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6.4.
INSTRUCTIONS ON DRYING
The NC series steam sterilizers provide very good drying standards for sterilized items. Particularly
difficult drying tasks (e.g. double wrapping) can also be dried to very good standards with the help
of the supplementary drying function and the automatic pre-heating.
Load the sterilization bags vertically in order to have better drying results.
6.4.1.
DRYING IN STERILIZATION CONTAINERS
Steam is obtained by heating the water in the sterilizer. The steam transfers heat to the
instruments and sterilization container and warms these. This leads to steam condensing on the
instruments and containers (Figure 4). Some of the condensation drops to the bottom of the
sterilization container (Figure 5).
Figure 4 - Formation of condensation on the
sterilization container
Figure 5 - Formation of condensation on
sterilized objects
Figure 6 - Drying
After sterilization, during the drying phase, all
condensation must evaporate from the
sterilization container and from the sterilized
items. This is achieved by the transfer to the
condensate of heat stored in the walls of the
sterilization container and in the sterilized
items themselves. It is preferable that the
sterilization container be made of aluminum,
as this metal stores and conducts heat well,
ensuring faster drying than other materials.
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