Innovative refrigeration compressors for medical technology

New high poten­cy mRNA-based vac­cines against COVID-19, Ebo­la and CGTs also require ultra-low tem­per­a­ture at all stages of the sup­ply chain. Sec­op, a sup­pli­er of refrig­er­a­tion com­pres­sors to the med­ical sec­tor, has launched five new prod­ucts for this “ULT” (Ultra Low Tem­per­a­tures from ‑60 °C to ‑86 °C) range. The com­pres­sors — one for mobile use, four for sta­tion­ary use, three of which can also be used in the bio­med­ical range from ‑30 °C to ‑60 °C — are part of a prod­uct series specif­i­cal­ly for med­ical appli­ca­tions, which will be fur­ther expand­ed in the future. The new refrig­er­a­tion com­pres­sors will enable man­u­fac­tur­ers to devel­op com­mer­cial refrig­er­a­tion equip­ment with high cus­tomer benefits.

The advan­tages for using ULT refrig­er­a­tion com­pres­sors are that man­u­fac­tur­ers of med­ical refrig­er­a­tion solu­tions ben­e­fit from both the robust prod­ucts and soft­ware tools and experts to assist them with prod­uct devel­op­ment and cus­tomiza­tion. This enables a smooth and effi­cient process in the val­i­da­tion and ver­i­fi­ca­tion of the refrig­er­a­tion unit, bring­ing it to mar­ket faster.

ULT’s sta­tion­ary refrig­er­a­tion com­pres­sors are applic­a­ble across the glob­al volt­age range. They are avail­able for refrig­er­at­ed con­tain­ers with vol­umes from 20 to 200 and from 200 to 500 liters. The mobile refrig­er­a­tion com­pres­sor, which can be used for 20- to 40-liter refrig­er­at­ed con­tain­ers, incor­po­rates the com­pa­ny’s expe­ri­ence with bat­tery- and solar-pow­ered active refrig­er­a­tion sys­tems. The option of bat­tery or solar oper­a­tion makes the ULT mobile solu­tion suit­able even for dis­tri­b­u­tion of vac­cines and oth­er bio­ma­te­ri­als in remote regions with high out­door tem­per­a­tures and no pow­er grid.

“Some of the world’s lead­ing man­u­fac­tur­ers of med­ical cool­ing solu­tions have relied on our prod­ucts for many years. Expe­ri­ence with such med­ical appli­ca­tions has helped us to devel­op the ULT refrig­er­a­tion com­pres­sors as well. Ener­gy-sav­ing and prod­uct life-extend­ing mea­sures, as well as the pref­er­ence for nat­ur­al refrig­er­ants, make our solu­tions par­tic­u­lar­ly sus­tain­able and attrac­tive for users and manufacturers.”

- Jan Ehlers, CEO