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CHARACTERISTIC OF FERMENTERS

Major manufacturers of laboratory fermenters
Czechoslovakia Developmental Workshops, LF 2
Czech. Acad. Science
AK Slu1ovice Fermenter LF20
Laboratory fermenter LF-2 is composed of two parts, fermenter and regulation system. Volume varied from 1000 to 3000 ml.
France Biolafitte I.F. 7L5, S20L
German Federal Republic B. Braun AG
Biostat S, V Culture vessels are available with approximately 2, 6 and 12 litre total volume.
Great Britain Galenkamp CECA
L.H. Engineering Co., 500 Series II
Ltd. 2000
Uniprobe Instruments Unilink Fermenter. The six culture vessels available have volumes from 3 to 20 litre. All vessels are suitable for autoclave sterilisation, but in situ sterilisable vessels are also available.
The Netherlands Contact-Roestvrijstaal Bilthoven-unit
B.V. system NW 80, 200, 300
The firm manufactures three NW-series of laboratory fermenters (NW-80, 0.5-2 litre; NW-200, 3-40 litre; NW-300, 30-70 l).
Japan Marubishi Laboratory MSJ, MB
Equipment Co., Ltd.
Sweden Electrolux 20L
LKB-Produkter AB Ultroferm
The two culture vessels available have working volumes of 2-4 and 8-12 litre.
Switzerland Bioengineering AG 2-50L
Biologische Verfahrens- Type b 10 technik, AG
Chemap AG 7, 14, 20 l
Giovanola Freres, SA b 10, b 20, b50
USA New Brunswick Scientific F-1000, F-2000
Bench-Top, BioFlo
MicroFerm, Magna-
Ferm, Model 19
LabroFerm
Stainless Steel Products Acces-A-Bilt Co., Inc.
Virtis Co. 40,100, 40-300
NBS manufactures laboratory fermenters in a range from 350 ml to 40 litre.

BioTec AB (Sweden)
The unit FA 300 comprises two vessels, a 50 litre vessel for inoculum preparation and a 300 litre fermenter. The latter is equipped with bottom-drive agitation and a 300 litre fermenter.
Marubishi Laboratory Equipment Co., Ltd. (Japan)
The manufacturer offers a wide range of pilot-plant fermenters of different sizes - 100, 150, 200, 250, 300, 400, 500, 1000, 1500, and 2000 litre.
Chemap AG (Switzerland)
The Chemap pilot-plant fermenters are available in the following size: 150, 300, 450, 750, 1000, 1500, 3000, 4500 and 7500 litre.

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