Description
Features
- Wide range of options with volumes from 2-10 L.
- Intelligent sensors
- Wireless connection
- Easyload pumps
- Aeration module conveniently located
- Ideal for microbial fermentation as well as animal, plant and insect cell cultivation
- Process development and optimisation
- Scale up/down studies
- Basic research
- Available as a jacketed or single walled vessel
Single & parallel autoclavable stirred mini-fermenter/bioreactor
The Solaris Jupiter can be used for; process development and optimisation, education, basic research, scale-up and scale-down studies and small production.
Solaris Jupiter features & benefits
- 5 different volumes (2 L, 4 L, 6.5 L, 10 L) and 2 different ratios H/D.
- Jacketed and single-wall borosilicate glass vessel designs available for all volumes.
- Microbial (Toro sparger, Rushton impellers, baffles) and cell cultures (Sintered sparger, Marine impellers, baffles caps) configurations available.
- Wide range of measurement and control options, including temperature, pH, dO 2 , dCO 2 , redox, antifoam, level, conductivity, weight, cell density (total cells, viable cells).
- Modbus digital sensors reduce background noise and guarantee quick response time.
- Suitable for batch, fed-batch and continuous processes.
- Powerful and accurate (1 RPM) brushless motor.
- Optional integration of up to 4 analog input/output connections, choosing between 0-10 V and 0-20 mA/4-20 mA (e.g. pumps or valves with power supply independent from Solaris electrical cabinet).
- Different gas mixing strategies with up to 5 TMFC and/or solenoid valves.
- Jacketed design: fully removable and cleanable glass jacket for improved heat transfer during autoclaving.
- Single-wall design: thermoregulation performed with heating blanket and cooling finger.
- Pressure control up to 1.6 bar (with constant gas-in and gas-out flux) available in the 2 and 4 L volumes with jacketed design.
Solaris Jupiter software:
- Innovative SCADA software LEONARDO 3.0: a smart and user-friendly controller designed to provide a high level of automated management of the fermentation/cultivation processes.
- Full version included in the equipment supply.
- Up to 24 units managed in parallel with a unique HMI (24”).
- Data extraction in .csv format.
- Remote access via PC, tablet or smartphone, with QR code scanning or dedicated portal.
- Remote control for after sale assistance.
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Leonardo: Supervisory Control Software
Leonardo is the Process Control System (PCS) software installed across the full Solaris product range, including benchtop bioreactors and fermenters, pilot and industrial systems, and tangential flow filtration (TFF) platforms. Using a common software environment across all scales helps simplify training, day-to-day operation, and process scale-up.
The software is web-based and supplied on a 24” all-in-one touchscreen interface running a Linux operating system. Leonardo communicates with one or more Siemens PLCs to control, monitor, and record all relevant process parameters throughout cultivation or filtration runs.
Real-time process data is displayed clearly to the user, providing immediate visibility of key operating conditions and system performance. Historical data logging, trend analysis, and process records are also available to support development work, optimisation, and batch traceability.
Leonardo is designed to be intuitive and easy to navigate. Pages are clearly structured around their relevant functions, allowing users to access controls, trends, recipes, calibration tools, and alarms efficiently. An integrated context-help manual is included within the software, explaining the purpose of each on-screen function and helping new users become confident quickly.
The result is a powerful yet user-friendly control platform that supports both routine operation and advanced process development, while maintaining a consistent user experience from benchtop scale through to production systems.
LEM_1 Automation Platform
LEM_1 is Solaris’ advanced Process Control System (PCS) for benchtop bioreactors and fermenters from 200 mL to 20 L, developed to deliver reliable automation, efficient operation, and straightforward scalability. It is integrated across Solaris benchtop platforms including IO, Jupiter, and Genesis, providing a consistent control environment across multiple systems.
Its compact, stackable cabinet design helps maximise valuable laboratory space while housing all core automation functions within a single, organised platform.
Key features include:
- Siemens S7 PLC-based control for stable communication, dependable performance, and simple integration of external accessories or future expansions.
- Leonardo 3.2 software operated through a 24” touchscreen interface, capable of managing up to 24 parallel processes from one control station.
- Modbus communication protocol for fast, accurate data acquisition with reduced signal noise and dependable sensor integration.
- Integrated Watson-Marlow pumps with software-assignable functions for feeds, acid/base dosing, antifoam, and other process requirements.
- Service-friendly design, including rear-facing utility connections and a sliding access panel for easier installation, maintenance, and routine servicing.
LEM_1 provides a robust and user-friendly automation platform that simplifies day-to-day operation while giving users the control and flexibility required for modern bioprocess development.
More on Solaris
Solaris Biotech benchtop fermenters and bioreactors offer efficient platforms for R&D and product development applications. Their broad range of products are flexible and easy to use, ensuring there is always a solution specific to your needs and requirements – from research scale of a few hundred ml up to cGMP production of > 2000L.
Benefits include compact and user friendly designs, parallel software platform, up-to-date and open communication protocols.
The product range is used in universities, schools and research centres, as well as in pharma, nutraceutical, cosmeceutical, chemical, agricultural, and food and beverage industries, not to mention bioplastics and biofuels applications.
Solaris Tangential Flow Filtration (TFF) systems, fully automated within the Kronos product line, combine industrial elements and a compact design. For larger scale TFF applications open to customisation, consider the Tytan platform.
