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Quotes - Engineering - SalesAdvantage Chillers for Imaging &MRI Cooling
Superconducting magnets and high-power RF systems in MRI and CT scanners generate continuous heat that must be removed with extreme precision. Advantage medical imaging chillers deliver 39.2°F (±0.1°F) deionized water to helium compressors and gradient coils using 316L stainless circuits, redundant filtration, and seismic-rated frames—preventing field drift, image distortion, and costly helium loss.
Applications
- 1.5T &3T MRI Systems: Chillers maintain 39.2°F cold head water, preventing quench events and supporting 18-hour scan schedules with <0.1 ppm/hour field stability.
- Gradient Coil Cooling: High-flow systems remove 12–18 kW from X, Y, Z coils, reducing eddy currents and enabling <200 µs rise times in EPI and fMRI sequences.
- CT X-Ray Tubes: Closed-loop chillers cool rotating anodes to 65°F, minimizing thermal focal spot drift and achieving <0.6 mm isotropic resolution in cardiac CTA.
- PET &SPECT Detectors: Precision chillers hold 64.4°F ±0.05°F in PMT and SiPM arrays, reducing dark current noise and improving timing resolution to <300 ps.
- Helium Compressor Backup: Dual-redundant chillers with auto-changeover ensure zero downtime during maintenance, protecting $500K+ in liquid helium inventory.
Portable Process Chillers
Flexible Spot Cooling
- 1–40 Ton Mobile Units
- Quick-Connect Camlock Fittings
- Digital Flow & Pressure Readouts
Central Chiller Plants
High-Capacity Modular Systems
- 50–1,000+ Ton Scalability
- N+1 Redundancy Options
- Remote Monitoring & Predictive Alerts
The Benefits of Advantage Chillers for Imaging &MRI Cooling
In diagnostic imaging, thermal precision directly impacts clinical confidence and revenue. A regional hospital lost $1.8M annually from MRI downtime and helium boil-off due to an aging chiller. After installing an Advantage dual-redundant MRI chiller with real-time conductivity and flow monitoring, they achieved 100% uptime over 24 months, reduced helium consumption by 94%, and increased scan volume by 28%—adding $2.3M in annual imaging revenue.
Advantage imaging chillers feature electropolished 316L stainless fluid paths, 0.2 µm DI filtration, and non-ferrous pumps to prevent particulate and ionic contamination. PLCs with DICOM and HL7 integration send proactive alerts to PACS and EMR systems, while seismic-rated cabinets and sound-dampened compressors meet hospital quiet-zone standards. Optional liquid nitrogen backup ensures magnet protection during power outages.
From mobile MRI trailers to academic medical centers with 10+ scanners, Advantage delivers the reliability, purity, and silence required to keep life-saving imaging technology operating at peak performance—scan after scan, patient after patient.
