Seamless integration into automated environments
The BioProTT™ system from CPC Biotech redefines precise flow measurement by utilizing a versatile architecture composed of a non-invasive flow sensor, a specialized Clamp-On Transducer, and the electronic FlowTrack evaluation unit. This modular design ensures optimal integration into automated bioprocess environments via standard interfaces, like 4-20 mA and RS-232. Crucially, the Clamp-On Transducers attach directly to the exterior of flexible tubing, eliminating contact with the fluid, preserving cell viability by avoiding shear stress, and preventing process interruption. This reusable, economical approach significantly reduces the operational costs associated with disposables, requiring minimal cleaning, no pre-use calibration, and ensuring long-term reliability across both single-use and multi-use applications.
Process integrity
- Non-contact sensing: Eliminates fluid contact entirely, guaranteeing sterility and preventing shear stress or pressure drop
- Process continuity: Ensures the measurement process is non-interruptive, requiring no splicing of lines or disturbance to the fluid path
- Preserved cell viability: The absence of contact and shear stress is critical for protecting delicate cells and biological materials
Technical performance
- Real-time monitoring: Provides continuous and instantaneous monitoring of the volumetric flow rate via the integrated, highly visible display
- Robust IP rating: The unit is rated IP 65, making it dust-tight and protected against water spray for reliable operation in laboratory environments
- Totalizing capability: Includes a dedicated totalizing function to accurately track and report total dispensed volumes for batch processes
Flexible integration
- Digital and analog output: Offers versatile data transfer through both digital (RS-232) and analog (4-20 mA) interfaces for seamless connectivity to automated systems
- Adjustable calibration: Allows for linear adjustment of the pre-installed sensor calibration factor, enabling easy optimization for various tubing and media properties
Operational efficiency
- Economical reusability: Functions as a durable, multi-use system that significantly lowers long-term operational costs by eliminating the need for single-use sensor disposables
- Simplified setup: Requires no calibration prior to each use, allowing for rapid deployment and maximizing valuable process uptime
- Space-saving design: Features a compact, optimized benchtop design, making it perfectly suited for space-constrained laboratory and small-scale applications
Technical data
| Size (H x W x D) | 65 x 110 x 140 mm |
| Weight | 500 g |
| Housing material | aluminum |
| IP- code | IP 65 |
| Supply voltage | 24 V DC (± 10%) via power adapter or external supply |
| Power supply | wall power supply with connectors for EU, UK, US/JP, Australia, and IEC 60320 C8; others available upon request |
| Interface types | RS-232 / 4-20 mA analog: flow and received signal strength (RSS) |
| RS-232 cable | 9-pin D-Sub-socket (F) and USB adapter |
| Zeroing | Push button and digital interface |
| Adjustment and calibration | Adaptable with integrated calibration factor |
| Digital output | [0.1 Hz, 1 Hz, 10 Hz] |
Precise flow. Confident control.
To ensure reliable, non-invasive volumetric flow control and critical data transfer, the BioProTT™ FlowTrack SL is integral to numerous vital bioprocessing and laboratory applications:
- Flow measurement on flexible tubes
- Flow monitoring during chromatographies or filtrations on a laboratory scale
- Control of the upstream feed
- Fillings
- Evaluation and upscaling of processes
- Control of process equipment such as pumps or valves