The SF-10+ lab pump, an enhanced version of flow chemistry specialist Vapourtec’s SF-10, offers a host of features that widen the opportunities for new applications, including the ability to pump hot reagents.
The SF-10+ builds on the pump’s existing capabilities—already cited in many scientific breakthroughs since 2016—with enhanced temperature control. It can be heated between ambient and 80°C, and the inlet and outlet tubes can also be heated to the same temperature.
Additionally, all components within the pump are heated, ensuring no cold spots. Temperatures can be set using an easy-to-use touchscreen interface or via serial data commands.
The features of the SF-10+ expand the horizons for new synthetic routes or novel applications. Reagents can be pumped prior to flow crystallisations or in higher concentrations and viscosities.
The SF-10+ can handle reagents that are solid at room temperature but liquid at higher temperatures. It can also be used to pump products from either batch or flow reactors that could precipitate upon cooling.
The existing SF-10 has already proven itself to be a versatile, self-priming laboratory pump, offering high levels of chemical compatibility with suspensions, light slurries, and gases. It operates at pressures of up to 10 bar and delivers precise measurement and data. It is also compatible with a range of electrical interfaces.
Vapourtec’s Dr. Manuel Nuño explained: “The SF-10+ builds on the benefits of the original pump, with the principal advantage of being capable of dealing with hotter reagents. This capability allows, for example, dosing viscous reagents into a batch vessel or pumping them into a flow reactor.”For more information, visit www.vapourtec.com/products/sf-10-heated-pump/
