Summary: Stirling Ultracold’s new VAULT100 upright ultra-low temperature freezer offers enhanced temperature performance, onboard predictive analytics, and energy efficiency.
Takeaways:
- Expanded Temperature Range and Uniformity: The VAULT100 operates within a -100°C to -20°C range, offering superior temperature uniformity of ±3°C at -80°C and maintaining sample integrity even during frequent access.
- Advanced Predictive Analytics and User Interface: Featuring a 10-inch touchscreen with predictive analytics diagnostics, the VAULT100 provides real-time health monitoring and proactive maintenance recommendations for optimal performance.
- Energy-Efficient and Compact Design: Powered by the robust M6D Stirling engine, the ENERGY STAR-certified freezer consumes just 5.8 kWh/day while offering unmatched storage density and a compact footprint.
Stirling Ultracold, a developer and manufacturer of ULT freezers announced the release of the company’s VAULT100 upright ultra-low temperature (ULT) freezer. A freezer with a -100 to -20 C temperature range, the VAULT100 features temperature uniformity of +/-3 C at -80 C throughout the interior cabinet with market-leading, steady-state adherence to setpoint. With a more robust M6D free-piston Stirling engine design, it also has a larger 10-inch touchscreen display and graphical user interface (GUI) that includes onboard predictive analytics freezer diagnostics.
Replacing the company’s SU780XLE upright model, the Stirling VAULT100 provides the same storage capacity with matching external dimensions, maintaining the highest storage density and smallest footprint in its class, the company says.
Freezer with a Wider Temperature Range
The wider temperature range gives customers more storage choices without compromising energy efficiency and is ideal for labs that frequently access samples from the freezer. Operating at the -100 C setpoint, the VAULT100 interior cabinet remains below -70 C when the door is open for up to two minutes.
“We’re very excited to introduce a ULT product with major temperature performance improvements and innovations like predictive analytics,” says Clayton Newman, Stirling Ultracold CEO. “The VAULT100 was designed to ensure sample integrity with tighter control over the ultra-low storage environment, which makes this new upright model the ideal storage solution for following Good Manufacturing Practice.”
The VAULT100 is powered by the new M6D Stirling engine that builds on those original advantages with a more robust design and new linear motor that allows lower power consumption at the control board. The M6D engine improves system reliability and energy efficiency over previous Stirling designs, allowing the VAULT100 to use only 5.8 kWh/day (steady-state) with a maximum daily energy consumption (MDEC) of 0.22 kWh/day/cu-ft, validated by ENERGY STAR certification.
A new Onboard Predictive Analytics section of the VAULT100’s GUI is comparable to lights and notifications on a car’s dashboard. This unique tool monitors and analyzes multiple Stirling M6D engine sensors that report on the overall health of the freezer, providing guidance for preventative maintenance and proactive recommendations based on each unit’s current operating conditions and stage of life.
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