There’s a complex formula (well-known as the rotovap-utilization-satisfaction-equation or RUSE).
It goes like this.
(“Try to look busy” time per day - # of rotovaps / annual budget) x (steps that can be automated / steps that are currently automated) - the cost most manufacturers charge for rotovaps.
It’s tough to quantify that “try to look busy” time per day. So we built a new rotary evaporator that maximizes your value in relation to the RUSE. Because other manufacturers are trying to use the RUSE against you, evaporating your budget with something that could return much more value to your lab. We want you to understand the RUSE. Because we want to win your business with the time and budget savings, plus the unique utility Yamato rotary evaporators bring to your lab. No RUSE involved.
And when you understand their RUSE, you’ll understand why other manufacturers are worried, as we just brought a large shipment of our new rotovaps to the US.
RUSE #1: You have to pay more for automation capabilities
You need automation, but it doesn’t need to come with a premium cost. Most of the time, you’re just paying for the brand name you look at while you program your ramps. You could save 20% of your equipment budget and get a RE series programmable evaporator for:
Equal or better automation
Up to 40 more rpms (the best range in the industry)
Fewer repairs
RUSE #2: You have to pay more for the ability to create dry granules after distillation
You don’t. You can program your Yamato rotary evaporator to create dry granules rather than a large chunk of residual solids by automating direction and rotation speed changes. You save time washing out the flask because the granules pour right out, and you can do it with the standard model of this rotary evaporator.
RUSE #3: The world is made for right-handed people
It sort of is. But at least your left-handed operators can easily flip your Yamato rotary evaporators around to a more friendly orientation. Or you can use bench spaces better by alternating the orientation, left to right and right to left, so operators have more space in tight quarters.
RUSE #4: The SOP can never be improved
Most rotary evaporators in your lab have rotation speed ranges of around 10 rpms - 280 rpms. You’re saddled with arbitrary limits. Restricted from experimenting on a new generation of SOPs. Your Yamato rotary evaporator spins from 5 rpms all the way up to 315 rpms. Freeing you to try new, innovative methods that might save time, money, and effort.
If you want to get ahead of the RUSE, your next rotary evaporators should be Yamato.