Viscous reaction mixtures often require more powerful stirring than can be achieved with magnetic stirrers. The Vortex stirrer system (photo) converts a single overhead stirrer into a powerful three-position parallel stirrer combined with a multiple heating block. The combination of Vortex stirring and DrySyn heating provides efficient stirring while retaining the benefits of DrySyn — improved safety, rapid heat transfer and space saving. The Vortex system operates with any overhead stirrer to give simultaneous, directly driven stirring for up to three standard 100, 250 or 500 mL round-bottomed flasks. — Asynt, Cambridgeshire, U.K.
Compact Reaction for Viscous Mixtures Offers Powerful Stirring
| By Chemical Engineering