Consolidated’s hinged door sterilizers have been used for decades by sterilizer users around the world. Quite simply, they are built to last and easy to maintain. All hinged-door sterilizers can be customized to suit any unique requirements and applications of a particular facility. For example, you may choose what side you prefer to have the hinge located. With maximum uptime engineered into the product, Consolidated’s sterilizers offer a superior return on investment as demonstrated through thousands of installations worldwide.
Learn the 17 critical questions you need to ask before buying a new autoclave.
The X1™ control system include these user-friendly features:
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“Consolidated sterilizers are simple and reliable for the end users to use as well as easy to work on from service perspective. They use nonproprietary parts which keeps the customers total cost of ownership low. I recommend Consolidated to all my customers when they are considering their next sterilizer purchase.”
Reducing the utility costs and carbon footprint are important consideration for many facility and sustainability stakeholders. Consolidated understands the role autoclaves can play, and we’ve developed these state-of-the-art configurations to significantly reduce water and energy usage for both new and existing sterilizers. Learn More
All new sterilizers are equipped with a calendar-based automatic start-up and shut-down feature known as EcoCalendar. This feature helps minimize utility consumption and HVAC load through a software controlled, automatic steam shut-off program. Utilities can be programmed for automatic start-up and shut-down based on time of day and day of the week.
EcoJacket is included on all new sterilizers and automatically lowers the temperature of the sterilizer jacket in between cycles, thereby reducing steam and water usage and heat-load to the room.
Like the EcoCalendar, this feature is equipped on all new sterilizers and helps save energy by shutting the steam supply off when not in use. It functions similarly to a “sleep-mode” for your home computer. Simply set the desired idle time and the autoclave will enter Sleep Mode after the set idle time has elapsed. This is an easy way to save energy (both steam and conditioned air) and water and is ideal for sterilizers that are periodically used.
The WaterEco system is included on all Consolidated sterilizers. In addition to saving water, it monitors water consumption and cools effluent using a combination of air, previously cooled effluent and a minimal amount of cold water. WaterEco systems compatible with chilled water are available as well. Learn More.
This feature integrates the sterilizer with a local canopy hood to reduce unnecessary venting of conditioned air. Form C Dry Contacts signal your building automation system to power-down the hood when the door of the autoclave is closed. This allows labs to better control the heat-load and environmental conditions within the lab.
Sterilizers utilizing house steam can be configured to allow for a jacket steam return. This helps save energy and steam consumption by returning sterile steam from the jacket back to the “house” facility boiler through a condensate return line.
House Steam
In most situations, standard house steam is adequate, with the use of an inlet filter to clean the steam.
Electric – Integrated Boiler
Required when house steam is not adequate and can supply up to 4 kW. Consolidated offers multiple options that can go under the sterilizer: A carbon steel boiler, the ProGEN Carbon Steel boiler, and a stainless steel boiler, the ProGEN Stainless Boiler.
Electric – Remote Boiler
This will sit adjacent to the sterilizer and are larger than 45 kW.
Steam-to-Steam Generator
Constructed from stainless steel, this system does not employ heating elements like an electric steam generator. It utilizes existing house steam to heat high purity water.
Electrical Requirements
Standard voltages for electric boilers are 208, 240, 380, 480, 3 phase. Voltages must be determined prior to ordering to configure the heating elements in the generator.
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Gravity
All sterilizers are designed for gravity air removal as standard. For gravity air removal, the buoyancy of steam is used to displace the air.
Vacuum
Available as an upgrade: Recommended for sterilizing and/or drying items that are porous (animal bedding, containers with small openings, objects with lids, packs, lumens, tubing). There are two vacuum systems available:
Venturi/ Water Ejector vacuum system is a lower upfront cost option.
Liquid Ring Pump vacuum system is more efficient in removing air, uses less water and has greater controllability.
316L Stainless Steel
All chambers are made standard with 316L stainless steel.
Nickel Clad
Available as an upgrade: This chamber material is recommended for sterilizing high-concentration salt solutions or if the feed-water or tap-water for steam generation has high chloride content. Nickel-Clad chambers are provided with a carbon steel jacket.
Carbon Steel
Standard construction with 316L stainless steel chamber.
304L Stainless Steel
Available as an upgrade: 316L stainless steel chamber and 304L jacket.
Available as an upgrade: If the water quality is above 1 MΩ/cm 316L stainless steel chamber and jacket are required. This option is typically selected for tissue culture labs or labs feeding distilled or deionized (DI) water to the sterilizer.
Brass, Bronze, and Copper
All plumbing and components are made from high-quality brass, bronze, and copper construction. All sterilizer are built with these materials as standard construction.
Available as an upgrade: 316L stainless steel plumbing and components is recommended for use with high-purity water and steam (steam generated from RO/DI water).
Consolidated prides itself on providing laboratory autoclaves with the lowest cost of ownership in the industry.
Affordable Service
We utilized a network of factory-trained service representatives who perform preventative and emergency service at affordable rates and in a timely fashion, maximizing your uptime.
Non-Proprietary Parts
Our sterilizers are designed to use high quality, affordable, non-proprietary parts.
Lower Utility Costs
Our sterilizers will help you save money on water and energy costs through utility-saving (sustainable) features that are built into the sterilizers.
Every autoclave comes with a control system, however not every control system is mounted in a way that makes the most sense for your laboratory space configuration. Consolidated can mount your control system wherever it best fits your space: right side, left side, top-mounted, or remote-mounted on an adjacent wall.
Consolidated can customize the location of the autoclave’s components and piping to be located on the left or right side of the autoclave, making it easily accessible for you and your service team. This is ideal if you have the need to install your autoclave up against a wall and don’t have access to the autoclave from all sides.
If your laboratory is without house steam, Consolidated can provide either an integral (i.e. sits below the chamber) steam generator or a remote-mounted one in a location of your choice (up to 50 feet from the autoclave).
If your laboratory has door frames that are smaller than standard, or if your existing wall cutout is narrow, Consolidated can configure an autoclave with a frame dimension that fits through your doorway or existing wall cutout.
If your drain is located higher than the flooring, Consolidated can install a sump pump to help transport the sterilizer effluent “uphill” to meet your drain.
If you would like two sterilizers in your laboratory but lack the space required, Consolidated offers a dual “tower” configuration that reduces the footprint by 35% when compared to two autoclaves mounted side-by-side.
Using our laser cutting equipment, Consolidated can personalize your autoclave by adding your school or company logo to the sterilizer paneling located on the front of the autoclave. This is a big hit for some of our clients!
If you have odd-sized flasks, beakers, bioreactors or fermenters, Consolidated can customize the size of your loading cart so that it accommodates your load while still fitting into your autoclave chamber.
If you’re in need of a more optimized use of your autoclave chamber space, Consolidated can create additional shelving to allow you to efficiently load your autoclave.
Consolidated can add additional ports (typically used for validation) with either threaded or sanitary fittings, anywhere on the autoclave chamber as desired.
For the lifetime of your autoclave.
We stand behind our autoclaves, providing free technical and customer phone support to all customers for the life of the unit. If there’s a technical problem, our customer service techs and engineers will help you get to the bottom of it, at no charge.