The RX-10™ chemical reactor control system automates jacketed laboratory reactors to ensure excellent reaction control and data-rich experimentation in every lab where process development and scale-up are important activities. RX-10 allows you to control and record real-time data of essential reaction parameters such as temperature, mixing, dosing, and sampling.
The RX-10 reactor control system enables the capture of important data and information by connecting heating and cooling systems, overhead stirrers, liquid dosing, autosamplers, and process analytical technology (PAT) tools. Reliably manage reactors from milliliters to multiple liters with an intuitive and familiar touchscreen interface that provides a seamless user experience, reduces training costs, and minimizes human error. Data collection, analysis, and reporting are streamlined, allowing more time to focus on improving processes.
Supported Thermostats:
Huber, Julabo, and Lauda models with RS232 port
Supported Stirrer Motors:
Ika, Heidolph, ChemGlass, and J-KEM models with RS232 port
SmartConnect Port: Pt100, -10 to 10V, 0 to 20mA
Dimensions (LxHxW): 70 mm x 215 mm x 152 mm
Weight: 2.88 kg
Power Requirements: 100 – 240 VAC, 50/60Hz
Cable Length: 1 or 3m cable options
An intuitive, user-friendly touch screen seamlessly enables control and automation of your jacketed lab reactor (JLR) by programming thermostat temperature, overhead stirring, liquid dosing, and sampling while integrating process analytical technology for data-rich experiments, day and night.
Extend control with computer-based software for remote monitoring, analysis, and reporting. JLR control systems enable the automation of tasks and workflows to perform more successful and reproducible experiments, make the right decisions faster, and increase productivity.
RX-10 can be flexibly enhanced with additional functionalities to meet the requirements of the most demanding applications. The RX-10 reactor control system is designed for plug-and-play operations. It uses a simple configuration setup to facilitate quick connection to third-party accessories such as thermostats, stirring equipment, sensors, dosing, or sampling units.
Easy sensor integration facilitates the use of additional measuring tools to gain more knowledge about the reaction, leading to better decisions. With SmartConnect™ technology, sensors and probes used with the JLR are recognized automatically. Existing sensors such as temperature probes, mass-flow, and pressure sensors can be retrofitted for use with SmartConnect.
RX-10 provides an automation solution covering various applications, including high-temperature or high-pressure chemistry.
Enhance jacketed lab reactor systems for automated control and data capture of third-party devices, including sensors, dosing, and sampling solutions with the Easy Control Box (ECB) accessory (purchased separately).
ECB provides dosing control capabilities and easily connects commercially available pumps and balances for automated preprogrammed gravimetric or volumetric dosing. The ECB accessory has plug-and-play functionality with SmartConnect technology sensors. Control elements are automatically recognized, simplifying the configuration of the reactor systems.
Run experiments and capture data without being in the lab. Thanks to the experiment programming capabilities and safety features, you can use your reactor safely day and night. Unattended task sequences or advanced recipes can be created using the intuitive touchscreen or the powerful iC Software Suite.
The iC Software Suite and the touchscreen offer bi-directional control, allowing you access from remote locations to increase productivity by having access to the data and the ability to control the reaction 24 hours a day. Experiment time in the lab available per day triples from 8 hours to 24 hours using the RX-10 reactor control system.
Integration of probe-based PAT instruments provides true insights into the reaction occurring inside the reactor. In-situ reaction analysis enables continuous monitoring of chemistry and reaction events. This real-time tracking of chemical bonds on a molecular level delivers critical information about reaction kinetics, mechanisms, and pathways.
For every experiment, all process data can be automatically collected from laboratory reactors and sensors and data from in-situ PAT instruments, including FTIR and Raman spectrometers, pH probes and sensors, particle size analyzers, and unattended chemical reaction sampling instruments.
A complete data set is immediately available for interpretation, documentation, and sharing with data management systems to ensure that all data is automatically captured. This helps ensure that important information will never be lost again. Thanks to more valid data, automation of data management, and fewer reruns, you can be more productive in the lab.
All process data is collected, processed, reported, and securely stored to prevent information loss. Optional iC Data Center™ software ensures that 100% of captured data is automatically stored in a safe place—no additional operator activity is required.
The software suite reduces the time needed to merge process and analytical data, visualize and identify key reaction events, and create smart reports. At the end of every experiment, reports are automatically exported to Microsoft Word and/or Microsoft Excel.
Automated reporting leads to better history logs, communication, and decisions for improved process development and optimization. 100% accurate out-of-the-box reports can be attached to the traditional experiment documentation. Reduce transcription errors and lower documentation efforts while improving traceability for FDA filings.
"The RX-10 unit is a versatile solution to optimize scale-up processes. In our lab, it has closed the gap between EasyMax/OptiMax synthesis workstations and multiliter JLR vessels. As main benefits, it provides a consistent lab workflow to the user and gives documentation of experiments along the whole scale-up workflow."
"Since we installed the RX-10, our jacketed lab reactors are used much more frequently. It is now easy and intuitive to program, manage and store data, and interpret experimental results. Safety limits on reactors reduce risk for the whole lab... In short, RX-10 makes our jobs easier and safer."
"The RX-10 is a universal Jacketed Lab Reactor (JLR) control unit that works truly plug-and-play. My favorite function: It enables basic lab operations such as temperature, agitation, and dosing control as well as data capturing on existing equipment. A simple entry door into the world of lab automation!"
Reactor control systems provide an innovative platform for scale-up chemical synthesis and process development in chemical engineering labs. These automated chemical synthesis and process development tools open new ways of working to discover synthetic pathways, explore conditions, and identify the most optimal process parameters for your reaction. Depending on the application, operating volume, and development goals, researchers choose between different automated lab reactor control systems configurations and software packages.
The reactor control system monitors and controls temperature, mixing, dosing, and sampling through reactor flux and thermal power measurements, reactivity control devices, and a collection of control system parameters.
Yes, third-party accessories from Huber, Julabo, Lauda, Ika, Heidolph, ChemGlass, and many others will quickly connect to the RX-10 reactor control system. SmartConnect plug-and-play sensor and peripheral port allow the connection of supported sensors, probes, and peripherals within minutes.
Proprietary SmartConnect™ sensor ports connect third-party analog sensors to the EasyControlBox (ECB). The ECB has four sensor ports. The ECB can read the following signals:
While the RX-10 can be used at a lab scale, it is often deployed in pilot-scale environments with reactors that have larger operating volumes. METTLER TOLEDO offers intuitive EasyMax (1 mL – 100 mL operating volume) and OptiMax (60 mL – 1,000 mL operating volume) chemical synthesis reactors that use an innovative, reliable heating and cooling technique. This ensures that the reaction temperature can be controlled quickly, accurately, and reproducibly without bulky cryostats.
EasyMax and OptiMax provide safe, unattended control of reactions 24/7, and with an extensive reactor portfolio, they provide a sustainable investment for any chemistry lab. Information-rich data for every experiment allows researchers to make faster decisions, leading to shorter development times and lower R&D costs.
RX-10 reactor control system allows you to automate your jacketed lab reactor (JLR) setup, control and monitor chemical reactions, and perform unattended additions and sampling of reagents directly to or from your JLR.
Connect your third-party accessories, sensors, and probes to the RX-10 and use the user-friendly, intuitive touchscreen or PC-based software to control each device from a single interface.