Top of the Blocks – DrySyn Sales Hit 20,000

Asynt Ltd of Cambridge have announced that over 20,000 of their DrySyn™ laboratory heating and cooling blocks have been supplied world wide in just three years. Used in combination with a standard hotplate or chiller, these blocks conveniently replace dangerous oil baths and messy ice baths in the chemistry laboratory.

"One pharmaceutical company alone has 600 systems” said Asynt’s Martyn Fordham. “That kind of loyalty only comes if your product does what the customer wants and you maintain your quality and service."

Since the DrySyn Classic was introduced in 2004, the range has expanded to cover a wide variety of applications in synthetic chemistry and similar fields. Systems are available for heating (to 300ºC) or cooling (to -30ºC) single or multiple reaction vessels with volumes from 1ml to 5000ml. They are fully compatible with magnetic stirring, or the novel DrySyn Vortex Overhead Stirrer System can provide powerful directly driven stirring for up to 3 flasks.

Apart from the obvious safety benefits, DrySyn heating blocks offer heating performance equivalent to or better than oil baths, a smaller footprint and excellent reaction visibility. The DrySyn Cool models, used with a standard laboratory chiller, were shown in independent tests to give better temperature control, faster cooling and better ability to cope with exotherms than a conventional ice bath.

The original DrySyn was developed in collaboration with chemists within the European pharmaceutical industry. Following that the DrySyn MULTI concept was developed with the help of the Department of Chemistry at Cambridge University. "Listening and talking to chemists during the design process helped us provide what the chemists needed," said Fordham. "Working with a major ISO certified glassware manufacturer as well ensured that we engineered the product to match the exacting specifications of the labware itself."