Product category:
Metering pumps and dosing systems
News Release from: Radleys | Subject: Watson-Marlow Bredel pumps
Edited by the Processingtalk Editorial
Team on 22 December 2006
Peristaltic pumps: positive reaction
from Radleys
A niche supplier of laboratory equipment requiring a robust pump have opted for peristaltic pump technology from Watson-Marlow Bredel, largely due to its ease of integration and low maintenance
A niche supplier of laboratory equipment requiring a robust pump for their popular Controlled Laboratory Reactor (CLR), have opted for peristaltic pump technology from Watson-Marlow Bredel, largely due to its ease of integration and low maintenance Radleys developed the Lara Controlled Laboratory Reactor to address the desire that many laboratories have for affordable, yet highly automated and versatile CLRs
This article was originally published on Processingtalk on 26 Mar 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
Related stories
Enabling early stage crystal morphology evaluation
Radleys have introduced a new option for their Lara Controlled Laboratory Reactor (CLR) system and bespoke Laboratory Reactors that offers chemists studying crystal morphology significant benefits
Bespoke scientific glassware for all plants
Drawing upon over 40 years experience, Radleys have established an international reputation for supplying high quality bespoke scientific glassware
Drawing upon Radleys' 40 years experience in designing, manufacturing and installing bespoke manual reaction systems, Lara was developed to make the benefits of process control and automation much more affordable and accessible to a wider process chemistry market.
"Originally we offered the Lara system with only a diaphragm pump," explains the Radleys International Product Specialist, Stuart Hall: "However, we have since developed the system further to accommodate peristaltic and syringe pump technology to meet the demands of our customers.
To date we have over 20 Lara systems in the field supplied with the Watson-Marlow Bredel Pumps".
Further reading
Compact and flexible heater shaker
Radleys has announced the introduction of the new generation Metz Heater Shaker - designed to fulfil the heating/agitation needs of chemists and scientists
New products for heating, homogenising and mixing
A new catalogue is available from Radleys describing the extensive IKA range of innovative, leading-edge laboratory products for heating, stirring, mixing and homogenising
Optimising process chemistry experiments
For laboratories looking to perform medicinal and process scale-up, scale-down or optimisation experiments, Radleys has introduced an improved version of its Lara reactor control software
The Radleys decision to pursue peristaltic pumps led it to Watson-Marlow Bredel, where the 300 Series, which is designed specifically for scientific pumping needs, caught the company's eye.
"We wanted a peristaltic pump that had a good reputation," said Mr Hall, "and it appeared to us that the pumps offered by Watson-Marlow Bredel were an attractive choice.
Their robust nature and ease of integration makes them very attractive." The first Lara systems fitted with Watson-Marlow 323 Series peristaltic pumps were despatched in 2004.
The success of these units has since led to the integration of higher flow 500 Series peristaltic pumps, again supplied by Watson-Marlow Bredel.
Lara offers many of the benefits that are associated with higher priced automation systems but Radleys' new approach to CLR design has allowed the system to overcome many of the time consuming day-to-day user interaction issues that are inherent in many competitor products.
The flexible and modular nature of Lara is its principal benefit.
Offered as standard with 250ml, 500ml, 1 litre, 2 litre and 5 litre vessel sizes - each can be changed using an innovative and easy-to-use clamp in seconds.
Using a conventional manual reaction system this process can take up to 30 minutes or longer.
Other advantages include user friendly control software, easy recipe design, full data logging, intuitive PC control, integral, self aligning stirring and a compact bench-top footprint.
Lara bridges the gap between bespoke glass reaction systems and more expensive, often complicated fully automated process reactors, and the Watson-Marlow peristaltic pumps have helped to play a role in this.
In peristaltic pumps nothing but the tube touches the fluid, eliminating the risk of the pump contaminating the fluid, or the fluid contaminating the pump.
Among its many other advantages are: its suitability for viscous, shear-sensitive and aggressive fluids; its ease of installation, simplicity to operate and low maintenance requirements; its ability to prevent backflow and siphoning without valves; and its provision with a wide range of tubing, which includes long life thermoplastic materials such as Marprene and Bioprene, platinum-cured Pumpsil silicone, and, Sta-Pure and Chem-Sure which provide excellent chemical resistance in tough applications..
"The peristaltic pumps from Watson-Marlow Bredel fit our requirements well," concluded Mr Hall.
"It is extremely important to a company such as Radleys to have reputable suppliers offering quality products to integrate with its own high quality systems".
• Radleys: contact details and other news
• Email this article to a colleague
• Register for the free Processingtalk email newsletter
• Processingtalk Home Page
Search the Pro-Talk network of sites
