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Meet the teamThe StarFish Multi-Experiment Work Station
Whether you want to just heat and stir, or perform more complex parallel experiments, StarFish really can make your life easier and improve productivity.
Fits all leading brands of stirring hotplate
Accepts standard vials, test tubes, beakers and flasks
Set-up vessels individually or in parallel
For popular heating and stirring applications
Such as Synthesis, Distillation or Extraction
What are the benefits?
- Space saving – uses less space than multiple heating and stirring set-ups
- Increases productivity – multiple positions allow you to heat, stir and reflux experiments in parallel
- Cost effective – use your existing stirring hotplate and glassware. Eliminate the cost of multiple set-ups
- Safer, cleaner working – eliminate oil baths, reduce spills, mess and accidents
- Flexible – use as many positions as you want
- Easy to use and quick to assemble
- Compact – store spare components in a drawer and not on the bench
StarFish has proven popular in the following laboratories:
- Teaching and university
- Chemistry and biochemistry
- Environmental analysis
- Food testing
- Analytical
Gas/Vacuum Manifold
- Even distribution to up to five positions or vessels
- Quick-release connectors
- Leak-proof shut-off valves
Central Support Rod
- Single or two piece options
- Screws into baseplate
- Stainless Steel
Universal 3 or 5-way Telescopic Clamps
- Adjusts to hold a wide variety of glassware
- Velcro or rubber straps
Water Manifold
- Distributes water to up to five condensers simultaneously
- Quick-release connectors
- Leak-proof shut-off valves
MonoBlocks or PolyBlock
- Wide choice of block options
- From vials to 500 ml flasks
Use your own hotplate and glassware
- Compatible with all popular brands of stirring hotplate
Choice of Base Plates
- For round or square hotplates
- Optional handles
500 ml MonoBlock and Clamp
- Accepts 3 x 500ml flasks
- Universal 3-way telescopic clamp
StarFish Baseplates
Base Plates – for round or square hotplates
StarFish base plates fit securely on all popular brands of stirring hotplate with both round or square top plates and are designed to maximise thermal contact with the heated top plate.
Lifting handles – insulated
Optional insulated handles can be screwed to the base plate, allowing the
safe removal of the base plate from the hotplate whilst still hot.
Support rods – stainless steel
Stainless steel 12mm ø x 650mm long. Rods screw directly into the base plate.
Choose from two rod options; a single piece and a two piece for when shorter set-ups.
StarFish MonoBlocks
Single blocks with multiple wells all of the same size
- Chemical-resistant anodised aluminium for rapid heating of vials, tubes and flasks up to 260 ˚C.
- MonoBlocks are single blocks with multiple wells all of the same size.
- MonoBlocks are stackable to maximize lab space
- MonoBlocks have a 3.5 mm hole for a temperature probe
- MonoBlocks are individually labelled for easy identification
- Optional reducing inserts for 250 ml block
StarFish PolyBlocks
Small segments that can be mixed to accommodate any combination of vessel
- Chemical-resistant anodised aluminium for rapid heating of vials, tubes and flasks up to 260 ˚C
- Polyblocks segments that can be mixed to accommodate any combination of vessel (5 per StarFish)
- PolyBlocks are stackable to maximize lab space
- PolyBlocks have a 3.5 mm hole for a temperature probe
- PolyBlocks are individually labelled for easy identification
- Optional reducing inserts for 250 ml block
StarFish Reducing Inserts
StarFish Gas/Water Manifolds
- Make the connection of water or gas/vacuum to multiple vessels quick and easy
- Manifolds can be used independently of StarFish
- Screw-tightening allows location of manifolds in any position on a standard 12mm ø support rod
- Quick-release gas/fluid connectors
- Leak-proof shut-off valves close when the couplings are parted
StarFish Gas/Water Manifolds
Water Manifold
Allows coolant from a single source to be evenly distributed to up to five condensers and then re-combined to one outlet pipe. Two manifolds are used in each set-up.
Gas/Vacuum Manifold
Allows gas or vacuum from a single source to be evenly distributed to up to five positions or vessels. (Does not control or regulate gas/vacuum flow).
StarFish Universal Clamps
3- and 5-way Universal Clamps are designed to safely support flasks, condensers and other glassware. They feature adjustable telescopic arms and flexible straps to hold glassware.
- Designed to be raised or lowered with glassware in-situ
- Choice of Velcro or rubber supporting straps
- Rubber straps grip glassware from 15 to 70mm in diameter – ideal for lifting vessels
- 5-way clamp features a slot which allows it to be located on to the support rod from the side
- Velcro straps are designed specifically not to grip glassware tightly, allowing condensers to slide through the strap, whilst still being safely restrained
- Optional Viton rubber straps offer superior chemical resistance
StarFish Glassware
How do the clamps work?
Grip the flask neck with a rubber strap on the lower clamp for lifting, whilst the condenser above slides through the Velcro strap on the upper clamp.
Accessory Glassware
- StarFish blocks are designed to accept standard laboratory glassware
- For your convenience we offer a range of standard glassware
- StarFish will also accommodate glassware from the Radleys’ Carousel 12 Plus, 6 Plus and GreenHouse
15 min Webinar: Consistent Scaling Up
Scaling up chemical reactions can present a number of challenges with respect to efficient mixing, mass transfer, controlling exothermic reactions, heat transfer and reaction kinetics.
In this webinar we discussed some simple guidelines which apply when scaling chemical reactions up or scaling down to predict or reproduce conditions observed in the larger scale manufacturing environment.
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