Kronos Class B autoclave, 6 litres

The Kronos B 6 litre brings Class B into a small space: with the fractionated vacuum, air is removed from the chamber in several stages before the steam, which can then reach the inside of cannulas, narrow-lumen hollow instruments and pouches. It sterilises solid and hollow instruments, wrapped or loose, and porous loads.

It is designed for frequent small loads: a beauty salon, a podiatry practice, a tattoo or piercing studio. With the programme for unwrapped solid instruments at 134 °C and the chamber already warm, the manufacturer states one kilo of sterile, dry instruments in 12 minutes. The door closes with a motor and stays locked under vacuum until the cycle ends.

A conductivity meter checks the water at every load and the built-in printer records every cycle on paper. With the internal data logger cycles are also saved to a USB stick and can be read on the computer.

Features

• Class B with fractionated vacuum
• 10 preset sterilisation programmes, including the prion cycle at 134 °C
• Helix, Bowie & Dick and vacuum leak test programmes
• Built-in steam generator
• Motorised closing with the door locked under vacuum
• Conductivity meter for water quality
• Built-in thermal printer and multilingual four-button display
• Test result memory (Memory Test System)
• Front pump to fill the tank from a canister on the floor; manual or automatic draining
• Extra drying of 5 or 15 minutes, standby after 60 minutes and delayed start
• Connection for an external data logger

Programmes

• Wrapped hollow instruments: 20 min at 134 °C, 23 min at 121 °C
• Unwrapped hollow instruments: 12 min at 134 °C, 25 min at 121 °C
• Unwrapped solid instruments: 12 min at 134 °C, 25 min at 121 °C
• Wrapped solid instruments: 20 min at 134 °C
• Porous loads: 25 min at 134 °C, 38 min at 121 °C
• Prions: 35 min at 134 °C
• Helix and Bowie & Dick test: 19 min
• Vacuum leak test: 15 min

Times include preheating and drying and vary with the load and the power supply.

Technical data

• 6-litre chamber, ø 170 × 265 mm, AISI 304 steel
• Maximum load: 1 kg wrapped, 1.8 kg unwrapped, 0.5 kg porous
• 3 aluminium trays: one 150 × 240 × 19 mm and two 115 × 240 × 19 mm
• External dimensions 450 × 590 × 345 mm (width × depth × height), weight 42.5 kg
• Clearance to open the door: 350 mm
• 4-litre tanks for clean and used water
• Power supply 230 V, 50–60 Hz, power 2,500 W

Included

• 3 aluminium trays with tray holder and handle to remove them
• Water fill and drain hoses, sponge

Versions

• Internal data logger: records every cycle on a USB stick, to download to the computer