Traditional sterilization of supplies, instruments, and waste (including used growth media, samples, and contaminated items). Especially suited to growth media preparation of all kinds. Consider an autoclave with “Delayed Start” and “Media Warming” functions.

This has different names in different industries: “accelerated life-cycling testing,” “accelerated durability studies,” “destruction testing,” “stability testing,” “accelerated shelf-life testing,” etc. All call for a research-grade autoclave with precise and accurate temperature controls, stable pressure, and a programmable control system capable of detailed logging and automatic cycle repeat.

This includes a wide variety of testing and quality control activities, such instrument and supply sterilization (before or after use), waste disposal, life-cycling and shelf-life testing, destructive testing, material stability testing, etc. All call for a robust autoclave design and flexible control system.

Top-loading autoclaves (also called “vertical autoclaves”) are preferred for life-science research. Easily accommodate the tallest flasks, fermentors, and bioreactors (at one-third the price of comparable front-loading autoclaves). Excellent for large-batch waste processing. Same door gaskets and temperature/pressure interlocks as front-loading models.

Priorclave’s benchtop autoclaves pack the performance and quality construction of a full-size, freestanding industrial autoclave into a footprint that fits any workspace. A quality research-grade benchtop autoclave offers all the flexibility, ease-of-use, and reliability that a small lab needs.

The most familiar autoclave configuration (Also called “horizontal autoclaves”). Priorclave hinged doors have silicone gaskets (more reliable and affordable than pressurized gaskets) and redundant pressure/temperature interlocks that prevent the door from being opened unsafely.

Also called “pass-through.” These autoclaves all have a horizontal design with doors at either end, so items can be safely transferred between sterile and non-sterile areas. Both hinged doors have silicone gaskets, redundant pressure/temperature interlocks, and mechanical double-door interlocks that prevent accidental quarantine breach.

Your autoclave will come ready to connect to your existing house steam supply. In some facilities and applications this arrangement can prove very efficient; in others it creates maintenance challenges.

Your autoclave will come with in-chamber heating elements. These allow for steam-on-demand, with minimal maintenance, greater reliability, and lower costs.