Contact us now to find out how Sakura and Sakura Mini can help you scale up your process with ease.
ContactThe AGI Glassplant Sakura Pilot Reactor Family is the next generation of premium pilot reactors. Featuring the latest reactor vessel technology, enhanced performance, and improved efficiency, Sakura and Sakura Mini offer everything you need to scale up your chemical process with ease.
Groundbreaking Cyclone and Ring Baffle vessel technologies
Uniform heating and superior vessel geometry
Innovative, user-friendly design
The latest technology to improve productivity
Create the best system for your process
Contact us now to find out how Sakura and Sakura Mini can help you scale up your process with ease.
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Cyclone Vessel Technology
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Cyclone Vessel Technology
Cyclone Vessel Technology
Cyclone Vessel Technology
Cyclone Vessel Technology
Cyclone Vessel Technology
Cyclone Vessel Technology
Cyclone Vessel Technology
Cyclone Vessel Technology
Sakura and Sakura Mini double and triple wall vessels are engineered to the most exacting specifications, ensuring the highest level of thermal control for your process. Their superior vessel geometries and minimized oil jacket volume mean that you can rely on AGI Glassplant reactors to give you peak performance.
Sakura’s optional Ring Baffle Vessel Technology offers premier temperature control. This proprietary AGI Glassplant glassware features circular baffles within the oil jacket that induce uniform flow of the heat transfer fluid, enhancing thermal exchange between the jacket and the process. Our proprietary wall thickness optimization method further improves energy exchange and mechanical stability in the vessel.
Both Sakura and Sakura Mini double and triple wall vessels feature AGI Glassplant’s proprietary Cyclone Vessel Technology as standard. This novel vessel design induces cyclonic flow of heat transfer fluid, ensuring uniform heat distribution for improved process efficiency.
Sakura and Sakura Mini vessels feature small jacket sizes and enhanced vessel geometry that mimic glass-lined stainless steel industrial reactor vessels, making scaling your process as intuitive as possible.
Save time and labor with Sakura and Sakura Mini’s user-friendly design. Many tasks only require one user to complete, and modern design features make operating the reactors as simple as possible.
Liftless stirrer coupling eliminates the need to lift heavy stirrer motors above head height, for quicker and safer removal of the stirrer.
Vessel removal has been completely re-imagined, requiring less time and labor. The vessel or lid can stay in place while the other is removed, and a purpose-built trolley can be supplied to make maneuvering heavy vessels effortless.
Novel run-off design of the removeable bottom outlet valve helps to prevent the formation of deposits and allows thorough cleaning.
Torque-limited vessel clamps include intuitive indicators to protect your glassware from overtightening.
Maximize the functionality of your Sakura or Sakura Mini with AGI Glassplant’s extended range of ancillary glassware including condensers and distillation equipment, feed vessels, spray balls, collection vessels, and many more.
Sakura Mini features tool-free, quick vessel switch-out technology that lets you exchange vessels in under 30 minutes. The vessel or lid can remain in place when the other is removed, and a purpose-built trolley and oil-pipe holders make maneuvering and changing heavy vessels a single-user task.
Sakura and Sakura Mini offer a choice of three different stirrer: anchor, retreat curve impeller and our proprietary Molepaw design – giving you plenty of options when considering the mass flow patterns of your reactions.
The innovative wing-shape design of the Molepaw is suitable for the most challenging reactor conditions. It improves mixing times compared to conventional three-wing impeller/Bendleaf designs, and allows a minimum volume of as little as 3 % liquid.
Sakura and Sakura Mini integrate seamlessly with the AGI Glassplant Pilot Reactor Controller. The Pilot Reactor Controller oversees every stage of your process, giving you precise control, automation and replicability to streamline workflows and free up valuable time.
| Sakura | Sakura Mini | |
|---|---|---|
| Dimensions (w,h,d) | 880 mm, 2400 mm, 850 mm | 800 mm, 2200 mm, 800 mm |
| Frame | 304 stainless steel with brushed steel finish | Polyurethane splatter coated steel |
| Vessel Capacity | 50 L and 100 L | 10 L, 20 L, and 30 L |
| Vessel Type | Double and triple wall | Double and triple wall |
| Cyclone Vessel Technology | On all double and triple wall vessels | On all double and triple wall vessels |
| Ring Baffle Vessel Technology | Triple wall vessel upgrade | N/A |
| Stirrers |
Two-halve separable anchor or retreat curve impeller custom machined and coated Exclusive AGI Glassplant Molepaw, custom machined and coated |
Single piece Cowie anchor or retreat curve impeller, adjusted to suit Sakura Mini vessel geometry Exclusive, single piece AGI Glassplant Molepaw |
| Stirrer motors | Nord and Mitsubishi (region dependent) | IKA, Heidolph, CAT (region dependent) |
| Stirrer motor rpm | ~210 RPM | 500 RPM continuous / 800 RPM intermittent |
| Stirrer motor torque | 50 N/m | Up to 400 N/cm |
| Operating Pressure | Atmospheric | Atmospheric |
| Operating jacket pressure | 0.5 barG | 0.5 barG |
| Operating temperature | -90 to +230 °C | -90 to +230 °C |
| Dosing options | Manual (feed vessel 1 or 10 L) or automated with third-party pumps (peristaltic, etc.) | Manual (feed vessel 1 or 10 L) or automated with third-party pumps (peristaltic, etc.) |
| Bottom outlet valve | Removeable, with novel run-off design | Removeable, with novel run-off design |
| Ancillary glassware |
Feed vessel Condenser Reflux splitter Distillate cooler Collection vessels Spray balls Dropping funnels Vacuum ports |
Feed vessel Condenser Reflux splitter Distillate cooler Collection vessels |
| Automation | With AGI Glassplant Pilot Reactor Controller | With AGI Glassplant Pilot Reactor Controller |
Enquire now to find out how Sakura and Sakura Mini can help you scale up your process with ease.
ContactPart of the AGI Group, AGI Glassplant provides a solution for every stage of the chemical processing journey. We help various chemical sector clients and researchers to process and manufacture chemicals from lab to production scale. With over 70 years’ experience in producing some of the world’s most reliable engineered reactor systems, AGI Glassplant is bringing the next generation in reactor technology to chemists across the globe.