Control of one Single-Use-Pump cell

Single channel Drive Unit for one Clio Air-Operated-Diaphragm-Positive-Displacement (AODPD) Single-Use-Pump (SUP) cell

Product, model name

Clotho-1

Purpose

Single SUP drive

Supply gas pressure (dry air)

2 - 5 Bar atmospheric

Supply gas vacuum 

<0.05 Bar absolute

Power supply

24 VDC, >1 amp

Hephaestus cabinet size

U2

Weight, kilo

4.5

Design

Clotho-1 is a compact Drive Unit supporting the Clio type of Single-Use-Pump cells.

Clio is a unique stand-alone Air-Operated-Diaphragm-Positive-Displacement (AODPD) Single-Use-Pump (SUP) cell. The Clio family is remarkable as there is no need for expensive external mass-flow sensor's. No need for tools exchange of the SUP cell. No need for bulky pump heads and sensor's. No nano size silicone particles polluting the liquid. No need for calibration. Check out more around the wild features.

Driving Clio SUP's requires pressure above and vacuum below atmospheric pressure controlled by Clotho. The SUP drive gas pressure is continuously adjusted via a set of proportional valves inside Atropos. Intelligent microprocessor in the Apollon PLC with advanced PID algorithms get information from Laser and pressure sensor's.

Left: Clotho-1 in U2 Hephaestus Stainless Steel cabinet as rendered picture. Middle: The Atropos-1 unit as delivered with one laser sensor. Right; Typical setup with one Alagonia for vacuum (or even two Alagonia pumps for vacuum and pressure) and one Sarpedon reservoir.

Specification

When Clotho is connected to gas supply from both a pressure and vacuum source with sufficient capacity, then the spec is:

  • Drive of one Clio SUP cell
  • Pumped volume (Cardiac Output) according to stroke length and cell size
  • Stroke length, %: few to 100 
  • Atropos will inform about fluid velocity according to a specified diameter, m/s: 0.1 – 15

O-SUP cell size, model

Clio CM80

Clio CM100

Stroke Volume, SV, mL/stroke

1 - 45

1 - 200

Cardiac Output, max CO, mL/min

 900

 3,000


Supply gas is defined as: 1 - "Supply gas pressure" and; 2 - "Supply gas vacuum". Sufficient supply is when the volume (measure in "normal liter/min") of both pneumatic pressure and vacuum quality is 1-2 times the planned CO in "nl" at specified pressures. 

Suitable supply gas pump's, also in Hephaestus cabinet's are Alagonia. Check also out the Sarpedon reservoir stabilizing pressure/vacuum and reduce pulsation when several Clio SUPs operate on the same source of supply gas. 

Clotho can off course be driven by in lab installed pressurized air and sufficient vacuum.

Communication

  • Internal 5” touch sensitive TFT display or external to PADs or smartPhones via Wi-Fi for programming and info from the built-in webserver
  • USB port for USB adapter/Wi-Fi connection 
  • RJ45 for IP/TCP via LAN and ModBus and OPC-UA communication
  • 24 VDC inlet via one Buccaneer 3 pole connector
  • Laser class 2 sensor, 650 nm wavelength, <1,2 milli Watt power, IP67

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