Mettler Toledo X-10 Automated Lab Reactor Control

The RX-10 Automated Lab Reactor Control, from Mettler Toledo, controls jacketed lab reactors with third-party heating and cooling systems, liquid addition, stirrers and process analytical technology (PAT) tools. Operation via a touchscreen walk-up interface allows scientists to consistently control reactors on any scale from millilitres to multilitres, reducing human error and training cost.

Jacketed lab reactors are tools applied in research, small-scale production and scale-up in the chemical and pharmaceutical industries. The reactor control automatically collects data from all laboratory reactor equipment and sensors, together with in situ PAT instruments, including pH, particle size analysis, FTIR spectroscopy and chemical reaction sampling. Since all data is automatically captured, the product ensures that important information will not be lost.

Unattended reactor control 24 hours a day increases productivity with confidence. Experimental sequences and safety limits can be preprogrammed so experiments can run safely overnight. The local touchscreen or PC software offers remote reactor control so scientists can configure all experiment parameters without opening the hood. The product reduces the time needed to merge and process analytical data, visualise and identify key reaction events, and create smart reports.