Colin Hartop, one the team
responsible for the design of the
Logiclave™ comments, ‘If you combine
the cost reduction in servicing with
the reduced energy costs and reduced
downtime - just in terms of scheduled
maintenance - there is a huge potential
saving in the total cost of ownership
between a Logiclave™ and a conventional
autoclave of similar capacity. Our
estimates put it conservatively at around
£60,000 over a typical 10 year operating
life.
‘The Logiclave™ also reaches operating
temperatures considerably quicker than
a conventional autoclave, which has to
heat an entire vessel full of fluid before it
produces steam. You then have to leave
it on, which is inefficient, or keep starting
it up again which increases costs and
extends cycle times considerably.’
‘We are only able to deliver these figures
because we use quality valve products
from a supplier that can be flexible
about our needs, which is why we chose
Control Stream as our preferred supplier
and we standardised on Burkert valves.
The precision of operation is critical to
achieving total life cost savings with this
machine so performance is equally as
important as durability.’
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Ball Valve and actuator
controlling water into
autoclave
Colin Hartop sets
ESTS Logiclave300L
autoclave
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