reactor vessels, needed a different set up for every scale change. Even changing a reactor of the same size took ages.

The objective

Optimise new or existing chemistry in a busy chemical development lab.

The results

  1. Better control of reactions and the ability to vary work or scale immediately with one stand that fits all sizes of vacuum jacketed vessels up to 5 litres.
  2. Rapid change over of reactor vessels – in less than 2 minutes which includes removing and attaching the heating fluid hoses – most times losing no heat transfer fluid.
  3. Excellent temperature control with minimum heat loss, which is a real advantage at low temperatures.
I liked Reactor-Ready the minute I saw how easy it was to change reactors... I like the control and speed. I get better control of my reactions and I can vary my work or scale immediately.Lead Scientist, US pharmaceutical company