Research & Development
A laboratory does not buy a vessel for one process — it buys one it can keep reconfiguring. That is why most R&D work here starts with a transparent body: being able to watch the fluid is worth more than any instrument reading when nobody yet knows what the process does.
What labs use them for
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Articles and technical notes from SR-TEK's work in research & development.
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Just under half of the world’s transparent pressure vessels are now being used in research, development, and testing. Built to withstand and exert extreme temperatures and pressures, with…
September 9, 2021
Although the original purpose of the SR TEK transparent pressure vessels was to support the management of fluids on production lines, but in recent years, SR TEK has seen an increase in…
Laboratory range
Every one of these can be customised — extra ports, graduations, a liner or level sensing — without changing the certified body.
| CT Series | Transparent acrylic or toughened glass, 0.5–10 litres, up to 4 bar. The default when the process has to be watched. |
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| ST Series | 316 stainless steel, 1–50 litres, up to 6.9 bar. For solvents and anything the cylinder materials will not take. |
R&D FAQ
Research
| Pressure reactor | 1–2 litres, −1 to 15 bar, 304 or 316. For reactions that need vacuum and pressure in the same rig. |
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| STDC Series | 1–5 litres with a temperature control jacket, for processes that only behave in a narrow band. |
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| Custom | A rig drawn around the experiment — see the custom vessels page for six that were. |
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Most start with a CT Series transparent vessel between 0.5 and 5 litres: small enough for a bench, rated to 4 bar, and you can see what the fluid is doing. If the process involves solvents the cylinder will not take, the same sizes exist in the 316 stainless ST Series.
That is the whole point of the CT Series. The cylinder is clear acrylic or toughened glass in a stainless frame, so levels, separation, bubbles and mixing are visible while the vessel is under pressure — not inferred afterwards from a gauge.
Yes, and a single prototype is a normal order rather than an exception. Several of the builds on our custom vessels page were one-offs for university and research-lab rigs.
If the rig does not exist yet, describe what it has to do. That is usually enough to start drawing.
