MINIFOR Bireactor:
The LAMBDA MINIFOR bench-top laboratory fermenter and bioreactor was developed as a result of the need to construct a small laboratory fermentor for volumes from 35 ml to over 6 liters. Based on long personal practical experience of fermentations, we wanted to create a fermentor, which was easy to use and with the capacity to measure and control all the important parameters of the fermetation.
The fermentor had to take up minimum space on the bench, but with good access to all parts. Several fermentors should, when placed side by side, be suitable for the optimization of the parameters of growth of culture or optimization of bio-transformations, etc.
To keep the cost of the MINIFOR fermentor-bioreactor low, without compromising quality, several new ideas and innovations have been introduced:
- Instead of a fermentor flask with a stainless steel cover, which is expensive, we use whole glass vessels with threaded fittings. They have been used for many years in cell culture and are proved to maintain perfect sterility. Thanks to this concept, the MINIFOR fermenter-bioreactor is set up in shortest possible time.
- Instead of a traditional propeller agitator, which requires an expensive motor and magnetic coupling, we have introduced a new up-and-down agitation. A motor together with an inexpensive membrane perfectly assure sterility and produce an efficient mixing without formation of a vortex (no baffles needed). At the same time this type ofhttp://lambda-instruments.in/index.php/products/bioreactor-fermentor-overview mixing is gentler on cells and produces less foam. Novel biomimicking “fish-tail” stirring discs offer maximum mixing efficiency without cutting edges.
- The culture is heated by heat radiation produced in a parabolic radiator with a gold reflector placed under the fermentation vessel. The heat is absorbed gently in the culture similarly to the sun heating water. There is no overheating of the culture at any volume and expensive double-wall vessels with thermostatic baths are eliminated. At the same time tubing and cables disappear making the fermentor less complex.
- As far as possible, expensive pieces of equipment has been replaced by new high performance plastics.
- By using modern microprocessors, it has been possible to place all the electronics in the front part of the instrument. This makes the fermentorunbelievably compact and eliminates the casing tower. Despite its small size six parameters are measured and controlled in the basic configuration of the MINIFOR.
Technical description
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Advanced Kit
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Start-up Kit
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Reactor scale
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Laboratory bench-top fermentor and bioreactor
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Reactor design
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Stirred Tank
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Operation mode
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batch, fed-batch*, continuous*, (perfusion*)
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Parameter controls
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stirrer speed, temperature, pH, dissolved oxygen, airflow, free parameter, level control for continuous mode.
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* Optional Parameter control *
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weight control for continuous mode, antifoam, REDOX, LUMO (light), pCO2 probe, OD probe, gas-mix, etc.
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Microprocessor with internal software, display and keypad
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yes
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yes
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Agitation Automatic stirrer controller 0, 0.1, 0.2, …., 19.9, 20 Hz min. 0 Hz ( = 0 rpm) max. 20 Hz ( = 1200 rpm)
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yes
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yes
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Measurement whole range 0 - 20 Hz
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yes
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yes
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Temperature Automatic temperature control from 5 °C over RT to 70 °C
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yes
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yes
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Measurement with Pt100 from 0 to 99.9 °C in 0.1 °C steps
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yes
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yes
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IR (infrared) heater
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yes
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yes
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Cooling loop
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yes
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yes
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pH Automatic pH controller 0 - 13
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yes
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yes
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Measurement with pH probe 0 -13
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yes
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yes
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Acid pump (PRECIFLOW)
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yes
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optional
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Base pump (PRECIFLOW)
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yes
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optional
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Holders and rods for the pumps
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yes
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optional
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Storage vessels and lines for acid and for base
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yes
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optional
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DO (pO2) Automatic DO controller (proportional) 0 - 25 mg Oxygen/L (in 0.1 mg steps)
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yes
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yes
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Measurement with DO probe 0 - 25 mg Oxygen/L (in 0.1 mg steps)
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yes
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optional
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Airflow Automatic aeration controller (proportional) 0 - 5 L/min in 0.01 L/min steps
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yes
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yes
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Measurement with internal Massflow 0 - 5 L/min in 0.01 L/min steps
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yes
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yes
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Free Parameter Automatic controller, socket, display
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yes
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yes
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AlertsFor high and low values of each parameter
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yes
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yes
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Overpressure valve
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yes
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yes
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Sampling device
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yes
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optional
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Cooling device for outlet gas
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yes
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yes
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PC-software (FNet, SIAM), Laptop
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optional
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optional
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Feed and harvest pump: PRECIFLOW / MULTIFLOW / HiFLOW / MAXIFLOW / VIT-FIT / VIT-FIT HP, pump-flow INTEGRATOR
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optional
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optional
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WEIGHING MODULE for continuous mode
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optional
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optional
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Automatic Antifoam-system (ANTIFO & DOZITO)
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optional
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optional
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O2-enrichment / 4-gas-mix: controller and massflows MASSFLOW 500 /MASSFLOW 5000
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optional
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optional
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Air compressor AEROSILENTO
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optional
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optional
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REDOX probe, controller, pump / massflow
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optional
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optional
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PELTIER COOLER for medium / off-gas
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optional
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optional
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LUMO light and controller for PBR
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optional
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optional
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Operation manual and video
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yes
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yes
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Warranty
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2 years
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Documents:
Leaflet-LAMBDA-MINIFOR-laboratory-fermentor.pdf
Innovative Laboratory-scale Bioreactors — Overview and Benefits of LAMBDA MINIFOR
Bench-top Laboratory Fermentor-Bioreactor LAMBDA MINIFOR - Operational manual
LAMBDA MINIFOR laboratory fermenter and bench-top bioreactor at universities and high schools
LAMBDA MINIFOR laboratory fermenter and bioreactor - the solitary teamplayer in parallel processes
LAMBDA Peltier electronic cooling loop for Minifor fermenter-bioreactor
LAMBDA REDOX potential measurement for MINIFOR laboratory fermenter-bioreactor
LAMBDA INTEGRATOR replaces the need for optical density measurements in fermenters and bioreactors
How to compare the cost and real value of a laboratory fermentor-bioreactor
Fermentor control software
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LAMBDA Laboratory Instruments develops innovative, high quality laboratory instruments with an excellent price to performance ratio:
laboratory fermenters, bench-top fermentors, bioreactors for cell culture, peristaltic pumps, tubing pumps, infusion pumps, syringe pumps, fraction collectors, samplers, powder dosing instruments, mass flow gas controllers and fermentation software for biotechnology, microbiology, food and agricultural, chemical and pharmaceutical research and development as well as for educational and general laboratory applications.
Personal lab experience is essential for making good laboratory instruments. We love to construct them for you with the same care, as we would do them for ourselves, therefore our instruments are practical, economical and use inventive ideas not found elsewhere
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