Reaction Unit Sakura

Sakura series is a specialized line of pilot reactors designed for chemical processing, ranging from laboratory to pilot plant scales. They are known for their advanced features, robust construction, and user-friendly design.

Core Technologies and Design Philosophy

• Cyclone Vessel Technology: A patented design that ensures uniform heat distribution within the vessel jacket, leading to more efficient and reliable reactions.
• Ring Baffle Vessel Technology: An advanced option that further enhances thermal exchange and temperature control by promoting uniform flow of heat transfer fluid.
• Optimized Vessel Geometry: Designed to mimic industrial reactors, facilitating easier and more accurate process scale-up.
• User-Friendly Design: Emphasizes ease of use, reducing labor and time for various tasks, often requiring only one user.
• Robust Construction: Built with durable materials like 304 stainless steel frames to withstand the rigors of continuous operation.
• Automation: A key focus is the ability to integrate with the AGI Glassplant Pilot Reactor Controller, enabling precise control, data logging, and automated workflows, which is crucial for modern chemical development and scale-up.

The Sakura series represents AGI Glassplant's commitment to providing cutting-edge engineered glass systems that bridge the gap between lab-scale research and industrial manufacturing, making chemical process scale-up more efficient, reliable, and user-friendly.

AGI Glassplant is a leading manufacturer of specialized glassware for chemical processing, and their filter reactors are a key part of their filtration product line. These systems are designed to integrate the functions of reaction, filtration, washing, and sometimes drying, all within a single vessel. This seamless workflow is particularly beneficial for crystallization processes, preventing product loss and contamination.

Common Benefits Across AGI Filtration Systems:

• All-Glass Design: Provides continuous process visibility, crucial for monitoring crystallization and filtration.
• High Containment: Closed systems ensure material safety and prevent cross-contamination, especially important for handling hazardous or valuable substances.
• Efficiency and Time-Saving: Integrating multiple steps into one vessel reduces manual handling, transfer steps, and overall process time.
• Scalability: While each model has its specific scale, the design principles and features are often consistent, aiding in smooth scale-up from lab to pilot plant.
• Safety: Built-in safety features like pressure relief valves and protective shields are standard.
• Customization: AGI offers customization possibilities for their filter reactors to meet specific process needs.

AGI Glassplant's filter reactors are designed to provide a sophisticated and highly efficient solution for solid-liquid separation and related processes in research, development, and small-scale production, particularly where visibility, inert materials, and precise control are critical.

AGI Glassplant offers a specialized range of Nutsche Filter products designed specifically for solid-liquid separation in chemical processing. These systems are distinct from their "filter reactors" in that their primary function is filtration, washing, and drying, rather than integrating a full reaction step within the same vessel (though they can be used for crystallization products where the reaction happened in a separate reactor).

AGI's Nutsche filters are known for their all-glass design, robust construction, and ability to operate under pressure or vacuum, allowing for efficient and contained processing of solids.

Overall Advantages of AGI Glassplant Nutsche Filters:

• Process Visibility: The all-glass construction allows for continuous visual monitoring of the filtration, washing, and drying steps, which is invaluable for process understanding and troubleshooting.
• High Chemical Resistance: Borosilicate glass and PTFE wetted parts ensure compatibility with a wide range of aggressive chemicals.
• Containment and Purity: Closed systems are critical for handling sensitive, toxic, or high-purity materials, preventing contamination and ensuring operator safety.
• Efficiency: Pressurized filtration and integrated washing/drying capabilities streamline the workflow, reducing processing time and manual intervention.
• Scalability: The consistent design principles and available capacities from benchtop to pilot plant aid in effective process scale-up.
• User-Friendly Design: Features are implemented to simplify operation, cleaning, and maintenance, enhancing the overall user experience.

AGI Glassplant's Nutsche filters are a robust and versatile solution for laboratories and pilot plants requiring efficient, safe, and visible solid-liquid separation.

AGI Glassplant is well-known for its high-quality engineered glass systems for chemical processing, ranging from lab scale to pilot plant and industrial production. Beyond their core reaction units, they offer a comprehensive range of "other apparatus operation units" designed for various chemical processes.

Advantages across their products:

• Ring Baffle Technology: AGI's proprietary design in their jacketed glass reactors (double and triple-walled) creates a unique flow pattern of heat transfer fluid, ensuring even thermal distribution, optimal heat transfer, and preventing hot/cold spots. This allows for precise and fast temperature control.
• All-Glass Design (Borosilicate 3.3): Allows for continuous visual monitoring of processes, excellent chemical resistance, and high thermal shock resistance.
• Modular and Interchangeable Parts: Many of their systems, especially the "Blue Label" reaction unit series, are designed with common and interchangeable parts, offering low-cost expandability and easy configuration rearrangements for different experiments and scale-ups.
• Focus on Safety and User Experience: Features like protective coverings for pressure reactors, lift-assist mechanisms, rotating vessel supports, and removable flush valves are integrated to enhance safety and ease of use.
• Scalability: AGI provides solutions for every stage of chemical processing, from small lab-scale benchtop reactors (e.g., 300 mL to 5 L) to pilot plant and industrial-scale units (e.g., 20 L to 200 L rotary evaporators, or reactors up to 400 L custom-made).
• Expertise in Glassblowing and Engineering: With over 70 years of experience, AGI leverages its deep knowledge in scientific glass fabrication and process chemistry to deliver high-performance solutions.

AGI Glassplant offers a sophisticated Pilot Reactor Controller designed to provide comprehensive automation and control for pilot plant operations. This system moves beyond simply supplying the glass reactor and offers a complete solution for precise and automated chemical processing.