The Balcan Mark 2 Ampoule, Small Bottle and Vial Crusher
Fitted with a unique adjustable breaking chamber, it allows this vial crusher
to accept, crush and empty a variety of glass containers from 1ml (8mm diameter)
A/S vials up to 100ml sizes.
Intended to handle containers, which, because of their contents, must not be
disposed of whole, the adjustable breaking chamber ensures that, once correctly
set, no vials will pass through unbroken. Nor will it become clogged or jammed
(particularly in the case of very small sizes) with plastic, rubber or metal closures.
The merit of this chamber is that once it is correctly set the minimum of effort
is required to crush everything. The crushing action does not pulverise the glass,
but instead breaks it into pieces from which liquid drains more cleanly and quickly.
In this way it ensures the minimum of aerosols are produced.
Once crushed, the debris, together with liquids, discharges into the drawer fitted
directly underneath and from where a spout allows liquids to be drained and collected
for separate disposal, in a suitable container within the cabinet.
The vial crusher is fitted with an eccentrically mounted roller that is oscillated
to give a crushing action during its forward sweep, when at the same time deforming
and passing over metal, plastic and rubber closures that cannot be broken. The
backward action then sweeps these, together with the crushed debris. There are
two models available for either manual or pneumatic operation.
The vial crusher can be supplied for bench mounting or complete with a stainless
steel trolley, the advantage of this being it ensures the crusher can be operated
at the most convenient height and allows it to be moved out of the way when not
in use, or from one user to another. It also makes the vial crusher self-contained,
because a drum for collection of liquids from the debris can be fitted in the
cabinet of the trolley, together with a receptacle for the glass.
Both vial crushers are comparatively compact and can be operated within fume
cabinets. The pneumatic model vial crusher can also be supplied so it can be remotely
controlled from outside a cabinet. |
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The Mk 2M complete with portable cabinet.
The pneumatic Mk 2P
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