Blood Chain

Equipment for the storage and transport of blood and blood components

The transport boxes are specially designed to meet the requirements of field conditions for military tasks as well as for civil aid organizations for the transport of temperature-sensitive supplies such as blood and blood products, vaccines, plasma, blood samples and pharmaceutical products. The icepacks the boxes require as their source of refrigeration are frozen in a supplementary device specially designed for this purpose.

Made of rotomoulded polyethylene, the transport boxes offer excellent mechanical resistance, as proven by drop tests, and are not subject to corrosion. They are perfectly suited to intensive use, with frequent handling under difficult climatic conditions. The polyurethane foam injected between the double walls of these boxes ensures perfect insulation and thus preservation of the quality of blood, blood products and pharmaceutical products even over long periods of transport. Used with frozen icepacks or also wet ice for some versions, they are fully self-sufficient with respect to the ambient environment and therefore ideal for transport stages.
 
RCB 2
RCB 8
RCB 12 E
RCB 25 E
RCB 42 P
MT 800
RCB 50 AC DC
Cooling passive  passive  passive  passive  active  active  active 
Outside dimensions
H x W x D [mm]
210 x 250 x 150  435 x 590 x 290  500 x 550 x 470  500 x 710 x 550  500 x 840 x 550  1600 x 595 x 700  830 x 975 x 820 
Inner dimensions
H x W x D [mm]
130 x 185 x 90  245 x 460 x 160  270 x 340 x 260  270 x 500 x 340  240 x 495 x 335  1240 x 435 x 405  370 x 720 x 250 
Internal compartment 167 x 342 x 128  192 x 313 x 237  192 x 393 x 237  Vaccine: 2 x 370 x 375 x 252
Freezer: 221 x 84 x 246 and
396 x 85 x 133 
Net weight [kg] 1,3  11,2  17  29  95  60 
Gross weight [kg] 2,2  16  23  41  44  78 
Internal gross volume [L] 2,2  18  22  44  43  70 
Blood products storage capacity [L] 1 bag of 450 ml  8 bags of 450 ml  15 bags of 450 ml  26 bags of 450 ml  30 bags of 500 ml  32 bags of 450 ml 
Cold life
+32 °C (hours)
on request  37 h  81,5 h  103 h 
Cold life
+43 °C (hours)
on request  on request  56,5 h  74 h 
Shipping weight [kg] 1,7  10,2  15,6  48,3  36  141  78 
Shipping volume [m³] 0,01  0,1  0,15  0,29  0,268  1,05  0,73 
External material PE (Polyethylene)  PE (Polyethylene)  PE (Polyethylene)  PE (Polyethylene)  PE (Polyethylene)  galvanized lacquered steel (ST02Z-AZ 150)  PE (Polyethylene) 
Internal material PE (Polyethylene)  PE (Polyethylene)  PE (Polyethylene)  PE (Polyethylene)  PE (Polyethylene)  galvanized lacquered steel (ST02Z-AZ 150)  PE (Polyethylene) 
Insulation Polyurethane (CFC- and HCFC-free)  Polyurethane (CFC- and HCFC-free)  Polyurethane (CFC- and HCFC-free)  Polyurethane (CFC- and HCFC-free)  Polyurethane (CFC- and HCFC-free)  Polyurethane (CFC- and HCFC-free)  Polyurethane (CFC- and HCFC-free) 
Insulation thickness [mm] 30  60  105  110  110  75  110 
Accessories 2 icepacks of 0,3 l  4 icepacks of 0,6 l  12 icepacks of 0,6 l  24 icepacks of 0,6 l  2 plastic laminated wire baskets  2 plastic-laminated wire baskets 
Accessories crystal thermometer  transparent document pocket  1 stainless steel compartment (V2A-1.4301)  1 stainless steel compartment (V2A-1.4301)  AC connection cable  2 plastic separation walls 
Accessories sysntetic separation wall  1 internal polysterene compartment  centering frame of plastic  DC connection cable 
Accessories shoulder strap  shoulder strap  remote alarm