Infrared Vortex-Evaporator

Hettich CombiDancer Evaporator & Cold-Trap

Hettich CombiDancer Infrared Vortex-Evaporator with PoleStar Cold-Trap System (2005)

For sale is a complete Hettich CombiDancer high-speed evaporation system (Hettich AG, Switzerland) — a premium parallel evaporator for rapid, gentle, and reproducible solvent evaporation, from light volatile ethers to high-boiling solvents such as DMF and DMSO.
Decommissioned from a chemistry laboratory in fully functional condition with no known faults. Formally decontaminated (written certificate included). Never used in a biological or isotope environment.

Highlights
• Complete, ready-to-run system: CombiDancer + PoleStar cold-trap + diaphragm pump + rotary vane pump
• 3–10× faster than conventional rotary evaporators; no sample balancing, no rotating parts in the chamber
• Accepts large tubes, HPLC vials, Falcon tubes (15/50 ml), Eppendorf tubes, scintillation vials, microtiter/deep-well plates
• Three independent heating zones (halogen IR, compartment heater, heated shaker plate)
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• PoleStar freezes solvents to –45 °C; rotary vane pump reaches 0.01 mbar for high-boiling solvents
• Original paper manuals (CombiDancer & PoleStar) included


CombiDancer Specs
• Vacuum chamber: V4A stainless steel, Ø 360 × 180 mm
• Vortex: 200–1,000 rpm
• Temp: 20–80 °C
• Vacuum: DN25
• Gas fittings: 2× 6 mm Swagelok
• RS232 (VP, CT, PC)
• 230 VAC / 1,800 VA
• 765/930 × 695 × 470 mm / 78 kg

PoleStar Cold-Trap Specs
• Capacity: 3.3 L
• Cooling: –45 °C
• Vacuum: 0.01 mbar
• Vessel: aluminium FEP-coated
• Coil: V4A stainless steel
• 230 VAC / 660 VA
• 520 × 430 × 530 mm / ~45 kg

Pumps Included
• Vacuubrand PC2003 VARIO + CVC 2000 controller (oil-free diaphragm, auto vapor sensing)
• Vacuubrand RZ 6 (rotary vane, deep vacuum)

Scope of Delivery
• CombiDancer unit
• PoleStar cold-trap
• both vacuum pumps
• mobile cart
• original manuals
• decontamination certificate

Typical Applications
• Analytical chemistry / SPE
• combinatorial chemistry / HTS
• pharma R&D
• natural product & botanical extract workflows
• food, cosmetics & life sciences