Shown – Instrument Rack Mount RMRTP
Achieving temperatures from -60°C to 130°C just became accessible from the table-top! Our New Rack Mount MRTP combines our unprecedented ability to integrate cascade condensing cooling into useable configurations with the convenience of your most used laboratory surface, the desktop. Shown above, the Rack Mount MRTP can be mounted in a standard rack for easy integration with your other rack mounted instruments or simply placed on its rubber feet on a standard desk or table. For more information, please click the “Contact” link above.
Shown – Stand-alone with optional wheels – RMRTP
The ESS, Inc. MRTP thermal platform systems rely upon a closed loop mechanical refrigeration cooling system. This eliminates the need for expendable refrigerants such as liquid nitrogen and liquid carbon dioxide. Eliminating the non-reusable refrigerants also eliminates the purchasing cost and handling expenses, not to mention the associated icing and water condensation. To learn more about this question, please read the white paper entitled Environmental Testing.
The MRTP utilizes an efficient mechanical refrigeration system that re-circulates the refrigerant in a closed loop system. Only environmentally friendly zero-ozone depleting refrigerants are used. Proprietary design features provide fast ramp rates with efficient heat removal. The system is portable, and a single AC outlet is all that is needed to operate it. The system normally uses an air-cooled condenser, which rejects a certain amount of heat into the room. If a water-cooling source is available, the system can operate with a water-cooled condenser. If many systems will operate in the same room a water-cooling circuit should be considered to remove the heat rejected by the refrigeration cycle.
There are two types of MRTP systems. The first type is called single stage and uses one refrigeration loop to cool the thermal platform. The second type called cascade uses two refrigeration loops in series enabling the temperature of the thermal plate to be as low as -80ºC.
Accessories are available such as a polycarbonate cover, an adapter plate, a hold down clamp, a clam shell dry-box desiccator, a low-pressure nitrogen purge kit and a high-pressure nitrogen purge kit.
Several standard sizes for the thermal plate are listed in the MRTP ordering information form