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Blackstone DGT-18X
Blackstone DGT-18X
Blackstone Sterilisation & Disinfection

Blackstone DGT-18X

Product Code: STDI-SE-3914

Class B vacuum cycles in a cabinet that fits a 600 mm worktop.

Safe sterilising has two halves, and the DGT-18X supplies the machine half: Class B vacuum cycles in an 18-litre chamber measuring 250 mm across and 360 mm deep, powered by a 2.2 kW electrical supply.

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Autoclave
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Sterilisation & Disinfection
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China
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Supplier: Medigear
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Blackstone positions the DGT-18X as an 18-litre Class B benchtop steam steriliser for practices that want vacuum cycles on a standard-depth worktop, whether dental, podiatry or general medical. The chamber is a 250 × 360 mm cylinder, roughly 17.7 litres in geometric terms, with a 2.2 kW rating. In the series rows, rated working conditions read 0.22 MPa and 134 °C, and the ranges open at −0.1 MPa for design pressure, 116 °C for sterilising temperature, 4 minutes for sterilising time and 0 minutes for drying.

Risk transfer is the defining point for a machine like this. Class B vacuum cycles remove the old weakness of air trapped in pouches and lumens, so most of the remaining risk sits with the people who load and run the steriliser. A Canadian dataset of nearly 200,000 biological indicator tests found steam sterilisers failed 0.20% of the time, with human error behind 91.8% of all failures. Loading, packaging, programme choice and daily testing decide the result.

Series information places the HS-DGT-X range in Class B. The Blackstone photograph shows the door on the left with a horizontal handle, and on the right a black panel with a display above six round touch buttons, with vents along the side. The design temperature, the second supply version, each range's upper limit, programmes, trays and water arrangements come from the enquiry team.

The cabinet measures 590 mm long, 505 mm wide and 450 mm high. Medigear. UK offers it to buyers in more than 80 countries, and the enquiry team provides stock and lead times.

Dental practices, podiatry clinics, minor surgery rooms and GP practices that want Class B vacuum cycles on an ordinary worktop are the natural buyers for the DGT-18X. Its cycles cover pouched instrument sets, hollow instruments such as handpieces, and small porous items in an 18-litre chamber.

The evidence on sterilising failures points at people more than machines. A Saskatchewan quality assurance laboratory analysed 198,771 biological indicator tests from 362 dental offices over eight years. Steam sterilisers failed 0.20% of the time, the lowest rate of the methods studied, and 91.8% of all 486 failures were put down to human error, with equipment responsible for the rest.

For a practice installing a Class B unit, that shifts the safety question from which machine to how it is run. The vacuum removes air; staff load within limits, package in a way steam can penetrate, choose the right programme, run the daily air-removal test, and act on any failure: a one-page checklist, unit induction, and a competency record cover most of the ground. Refresher sessions after any programme change keep the checklist current.

Planned that way, the DGT-18X does its half reliably, and the practice does the other half on purpose.

Tender specifications, including  NHS ones, increasingly ask how staff will be trained and tests recorded, alongside the steriliser's class, and public buyers in other countries do the same. The conformity documentation those procurement routes require is issued by the manufacturer and shared by the enquiry team.

Air Removal Taken Out of Human Hands

Class B vacuum cycles automatically draw air out of pouches and lumens. Staff no longer depend on careful unwrapped loading to get steam where it needs to go.

A Panel That Shows Each Step

The front panel pairs a display with six touch buttons. Operators can see where a cycle has reached before they open the door.

A Routine That Fits a Checklist

Loading, packaging, programme choice and daily testing are the points where slips happen. Each can be written on a single page and checked every session.

Tests That Catch Slips Early

A daily air removal test, plus biological indicators where guidance requires them, shows a problem before it reaches a patient's instruments.

A Worktop-Friendly Cabinet

At 590 mm deep and 505 mm wide, the cabinet sits on a standard 600 mm worktop. The unit needs no special bench.

Working Figures for Validation

Rated working conditions of 0.22 MPa and 134 °C come from the series rows, validating the stated targets.

Class B Scope

Series information places the HS-DGT-X range in Class B, covering wrapped, porous and hollow loads.

A Vessel Rated for Vacuum

The design pressure range opens at −0.1 MPa, matching the vacuum stages of each cycle.

Traceable Loads

Labelling each load with its date and cycle reference links it to the cycle record, which supports any investigation after a failed test.

18-Litre Chamber

Its cylinder is 360 mm deep with a 250 mm bore, for a geometric volume of about 17.7 litres.

Class B Category

The HS-DGT-X range is Class B under EN 13060, according to series information.

Power

The sheet rates the unit at 2.2 kW.

Supply Voltage

An AC 110 V 60 Hz version is listed, with a second version beside it that the enquiry team identifies.

Rated Working Pressure

The series rows give 0.22 MPa.

Rated Working Temperature

The series rows give 134 °C.

Design Pressure

The range opens at −0.1 MPa, with its upper figure in the quotation.

Sterilising Temperature

Sterilising temperatures start at 116 °C; the upper limit is in the quotation.

Time Ranges

Sterilising time starts at 4 minutes and drying time at 0 minutes, each with an upper limit in the quotation.

Control Panel

A black panel carries a display above six round touch buttons.

Door and Handle

The door occupies the left side of the front, with a horizontal handle.

Side Vents

Vents line the right-hand side panel.

Overall Size

The cabinet measures 590 × 505 × 450 mm (L × W × H).

Weight and Packing

The unit weighs 49 kg net and 60 kg gross and ships in a 710 × 560 × 510 mm carton.

The DGT-18X suits dental practices, podiatry clinics, minor surgery rooms and GP practices that want Class B vacuum cycles on a standard worktop and are prepared to run them with trained staff, a checklist and daily testing. It is the wrong choice for teams without time for induction and testing, and for workloads beyond what an 18-litre chamber can carry. Before ordering, write the checklist, arrange induction and competency records, and confirm the bench, circuit and lifting plan. Medigear.uk lists the DGT-18X for business buyers worldwide and can arrange delivery, installation, commissioning, familiarisation and service cover. Ask the enquiry team for the programme and test list, the voltage version, the range limits and the EN 13060 evidence before ordering.

FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

Everything buyers need to know about sourcing medical equipment through MediGear.

Mostly with people. Vacuum air removal removes the main physical weakness of non-vacuum cycles: air trapped inside pouches and hollow instruments. What remains depends on how the steriliser is loaded and run: packaging, load size, programme choice, daily testing and routine maintenance.

Over eight years, a Saskatchewan quality assurance laboratory analysed 198,771 biological indicator tests from 362 dental offices. Steam sterilisers failed 0.20% of the time, against 1.30% for dry heat and 1.40% for chemical vapour units. Of the 486 failures overall, 446, or 91.8%, were attributed to human error and 40 to equipment.

Typical slips include overloading the chamber, using packaging that steam cannot penetrate, choosing the wrong programme, and skipping the daily test. A short written checklist beside the steriliser, covering each of those points, turns good practice into routine.

PUWER requires that everyone who uses the steriliser receives adequate information, instruction and training. In practice that means induction on the specific unit, written operating instructions within reach, a record of who is competent to run it, and refresher training whenever programmes or guidance change.

Start each day with the steriliser's air removal test, run with a helix or Bowie-Dick test device, then an automatic control check; periodic tests follow the decontamination guidance for the setting. Some countries' dental guidance adds routine biological indicator tests, which give an independent check on the whole process. The test programmes built into the DGT-18X appear in the programme list from the enquiry team.

Rated working conditions are listed as 0.22 MPa and 134 °C. Design pressure begins at −0.1 MPa, sterilising temperature at 116 °C, sterilising time at 4 minutes, and drying time at 0 minutes; the design temperature and all upper limits come from the enquiry team with the programme list.

The base measures 590 × 505 m,m and the cabinet stands 450 mm high, so it sits on a standard 600 mm worktop. Leave clear space around the side vents, and check the worktop can carry 49 kg plus water and a full load. At 49 kg, it exceeds the HSE guideline figures for a two-person lift, so plan a lifting aid or a trolley at bench height.

At 2.2 k, W it draws roughly 10 A from a 230 V supply. The voltage row lists an AC 110 V 60 Hz version alongside a second option, so ask the enquiry team for the version that matches the local mains, and have an electrician check the circuit under BS 7671.

EN 13060 governs small steam sterilisers like this one, and Class B is its vacuum class. Obtain the manufacturer's Class B type-test results, then validate the installed unit and test it periodically under the relevant decontamination guidance, such as HTM 01-05 in English dental practice.

Great Britain's Pressure Systems Safety Regulations 2000 require a written scheme of examination for a steam steriliser, prepared by a competent person. PUWER covers training, BS 7671 covers the electrical connection, and the Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992 cover the delivery. Medigear.uk can arrange installation, commissioning and service cover.

The DGT-18X is typically Class IIa under UK MDR 2002, or higher depending on use, as stated on the manufacturer's declaration of conformity, which the enquiry team shares. That declaration should identify the legal manufacturer and cite EN 13060, EN 61010-1 and EN 61010-2-040.