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INHECO Thermoshake
The INHECO Thermoshake heats, cools and shakes a plate in one module. Revolution does not address it directly — it goes through an INHECO TEC Control unit, which is both the controller and the power supply for the modules attached to it.
At a glance
Section titled “At a glance”| Temperature range | 4 °C to 70 °C |
| Uniformity and accuracy | 0.3 K |
| Heating rate | 9 °C per minute (20 °C to 68 °C in 300 s) |
| Cooling rate | 6 °C per minute (70 °C to 25 °C in 450 s) |
| Shaking (Thermoshake AC) | Up to 3000 rpm, loads up to 1 kg |
| Revolution control | Shake with explicit parameters, or shake with configured defaults |
Specifications
Section titled “Specifications”The temperature and shaking figures in “At a glance” above are what INHECO publishes for Thermoshake modules driven through a TEC Control unit. Several Thermoshake variants exist — Classic, AC and AC LC — so confirm which module your system carries before relying on a figure above; the shaking figure in particular applies to the Thermoshake AC.
The TEC Control unit
Section titled “The TEC Control unit”This is the part that shapes how the device is configured. INHECO’s Multi TEC Control unit:
- Controls up to 6 INHECO devices in parallel
- Combines power supply and controller in one unit
- Controls temperature and shaking, and measures ambient temperature and humidity
- Can be operated manually from its touchscreen, or over USB in an automated system
- Allows programming of complex temperature and shaking sequences in its own software
Because one controller serves up to six modules, a Revolution device identifies which controller and which slot on it:
| Property | Purpose |
|---|---|
| TEC Control Unit Id (DIP Switches) | Which controller, as set by the DIP switches on the unit itself |
| TEC Control Slot Id | Which slot on that controller the module is attached to |
| DefaultTemperature | Temperature used by the defaults operation |
| DefaultShakeRPM | Shaking speed used by the defaults operation |
| DefaultShakeDuration | Duration used by the defaults operation |
| DefaultShakeShape | Shaking shape used by the defaults operation |
The unit ID is set in hardware, on the controller. If it is changed on the unit and not in the device configuration, Revolution will address a controller that is not there — or worse, the wrong one. Check both together.
Supported methods
Section titled “Supported methods”- Shake — shake with explicit parameters
- Shake with default parameters — shake using the configured defaults above
The defaults exist so a routine step does not have to restate the same four values every time it appears in a method. Where a step is genuinely assay-specific, pass the parameters explicitly instead — a schedule that silently depends on a configured default is harder to reason about when the default changes.
Integration
Section titled “Integration”Revolution reaches the module through the TEC Control unit, which connects to the host over USB.
Prerequisites
Section titled “Prerequisites”- The TEC Control unit must be connected and powered, with the module attached to a known slot.
- The unit’s DIP-switch ID must match the configured TEC Control Unit Id.
- Confirm which physical slot holds which module before running a method against it.
If you need more of this instrument driven from a schedule, get in touch — the driver is extended on demand.