Fitotron®
Controlled Environments for Plant Research
Fitotron® Product Portfolio
Fitotron® Standard Growth Chamber SGC 120
¬ Design concept
• Low cost, entry level ,fully specified chamber
¬ Flexible design
• Covers a wide range of applications and budgets
¬ Future-proof
• Allows users to change chamber configuration to suit different areas of research
¬ Unique
• No other manufacturer offers an equivalent product
¬ Advanced progrmmer and security functions
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Features & Advantages
¬ Versatile with a wide range of applications
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Plant Growth
Arabidopsis
Tissue Culture
Seed Storage and Germination
Insect Incubation
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Fitotron® SGC 120 - One Chamber, Seven Applications
W 1440mm
D 810mm
H 1975mm
Humidification
35 to 80%RH
Optional
Constant
Temperature
Arabidopsis
Plant Growth
Insect
Incubation
Tissue
Culture
Seed
Germination
5 levels
-2 to 40°C
3 levels
-2 to 40°C
Up to 5 levels
-2 to 40°C
Up to 5 levels
-2 to 40°C
4 levels
-2 to 40°C
5 levels
-2 to 40°C
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Seed
Storage
5 levels
+4°C
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Fitotron® SGC 120 - Five Alternative Lighting Configurations
W 1440mm
D 810mm
H 1975mm
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1 level
2 levels
3 levels
4 levels
5 levels
620 µmol m-2s-1
in 150mm
290 µmol m-2s-1
in 150mm
170 µmol m-2s-1
in 150mm
140 µmol m-2s-1
in 150mm
100 µmol m-2s-1
in 150mm
Per level
12x 36W
Per level
6x 36W
Per level
4x 36W
Per level
3x 36W
Per level
2x 36W
Growth height
1275mm
Growth height
600mm
Growth height
400mm
Growth height
250mm
Growth height
200mm
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Designed for Adapatbility
¬ Can be easily modified by user to
meet many different applications
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Remove lamp trays
Add lamp trays
Re-position lamp trays
No specialist skill or tools required
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Supplied ready to use
Energy-efficient dimmable lighting
Ultrasonic humidification
Touch Screen Controller
Range of ‛plug and play’ user
changeable options
• Minimal footprint
• LED Lighting available as an option
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Fitotron® Customer Needs
Fitotron® SGC 120 User-friendly Features
Individual light regulators for
each shelf
Two Lockable doors for added
security
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Shelf locking system
Independent high and low
temperature sample protection
Rear positioned Ethernet
communication port
‛Quick releaseʼ drain connectors
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Features and advantages
¬ Design maximised for ease of installation
• Plug & Play
• Minimal disruption to customer
• Just connect power & humidification water supply
¬ A total solution, the SGC includes as standard
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Humidity system independent of compressed air supply
De-humidification
Lockable doors for security of experiment
Fitted with lockable casters for ease & safety of movement
USB port for data logging
Ethernet port for connection to data logging
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Climatic Control
¬ Controlled humidity offered as standard - active dehumidification
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Ensuring plants are not exposed to pathogens such as mildew or fungal infections
Plants are not exposed to stress caused by unwanted high levels of humidity
Control independent of ambient conditions
Uncontrolled high humidity not possible avoiding saturation
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Humidity generation
¬ Humidity is generated by the high frequency atomiser
• Very low power
• Injected directly into the air conditioning unit to ensure even spread
across the chamber
• Injected at ambient temperature of room ensuring no extra heat is
added to the chamber
• Low water usage
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Ultrasonic Humidification
¬ High Frequency oscillation of
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water 1.65 MHz
Water droplets < 1 micron Ø –
cool ‛fogʼ
Delivers a maximum of 400cc
water per hour
• Benefits
– Instant response
– Low energy usage (40 VA)
– Long life transducers
– No heat input
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Fitotron® SGC 120 Specification
¬ Refrigeration
• CFC-free, R134a, hermetic DX
• Modulated capacity control
¬ Construction
• Stainless steel inside, coated steel
outside, PU foam insulation
¬ Lighting
• High Frequency fluorescent
• Dimmable electronic ballasts
¬ Humidification
• Ultrasonic atomiser, low energy
with auto drain-down
¬ Control
• Colour Touch Screen
• Individual shelf level control with
24hr photoperiod
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Humidifier (optional)
Main power switch
USB data port
Refrigeration system and
Air Handling Unit
Touch Screen
Controller
Safety thermostat
Lockable doors
Individually adjustable
irradiation level
Double-wing doors
with magnetic seals
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Adjustable/removable
vented shelves with
thermal barrier
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Castors with locks
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Optional Irradiation Units... User Decides
¬ Overhead lighting for maximum
uniformity, modules include
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12 x 36W lamps = 620 µmol m-2s-1
6 x 36W lamps = 290 µmol m-2s-1
4 x 36W lamps = 170 µmol m-2s-1
3 x 36W lamps = 140 µmol m-2s-1
2 x 36W lamps = 100 µmol m-2s-1
Weiss Technik UK - Fitduct Range
# Maximum of 12 lamps permitted
# Interchangeable with different lamp types
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Fitotron® SGC 120 Adaptability
For example
¬ Plant Growth
• Large plants
– Up to 1.3m growing height
– Up to 620 µmol m-2s-1
Or
¬ Small plants
• Multi-tier to suit species
• Arabidopsis
¬Same Chamber – different applications
using different lamp
positions
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Fitotron® SGC 120 S!MPAC Controller
¬ Colour Touch Panel allows a wide
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range of user-frienldy programmable
options
Temperature and humidity conditions
can be set at the touch of the screen in
addition to ‚day/nightʼ timings
Graphical representation of chamber
conditions
Automatic alerts
Integrated WebServer – PC or PDA
Steady-state manual operation
Front panel USB data port
RJ45 Ethernet connection for remote
PC operation
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Production LED Lamp Tray
¬ Using 6 off Philips LED Production Modules
¬ Interchangeable with standard flourescent
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lighting lamp trays
Contains three invididual wavelength LED’s
• Blue - 470nm
• Red – 660nm
• Far Red – 740nm
Maximum Intensity
approx.
320 µmol.m-2.s-1
Non dimmable
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Research LED Lamp Tray
¬ Using Philips LED Research Modules
¬ Contains three invididual wavelength LED’s
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• Blue - 470nm
• Red – 660nm
• Far Red – 740nm
Each colour can be individually dimmed
Maximum Intensity:
• Directly under far red module 11 μmol.m-2.s-1
• Directly under red module 177 μmol.m-2.s-1
• Directly under blue 200 μmol.m-2.s-1
• Centre of chamber 281 μmol.m-2.s-1
Mainly for research
Allows for better understanding of plant responses to
different wavelenghs and spectra
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Available Options
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CO2 Control
Wire shelves
Air dryer for dry environment work (seed storage)
Water cooled option
High ambient temperature
External Power socket
Access ports
LED Lighting
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