MPA100 MELTING POINT APPARATUS

  
• Automatic and visual determination
• PID-controlled temperature ramping
• Digital movie of each melt
• Computer control 
• Conforms to Pharmacopeia & GLP
• Printer output
Operation
| Temperature display | Melting point and melting point range | 
| Start temp. range | (Ambient + 10 °C) to 396 °C, 0 °C min. set point | 
| Stop temp. range | (Start temperature + 4 °C) to 400 °C | 
| Temperature resolution | 0.1 °C | 
| Ramp rate | 0.1 °C to 20 °C per minute (0.1 °C increments) | 
| Heat-up time | ~10 minutes (50 °C to 350 °C) | 
| Cool-down time | ~10 minutes (350 °C to 50 °C) | 
| Temperature accuracy | ±0.3 °C (up to 100 °C) ±0.5 °C (up to 250 °C) ±0.8 °C (up to 400 °C) | 
| Reproducibility | 0.2 °C | 
| Temperature sensor | Pt RTD (built-in) | 
| Oven control | Closed-loop PID | 
| General | |
| Display | Back-lit, touchscreen LCD (5.8") | 
| Printer interface | RS-232 serial port. Supports Epson compatible dot-matrix printers. | 
| Computer interface | USB. All instrument functions can be queried and controlled through a high-level command set. | 
| Capillaries | |
| Dimensions | 1.4 mm to 2.0 mm outside dia., 100 mm length | 
| Capacity | Up to 3 tubes simultaneously | 
| Fill height | 2 mm to 3 mm | 
| Power | 90 to 264 VAC, 47 to 63 Hz, 125 W | 
| Operating temperature | 0 °C to 40 °C, non-condensing | 
| Weight | 9 lbs. | 
| Dimensions | 7.5" × 10" × 8.5" (WHL) |