Cole Parmer has unveiled a lightweight, portable freezer with an ultra-low -86°C to -20°C temperature range.
The freezer, names The Shuttle, is designed to offer secure mobile transport of high-value vaccines or biological specimens.
It is aimed at biorepositories, medical/surgical suites, pathology laboratories, tissue banks, regenerative medicine, and other applications in clinical or diagnostic medicine, research, and pharmaceutical distribution.
A Stirling engine operates the low temperature freezer, which requires no compressors, dry ice, or LN2, and expends the same volume of energy as a conventional light bulb.
The Humm free-piston Stirling engine uses two moving parts that float on helium gas bearings to eliminate contact wear. The linear driver modulates engine power to deliver cooling on demand without on/off cycling.
The thermosiphon evaporator freezes contents. A microcharge of environmentally friendly cooling medium creates a uniform ultra-low temperature via a continuous process of evaporation and condensation within the sealed tube.
Product features:
- Weighs 42 lbs, making it suitable for both benchtop and field uses.
- A weather-resistant touchpad offers digital temperature display indicating interior temperature and error codes.
- Includes temperature presets of -20?, -40?, or -86?C and a system lock indicator.
- Adjust by 1?C intervals.
- Visual and audible alarms.
To learn more about the Shuttle freezer, please click on the link above.
