Priorclave built our first industrial autoclave in 1988–and that sterilisation equipment is still running reliably, more than 35 years later. What’s our secret?

Thoughtful design.

Priorclave removes every complexity that might become the source of an equipment problem: fewer moving parts to seize up; fewer seals to break; fewer sensors to fail; a time-tested chamber design; a rugged, flexible, fully programmable computerised control system.

The result: less water wasted, less electricity consumed, less time spent on maintenance and repair, greater value at lower cost.

Priorclave Steam Sterilisers: the Best Autoclave for Educational or Research Laboratory

Many experts would have you believe that every autoclave needs a steam generator and a steam jacket. This can indeed be the case in high-throughput settings, like hospital central sterilising departments and pharmaceutical production. But more often than not these features are unnecessary—especially in research, educational, testing, and quality assurance labs. In these settings the higher part count that comes with independent steam generators and jacketed chambers drive up costs while hampering flexibility. The result is a more expensive, less efficient lab autoclave that spends more time offline for maintenance and repair.

Priorclave autoclave sterilisers are designed to help you spend more time and budget on your work, and less on your lab equipment. From the start, our sterilisers have been optimised for robust laboratory and industrial use: one to five cycles per day, with extremely flexible programming parameters, able to maintain reliable high-temperature operation for prolonged periods without sacrificing on daily utility. Priorclaves are especially well suited to daily media preparation and waste loads, lab glassware sterilisation, quality assurance, and destruction/shelf-life testing.

Priorclave steam sterilisers are uniquely durable and reliable for research.

They last longer, are more easily repaired, and are infrequently offline for maintenance and repair. We pay attention to details—like standard seals and components, hinged (rather than sliding) doors, and cross-contamination fighting Biomaster coatings—that increase ease-of-maintenance and durability.
Priorclave laboratory autoclaves are especially efficient.

When the University of Alabama at Birmingham compared their steam-jacketed auotclaves and non-jacketed Priorclaves side by side, they found that jacketed autoclaves used in excess of 30 times more water—with no corresponding benefit. In the field, Priorclave autoclave operating costs have been documented at more than 80% lower than operating costs for same-capacity, same-capability jacketed autoclaves.

Priorclave industrial autoclaves are flexible.

Because Priorclaves were designed for general lab and industrial use globally—not narrow medical applications in a specific region—they have an extremely open design and control system. This has proven very useful for research and development, accelerated aging, and labs around the world doing innovative work for which “off-the-shelf” tools have yet to be built.

Priorclave steam sterilisers use a programmable control system to reduce human error.

Every model—from the smallest benchtop to the largest custom pass-through—comes with the same robust programmable control system. Tactrol Custom Control makes it simple to create custom cycles that still permit for a one-button start. With multiple levels of user access and options for separate lab tech and intern/student programs, Tactrol allows for all kinds of laboratory use.

Priorclave stands by our autoclave sterilisers.

Our industrial autoclaves are covered by some of the most supportive and comprehensive warranty and service agreements in the world. We maintain a global network of exclusive, factory-trained distributors, supporting our autoclaves. Our exclusive distributors maintain local offices and teams in dozens of countries, including Belgium, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Greece, Ireland, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Romania, the Slovak Republic, and elsewhere. In the European Union Priorclave autoclave sales and service are primarily handled by VWR International, an internationally recognised provider of integrated, tailored solutions for the life sciences, biotechnology, education, electronics, and pharmaceutical sectors.