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Dry Block Heater 1

Reference 0004025100

Dry Block Heater 1 laboratory stirrer from IKA — supplied, installed and commissioned by AxiTech, with preventive maintenance, calibration, troubleshooting, repair and genuine spare parts.

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At a glance

Reference
0004025100
Category
Shakers, Stirrers & Mixers

Overview

Dry Block Heater 1 Digital block heater for one aluminum block provides precise temperature control in small vessels. Included PT-1000 temperature sensor allows temperature control directly in the sample vessel. It is used with PCR tubes, PCR strips, Greiner tubes, microplates and cuvettes. The block heater is ideal for melting and boiling point determination, enzyme reactions, incubation and activation of cultures, immunoassays, DNA denaturation, culture media tests, coagulation tests, blood-urea-nitrogen determinations and in situ hybridizations. Stepless adjustable temperature up to 120 °C Timer: Countdown, adjustable from 1 min to 99h 59min Counter: Display of heating time Highly versatile with a large number of blocks Error code display Fixed safety circuit Acoustic signal at end of test Scope of delivery Dry Block Heater 1 Block remove tool PT 1000.60 Temperature sensor, stainless steel

Maintenance contract — AxiTech provides planned preventive maintenance for Dry Block Heater 1 from IKA: scheduled visits, safety checks, periodic calibration and a documented service report, backed by a contractual response time.

Troubleshooting, repair and spare parts — our shakers, stirrers & mixers engineers diagnose and repair Dry Block Heater 1 on site or in the workshop, fit genuine spare parts and recommission the equipment after performance verification.

Features

  • Stepless adjustable temperature up to 120 °C
  • Timer: Countdown, adjustable from 1 min to 99h 59min
  • Counter: Display of heating time
  • Highly versatile with a large number of blocks
  • Error code display
  • Fixed safety circuit
  • Acoustic signal at end of test
  • Dry Block Heater 1
  • Block remove tool
  • PT 1000.60 Temperature sensor, stainless steel

Technical specifications

Specifications
Timer
yes
Weight
1.342 kg
Voltage
220 - 240 V
Frequency
50/60 Hz
Heat output
165 W
Power input
165 W
Number of blocks
1
Time setting range
1 - 5999 min
Temperature display
yes
Fixed safety circuit
150 °C
Set up plate material
Aluminium alloy
Dimensions (W x H x D)
151 x 73 x 228 mm
Set up plate dimensions
96 x 76 mm
Heating temperature range
room temp. +5° - 120 °C
Permissible relative humidity
80 %
Permissible ambient temperature
5 - 40 °C
Temperature Homogenity @ 37°C *
0.2 K
Temperature Homogenity @ 60°C *
0.4 K
Adjustment and display resolution
1 K
* Measured in IKA DBH Testingblock
Refer Manual for more details
PT 1000 deviation;DIN EN 60751 Kl. A
≤ ± (0.15 +0.002xITI) K
Connection for ext. temperature sensor
CT (DIN12878)
Protection class according to DIN EN 60529
IP 21
Heatingrate / Heat up time with external sensor *
5 K/min
Temperature stability within the blocks at 37°C *
±0.2 °C
Temperature stability within the blocks at 60°C *
±0.4 °C
Service coverage

AxiTech maintains, repairs and supplies this equipment for hospitals, clinics, laboratories and imaging centres.

Maintenance contracts for Dry Block Heater 1

AxiTech provides preventive maintenance contracts for Dry Block Heater 1. Each contract fixes a schedule of planned visits in which our biomedical engineers inspect the equipment, replace wear parts before they fail, and verify that it still performs inside the manufacturer’s tolerances.

Every visit includes calibration and performance verification, and closes with a documented maintenance report you can present during an accreditation audit. Spare-parts availability and a guaranteed response time are written into the contract, so a breakdown never leaves a department waiting for an answer.

Plan at least one preventive maintenance visit per year, and a second visit for equipment in continuous or critical use.

  • Planned preventive maintenance visits at a fixed interval
  • Calibration and performance verification against the manufacturer’s specifications
  • A documented maintenance report after every intervention
  • Guaranteed availability of spare parts and consumables
  • A contractual response time when the equipment fails

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Planned preventive maintenance and calibration under contract

Troubleshooting and repair for Dry Block Heater 1

When Dry Block Heater 1 fails, our engineers start with a structured diagnostic: error codes, electrical and mechanical checks, and a functional test against the equipment’s own specification. That tells us whether the fault is a consumable, a worn part or a board-level failure before any part is ordered.

Straightforward faults are repaired on site so the department loses as little time as possible. Anything that needs a workbench, a full strip-down or a specialised spare part goes to our workshop and comes back only after a complete post-repair test and, where the equipment requires it, recalibration.

Faults we see most often on this type of equipment

The faults we see most often are worn moving parts, power-supply and control-board failures, sensors that have drifted out of tolerance, and fluid or air paths that have become blocked or contaminated.

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Diagnostics, corrective repair and spare parts in the workshop
Troubleshooting

How to troubleshoot Dry Block Heater 1

Work through these checks before you escalate. They are the same first-line sequence our biomedical engineers run on arrival, and they either clear the fault or narrow it down enough that the intervention starts with the right spare part in the van.

  1. Capture the fault before you touch anything: write down the exact error code or message, the serial number from the rating plate, what the operator was doing and whether the fault clears on a restart.

  2. Confirm the power supply end to end — wall outlet, mains lead, fuse and any UPS or stabiliser in between. A device that is intermittently dead has a supply fault far more often than an internal one.

  3. Check the consumables and wear parts — filters, seals, tubing, probes, batteries — and note when each was last replaced. Anything past its service interval is the first suspect.

  4. Reproduce the fault once, deliberately, and record the sequence: what the operator did, what the device displayed, and whether a full power cycle clears it.

  5. If the fault is still there, escalate with the evidence. Send AxiTech the model, serial number, error code and the checks you have already run, and an engineer will come back with a diagnosis, a repair quote and a spare-parts lead time for Dry Block Heater 1.

What to send us when you report the fault

  • Manufacturer, model and serial number, from the rating plate
  • The exact error code or message, and the screen it appears on
  • When the fault started, how often it occurs and what triggers it
  • A photograph of the display or of the fault, and the last maintenance report

If the fault survives all five steps, stop using Dry Block Heater 1 and open a repair request. Continuing to run equipment through a fault it cannot clear turns a component failure into a board-level one, and on devices used for diagnosis or therapy it puts the result — and the patient — in doubt.

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Buying and installing Dry Block Heater 1

AxiTech supplies Dry Block Heater 1 together with the accessories and consumables it needs to enter service. We handle importation, delivery and installation, then commission the equipment on site so that it is verified against its specification before the first patient or the first sample.

Installation is followed by training for the users and for your biomedical team, warranty registration, and — if you want it — a maintenance contract that takes over the day the warranty ends, so the equipment never spends a period without planned service.

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Delivery, installation, commissioning and user training
Questions we are asked

Frequently asked questions about IKA Dry Block Heater 1

Yes. AxiTech services Dry Block Heater 1, either under a maintenance contract or as a one-off intervention. Our biomedical engineers cover preventive maintenance, calibration, corrective repair and spare-parts supply for this equipment.

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