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Horizontal Autoclave

Product Overview

The Dental Horizontal Autoclave is a high-performance, front-loading Class B steam sterilizer engineered specifically for dental clinics, dental laboratories, and oral surgery centers. Designed for rapid, reliable cycle processing, this system handles wrapped and unwrapped dental handpieces, solid instruments, hollow devices, surgical trays, and porous materials.
Built to meet strict international medical standards (including EN 13060 Class B criteria), the unit integrates an advanced fractional pre-vacuum system with precision electronic controls. It ensures complete air removal from complex internal lumens of dental handpieces, guaranteeing absolute sterility assurance prior to patient use.
Compact yet high-capacity footprints match modern dental clinic sterilization room (CSSD/steri-room) workflows, optimizing space while maintaining clinical-grade safety and efficiency.

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Automatically controlled the sterilizing process, easy to operate.
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Working Principle / Process

The sterilization mechanism utilizes saturated steam under controlled pressure and temperature conditions, driven by a fractional pre-vacuum cycle to ensure deep steam penetration into narrow lumens and complex handpiece channels:

Fractional Pre-Vacuum Phase:

A high-efficiency vacuum pump executes multiple deep vacuum pulses combined with steam injections, completely extracting trapped air from hollow dental instruments and porous pouches.

Heating and Sterilization:

Pure steam enters the chamber, rapidly elevating temperatures to clinical setpoints (typically 134°C for 3.5 to 4 minutes or 121°C for 15 minutes) under corresponding pressures (0.21 to 0.23 MPa).

Exposure / Holding Time:

Maintains precise temperature stability throughout the holding period to ensure complete inactivation of vegetative bacteria, spores, and bloodborne pathogens (HIV, Hepatitis B/C, Prions).

Vacuum Drying Phase:

Utilizes a post-sterilization deep vacuum cycle combined with chamber jacket or heater-assisted drying, ensuring instruments and sterilization pouches emerge completely dry and sterile upon cycle completion.

EQUIPMENT STRUCTURE & CONFIGURATION

Chamber Construction:
Seamless, heavy-duty chamber fabricated from AISI 304 or 316L stainless steel via one-piece high-precision molding, preventing corrosion and ensuring long-term structural integrity under thermal stress.

Vacuum System:
High-performance quiet vacuum pump ensuring deep negative pressure extraction for Class B hollow instrument compliance.

Door and Safety Interlock:
Ergonomic front-loading door featuring a mechanical and pressure-actuated double safety lock. Prevents accidental door opening while chamber pressure or temperature exceeds safe operational thresholds.

Control and Display Unit:
Microprocessor-controlled system featuring an intuitive LED or color touch-screen HMI. Displays real-time cycle parameters (temperature, pressure, phase status) and stores complete sterilization logs.

KEY FEATURES

Class B Fractional Vacuum Performance: Exceeds standard gravity cycles by completely eliminating air pockets, making it ideal for wrapped contra-angle handpieces, turbine handpieces, and surgical cassettes.

Dedicated Dental Programs: Includes pre-programmed cycles for unwrapped tools, wrapped packs, heavy porous materials, liquid media, and specialized Bowie & Dick / Helix test routines for daily routine quality control.

Built-in Water Quality Monitoring: Integrated purity sensors monitor feed water conductivity, preventing scaling and protecting internal heating elements from premature failure.

Advanced Safety Protection: Features auto-exhaust pressure relief, over-temperature protection, low water level warnings, and door seal failure alerts.

Traceability & Data Logging: Equipped with a built-in thermal printer and USB port (or optional Ethernet connection) for effortless digital cycle record-keeping required by health authorities.

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Parameter / Specification	Compact Dental Model (22L)	Mid-Size Dental Model (45L)	Large Dental Lab Model (80L)
Chamber Volume	22 Liters	45 Liters	80 Liters
Chamber Dimensions (Diameter x Depth)	247 mm x 450 mm	320 mm x 550 mm	400 mm x 600 mm
Sterilization Class	Class B (EN 13060 Compliant)	Class B (EN 13060 Compliant)	Class B (EN 13060 Compliant)
Operating Temperature	121°C / 134°C	121°C / 134°C	121°C / 134°C
Standard Cycles	Handpieces, Wrapped, Unwrapped, Bowie & Dick, Helix, Vacuum Test	Handpieces, Wrapped, Unwrapped, Bowie & Dick, Helix, Vacuum Test	Handpieces, Wrapped, Unwrapped, Bowie & Dick, Helix, Vacuum Test
Control System	Digital Microprocessor + LED / Touch Display	Digital Microprocessor + Touch HMI	Digital Microprocessor + Touch HMI
Water Reservoir	Built-in clean/waste water tanks (Auto-fill optional)	Built-in / External hookup option	Plumbed facility connection option
Electrical Power Supply	220V/110V, 50/60Hz	220V, 50/60Hz	380V / 220V, 50/60Hz
Data Export	USB / Thermal Printer	USB / Thermal Printer / Ethernet	USB / Thermal Printer / Ethernet

APPLICATIONS

Dental Clinics & General Practice:

Rapid, safe sterilization of routine dental handpieces, mirrors, scalers, and examination instruments between back-to-back patients.

Oral Surgery & Implantology Centers:

High-assurance sterilization of surgical kits, implant trays, bone-grafting instruments, and multi-layered wrapped surgical cassettes.

Dental Laboratories:

Sterilization of dental impressions, prosthetics, wax-up models, dentures, and lab equipment prior to clinical delivery.

Dental School Teaching Hospitals:

High-throughput processing for clinical training wards requiring robust, heavy-duty daily operation.

MANUFACTURING & QUALITY CONTROL

Regulatory Compliance: Manufactured under strict medical device quality management systems complying with ISO 13485 and CE Certification (MDD / MDR) standards.

Rigorously Tested: Every autoclave undergoes multi-stage factory testing including electrical safety insulation checks, vacuum retention leak tests, and temperature calibration runs.

Material Integrity: Constructed with medical-grade stainless steel and high-temp silicone seals designed to resist heavy daily chemical disinfection and continuous thermal cycling.

CUSTOMIZATION & OEM

Branding & Private Label:

Customized exterior casing colors, logo placement on touch screens, and customized startup UI screens for regional dental equipment distributors.

Water Supply Integration:

Options for internal manual water-filling tanks or automatic direct-plumbing connections to a reverse osmosis (RO) water purification system.

Accessory Packages:

Supplied with stainless steel instrument trays, tray holders, extraction handles, and cleaning maintenance kits.

FAQ

Q: Is this autoclave certified as a Class B sterilizer for hollow dental handpieces?

A: Yes. This unit is fully engineered to meet EN 13060 Class B standards, utilizing fractional pre-vacuum pulses to ensure steam penetrates even the narrowest internal channels of high and low-speed dental handpieces.

Q: Does it require a dedicated plumbing line, or does it use manual water filling?

A: It offers flexible options. Smaller models (like 22L) feature built-in independent clean and wastewater reservoirs for easy top-loading of distilled or RO water, while larger models can be hard-plumbed directly to your clinic's water purification system and drain.

Q: What testing cycles are built into the system for daily clinic compliance?

A: The control menu includes built-in routine testing programs, such as the Bowie & Dick test for steam penetration, the Helix test for hollow load validation, and a Vacuum Leak Test for routine seal monitoring.

Q: How long does a standard handpiece or wrapped instrument cycle take?

A: Cycle times vary depending on the load and program selected, but a typical fast wrapped Class B cycle at 134°C takes approximately 30 to 45 minutes, including the vacuum drying phase.

Q: What power supply is required for clinic installation?

A: Standard compact dental models operate on regular clinic power (220V/110V, 50/60Hz single-phase), requiring no heavy industrial wiring. Larger capacity models can be configured according to your facility's electrical grid specifications.

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