The Laboratory Oven is an instrument used to dry and sterilize glass containers, which come from a laboratory wash. In other words, this chamber with cavity, which will have a higher temperature than that of the environment, will remove all moisture from the metal or glass container. The sterilization that becomes effective inside this oven is called dry heat and is carried out only at a temperature of 180 degrees Celsius for 2 hours. The process of this is that the glass being heated, by high-temperature air, eliminates the possibility of any biological activity being found. Ovens have many different uses in the laboratory, particularly when used with glass or metal laboratory tools. They are also used to carry out manipulation and sterilization work on different biological elements in order to obtain a specific result.
What materials is this equipment made from?
The drying oven is made inside and out of stainless steel, which makes it highly durable, and thanks to a microprocessor it has a uniform temperature. It is controlled by a digital manual.
What to consider when choosing a Laboratory Oven?
Laboratory Ovens are specially designed with a stainless steel inner chamber, ensuring that they can control temperatures ranging from room temperature up to 300°C. It’s also very important to bear in mind that we can currently find different types of models, which can be analog or digital. In general, these furnaces or ovens enable researchers to set the desired temperature and time according to the protocols they are working under, and the type of metal or glass material.
General features of laboratory ovens
Laboratory ovens have a number of features that differentiate them from the rest. So that you can choose the best one for you, it’s important that you know the general features they offer:
- They are available in a range of sizes for different industrial processes.
- They are made entirely of stainless steel, ensuring their durability.
- They generally comprise an internal chamber with three trays, on which the various instruments are placed.
- They may have an LCD screen to better monitor the drying and sterilization process. They also have buttons and dials for configuration.
Oven types for your application
As already mentioned, Laboratory Ovens can have many industrial uses and applications. For example, they can be used for quality control, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology and materials manufacturing. Here are some of the more notable uses given to laboratory ovens depending on their type:
- Gravity convection and forced air ovens: used to dry weight samples before and after drying. Gravity convection ovens: these are widely used in biological laboratories to remove microbiological contaminants from the various laboratory instruments used.
- High-temperature, gravity, vacuum or mechanical convection ovens are often used in pharmaceutical, forensic and clinical laboratories. Vacuum ovens: ideal for working with materials that require an inert atmosphere. Versatile forced-air ovens: used for drying and sterilizing metal and glass materials.
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