Porvair MiniVap

Porvair evaporators are designed for solvent evaporation from microplates prior to analysis or reconstitution in storage buffer. These evaporators give significant throughput advantages to laboratories looking to optimise microplate sample preparation productivity. Faster than centrifugal evaporation, significant increases in sample throughput are achieved through advanced evaporator head technology and an innovative manifold design, which directly injects heated nitrogen into each individual well of the microplate simultaneously. The evaporators have been designed to be simple to install, operate and maintain. Installation requires a gas supply or cylinder and mains electricity. Safety of operation is ensured as the CE marked compact units fit into all fume cupboards. Not suitable for high boiling solvents such as DMSO and water.

The MiniVap is to be operated with a supply of clean, dry compressed air in place of nitrogen, if the chemistry allows. An in-line gas filter must be used in this case. This equipment is designed for low usage research and development departments where low numbers of individual plates or vials need drying.

• Quicker dry down times than standard methods such as vacuum oven
• Evaporates 500 μl of methanol in under 6 minutes
• Designed for any ANSI/SLAS 96-well plate
• 24 & 48 vial heads now available
• Simple to install and operate
• Easy adjustments of temperature, gas flow rates and needle depth into the wells
• Compact footprint – fits all standard fume cupboards