The Labfors 5 is an easy to handle, flexible and upgradeable benchtop bioreactor for volumes from 0.5 L up to 10 L.
The Labfors 5 is assembled with applications in mind and has an extensive list of choices and options to optimize for a specific microbial fermentation and cultivation strategy. For example, non metal vessels are available for the growth of organisms in corrosive media. Culture in batch, fed batch, and continuous modes are possible.
Primarily used for Bacteria, Fungi, Yeast, or Cultures from 0.5 to 10 L. Applications include high density cultures for protein production, process development, process optimization, scale up, scale down, statistical studies, process analytical technology (PAT), growth studies, anaerobic cultures. Halophile strains and brewing research.
Precise control or monitoring of temperature, stirrer speed, pH, pO2, antifoam/level, feed, gas mix, gas flow, with 16 other channels free, for each vessel.
The design and construction of the vessels, with no welded parts, make the Labfors 5 ideal for GMP applications.
Four high precision pumps per vessel are included for feed, acid, base and antifoam/level/harvest, ready for applications such as fed batch or continuous culture.
Features of the Labfors 5:
Faster results with optimized handling
Flexible configurations designed and optimized for specific applications
Space saving compact design, with a footprint of 465 × 465 mm for a fully equipped 10 L bioreactor
Integrated OPC server for unlimited connection
Aseptic sampling
Touch screen for precise control of up to 6 bioreactors, with optional parallel bioreactor option
Eight fixed parameters per vessel, sixteen free
Interchangeable vessels with working volumes from 0.5 to 10 L, with stainless steel top plate including many industry standard ports for a wide variety of sensors
Vessel interiors can be configured with choices of impellers, spargers, and special accessories such as a draft tube, optional fittings to cover almost any application
Vessels design ideal for GMP applications
High power top drive stirrer system for microbial applications, Rushton impellors and a ring sparger for high gas flow rates are standard
Open frame gas supply with up to 5 mass flow controllers
Exit gas cooler, to minimize liquid loss
Four high precision pumps per vessel standard, simple removal and autoclaving with vessel without worrying about tubing
A single wall vessel with electric heating pad and cold finger allows for gentle heating and cooling to a maximum of 95 °C, or a double wall glass vessel with water
circulation provides view of culture and maximum heat transfer for rapid temperature changes, to 60 °C
Specifications (Click here):
Bioreactors, the Benchtop Infors Labfors 5
Specifications
Model:
Labfors 5 Bioreactor
Temperature range: (°C)
5 above coolant to 60 (water circulation), to 95 (heater pad)
Stirrer speed: (rpm)
10 – 1500 direct drive top, depending on vessel size and motor option
Total capacity, base unit: (L)
2, 3.6, 7.5, 10, 13
Working volumes: (L)
0.5 – 1.2, 0.5 – 2.3, 1 – 5, 2.1 – 7, 2.2 - 10
Maximum expansion:
Up to six vessels per touch screen controller
Port fittings:
Stainless steel vessel top plate includes standard Pg13.5 ports for a wide variety of sensors such as antifoam, optical density, pH, pO2, redox or capacitance
Exit gas cooler:
Condenses water vapor to reduce loss
Pumps:
Four per vessel for feed, acid, base and antifoam/level/harvest
Gassing system:
Open frame, any combination of Air, O2, N2 or CO2 as a single gas or gas mix can be directed into the sparger or head space
Parameters:
Stirrer speed, temperature, pH, pO2, antifoam/level, feed, gas mix, gas flow and 16 free channels
Dimensions: W x D x H (mm)
465 × 465 × 900
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Description
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LAB-5
Labfors 5 Individually Assembled Packages
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HT-GAS
INFORS HT Gas Analyzer, for exit C2 and 2 gas analysis, optional multiplexer function for use with up to 6 bioreactors, immediate readings for culture analysis, precision control with Iris software, Iris software allows the calculation of parameters such as C2 evolution rate, 2 uptake rate and respiratory quotient, as well as logging and storing data, analog connection allows use with non Infors bioreactors, compact 115 × 235 mm footprint, 142 × 275 × 135 mm overall size
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HT- SAFE
INFORS HT Super Safe Sampler, integrated non return valves, take smallest samples with no waste of culture, back flush with sterile air, sterile and safe sampling without laminar flow hood, sampling without risking contamination of the culture vessel, flushing of sample line not required (no dead volume), needle free, autoclavable many times
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BIO-IRIS
INFORS HT Iris software, flexible options for data logging, graphing and control, a link between all INFORS HT bioreactors, linked to Labfors, but PRO version is available for all types of bioreactors and includes more features such as links to balances or mass spectrometers, or communication features
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OPTIONS
Special optional solutions available for continuous, chemostat and perfusion processes, configured for batch and fed-batch processes by default
