Greener Solutions for Autoclave Energy Efficiency

With steam sterilisation temperatures and pressures well established, autoclaving within a vessel of a known size requires a predefined quantity of energy. To be energy-efficient during thermal sterilisation, autoclaves must reach - and hold - a sterilisation temperature and pressure without heat loss to the environment, but also drop back to room temperature and pressure effectively during cooling stages.

Astell are innovators in energy efficiency - their autoclaves: capture and reuse heat energy that would otherwise be lost; use the minimum necessary volume of water to generate steam; generate that steam very quickly to minimise the opportunities for heat loss.

Yet these technical developments can only go so far, and Astell’s greatest energy saving happens before the autoclave is ever switched on.

Astell request that their potential customers supply detail of what they plan to sterilise. This allows the autoclave manufacturer, founded in the Victorian era, to produce devices that include only the specific hardware required to meet the user’s needs.

“Constructing autoclaves for the end user’s specific needs allows us to save our customers from large bills,” said Sales & Marketing Director, Paul Birchmore. “It also allows them to help save the planet by keeping the resources that would go into producing unnecessary components in the ground.”