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RET basic anodized

Reference 0020133787

RET basic anodized laboratory stirrer from IKA — AxiTech supports hospitals, clinics and laboratories with sales, installation, maintenance contracts, calibration, repair and spare parts for this equipment.

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At a glance

Reference
0020133787
Category
Shakers, Stirrers & Mixers

Overview

RET basic anodized The New Benchmark for Digitization, Laboratory Safety, and Efficiency The new IKA RET magnetic stirrer sets a new industry standard: As the smallest magnetic stirrer currently available with 800 W of heating power and a maximum temperature of 340°C, it combines uncompromising safety, exceptional durability, and maximum efficiency with intuitive and extremely simple operation. For seamless integration into networked laboratory infrastructures, the RET basic comes standard with Wi-Fi and LAN interfaces. This makes it ideal for digitization and documentation projects in which devices need to be centrally networked, monitored, controlled, or integrated into software solutions. Solid and compact design – manufactured to ensure process reliability The high IP54 protection rating and the solid die-cast aluminum housing reliably protect the device from liquids, corrosive vapors, and mechanical stress—ensuring trouble-free continuous operation even under harsh laboratory conditions. The compact design (only 160 x 200 x 100 mm) saves valuable space in the fume hood, fits on almost any laboratory lift platform, and enables flexible, parallel experimental setups. As a result

Maintenance contract — AxiTech provides planned preventive maintenance for RET basic anodized 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 RET basic anodized on site or in the workshop, fit genuine spare parts and recommission the equipment after performance verification.

Features

  • RET basic
  • PT 1000.60 Temperature sensor, stainless steel
  • H 80 Temperature sensor holder
  • IKAFLON® 30 Magnetic stirring bar
  • IKAFLON® 40 Magnetic stirring bar
  • Screwdriver

Technical specifications

Specifications
Timer
yes
Weight
2.3 kg
Voltage
220 - 230 V
Programs
optional (with IKA HUB)
Frequency
50/60 Hz
Heat output
800 W
Power input
820 W
Speed range
50 - 1700 rpm
Heat control
Control knob (Rotating / Pressing)
Maximum load
25 kg
Timer display
LED
USB interface
USB-C
WPAN interface
yes
WiFi Interface
yes
PH measurement
optional (with ETS-D7, PT wireless)
Motor principle
Brushless DC
RS 232 interface
yes
Speed adjustment
Control knob (Rotating / Pressing)
Temperature unit
°C
Intermittent mode
optional (with IKA HUB)
Time setting max.
5999 min
Time setting min.
1 s
Display resolution
0.1 K
Ethernet interface
yes
Motor rating output
9 W
Power input standby
0.45 W
Stirring bar length
20 - 80 mm
Direction of rotation
right
Set up plate material
Aluminum with ceramic coating
Dimensions (W x H x D)
160 x 100 x 200 mm
Setting accuracy speed
10 rpm
Set up plate dimensions
Ø 135 mm
Speed display set value
LED
Adjustable safety circuit
50 - 360 °C
Heating temperature range
Room temp. + device self heating - 340 °C
Temperature setting range
0 - 340 °C
Automatic reverse rotation
optional (with IKA HUB)
Sensor in medium detection
yes
Speed display actual value
LED
Viscosity trend measurement
optional (with IKA HUB)
Break detection stirring bar
optional (with IKA HUB)
Number of stirring positions
1
Permissible relative humidity
80 %
Temperature display set value
LED
Heating rate (1l H2O in H1500)
9 K/min
Permissible ambient temperature
5 - 40 °C
Temperature display actual value
LED
Temperature measure range PT1000
-20 - 340 °C
PT 1000 deviation;DIN EN 60751 Kl. A
≤ ± (0.15 +0.002xITI) K
Connection for ext. temperature sensor
PT1000, ETS-D5, ETS-D7, PT wireless
Temperature setting resolution of medium
0.1 K
Protection class according to DIN EN 60529
IP 54
Temperature setting resolution of heating plate
1 K
Operating temperature min. (with external cooling)
-20 °C
Stirring quantity max. per stirring position (H2O)
20 l
Speed deviation (no load,nominal voltage, at 1500rpm + 25 °C)
±2 %
Heat control accuracy of heating plate centre without vessel (at 100°C)
±5 K
Self heating of the set up plate by max. stirring (RT:22°C/duration:1h)
+15 K
Heat control accuracy with ETS D5 (500ml H2O in 600ml beaker,40mm stirring bar,600rpm,50°C)
±0.5 K
Heat control accuracy with ETS D7 (500ml H2O in 600ml beaker, 40mm stirring bar, 600rpm, 50°C)
±0.2 K
Heat control accuracy with ext. PT1000 (500ml H2O in 600ml beaker,40mm stirring bar,600rpm,50°C)
±0.5 K
Heat control accuracy with PT wireless (500ml H2O in 600ml beaker, 40mm stirring bar, 600rpm, 50°C)
±0.2 K
Service coverage

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

Maintenance contracts for RET basic anodized

AxiTech provides preventive maintenance contracts for RET basic anodized. 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 RET basic anodized

When RET basic anodized 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 RET basic anodized

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 RET basic anodized.

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 RET basic anodized 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 RET basic anodized

AxiTech supplies RET basic anodized 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 RET basic anodized

Yes. AxiTech services RET basic anodized, 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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