Roundfin RD-3S

In medium-throughput hospital mortuary placements, the RD-3S supports three-body holding capacity for routine post-death body storage between admission and onward release. NHS Estates teams sourcing through Medigear.uk specify the unit for district general hospitals, larger community hospital trusts, and treatment-centre annexes where annual deaths-per-bed footfall justifies three-body rather than two-body capacity, aligning with HTM 20-04 mortuary refrigeration capacity planning guidance.

In pathology and coronial workflows, the three-chamber design supports parallel case management within a single cabinet footprint. Chamber A typically holds routine pre-PM cases at the standard 0 °C to -10 °C range; chamber B can hold a delayed forensic case at -15 °C awaiting Coroner direction; chamber C can be brought up to +5 °C viewing temperature ahead of family-attended identification, all simultaneously without thermal coupling between chambers. This three-way operational flexibility is the structural advantage of the triple-compressor design.

For larger independent funeral homes and small funeral-services groups, the RD-3S delivered through Medigear.uk covers the higher weekly throughput level where two-body capacity would force overflow to off-site refrigeration. The side-mounted compressor layout frees the cabinet top for accessory storage, lifting-equipment positioning, or signage in funeral home preparation rooms. Braked castors allow repositioning as the facility evolves over time.

In repatriation, mass-fatality response, and seasonal-surge contingency scenarios, Medigear.uk supplies the RD-3S to coronial overflow teams and trust contingency stores where capacity must be deployed at speed without dedicated refrigeration engineering. The plug-and-set commissioning, four-mode alarm system covering high temperature, low temperature, door open, and power failure, and remote alarm relay option together support unattended overnight operation across resilience-critical placements.

Independent Triple-Compressor Resilience Across Three Chambers

The RD-3S uses three SECOP-brand compressors, one per chamber, rather than the single-compressor multi-chamber arrangement common in budget mortuary refrigeration. If one compressor develops a fault, the other two chambers remain at setpoint and continue holding bodies while service is arranged — two-thirds-capacity operation rather than full failure. For medium-throughput placements where complete failure would force emergency body transfer at scale, this resilience is the headline operational benefit Medigear.uk recommends the unit on.

CE Certified and ISO 9001 Manufactured for NHS Procurement

The RD-3S ships with CE marking under the EU Medical Device Regulation framework, ISO 9001 quality-system manufacturing, IEC 60601-1 electrical safety, and IEC 60335-2-89 commercial refrigeration compliance. The documentation set is sufficient for NHS Estates procurement frameworks, CQC inspection evidence, HTM 20-04 mortuary refrigeration capacity audit, and trust-level coronial service framework requirements. Medigear.uk holds the UK importer registration with the MHRA.

Side-Mounted Compressor Layout Frees Cabinet Top

The RD-3S uses side-mounted compressors rather than the top-mounted layout on the smaller RD-2S, freeing the cabinet top for accessory storage, signage, dignity-drape positioning, and facility-management equipment. The side layout also lowers the unit's overall centre of gravity, which matters with the 2200 mm-tall profile during room positioning and routine maintenance access. Service access from the cabinet side replaces the need for top-of-cabinet maintenance ladders for routine compressor work.

Three-Way Independent Temperature Operation

Each chamber operates under its own digital controller over the adjustable range of +5 °C to -15 °C without master-slave coupling. Chamber A can hold routine cases at -10 °C; Chamber B can run a forensic case at -15 °C; Chamber C can sit at +5 °C ahead of family viewing — all simultaneously without thermal coupling. The three-way flexibility supports parallel case management within a single cabinet footprint that two-chamber units cannot match.

304 Stainless Steel Construction Throughout

Cabinet, body trays, and door internals are constructed in 304 stainless steel — 1.0 mm outer skin and trays, 0.6 mm inner cabinet — tolerating routine chlorine-based wipe-down, hospital-grade chlorhexidine, and isopropanol disinfection without surface degradation. The 316 stainless steel upgrade is available through Medigear.uk for installations facing chloride exposure, aggressive forensic chemistry, or coastal-air corrosion risk.

Universal Roundfin Tray Dimension for Cross-Equipment Workflow

The 1940 × 580 mm body tray dimension is shared across Roundfin's RD-1, RD-2S, RD-3S, RD-4, RD-6, RD-9, lifting trolley, and walk-in rack ranges. A body transfers from RD-3S to the Roundfin lifting trolley, then to the walk-in rack on the same tray, without re-handling — a workflow efficiency that matters acutely during throughput peaks and mass-event response. Existing trusts running Roundfin mortuary equipment can integrate the RD-3S without tray-compatibility issues.

Plug-and-Set Commissioning Without On-Site Engineering

The unit ships fully assembled with refrigerant pre-charged. Commissioning is plug-and-set: connect to a standard UK socket, configure target temperatures on each of the three chamber controllers independently, and the unit reaches setpoint within six to eight hours. No F-Gas-qualified site engineering is required at installation, removing a procurement cost line item. Medigear. The UK's pre-delivery survey confirms access before dispatch, given the 2200 mm height profile.

Verified Supplier OEM and AMC Support for Distributor Buyers

Medigear.uk provides verified-supplier OEM rebranding, sample approval, and bulk-order coordination for distributor partners purchasing the RD-3S for integration into broader clinical equipment frameworks. Medigear. The UK's engineer network provides AMC (Annual Maintenance Contract) support for distributor-route placements that require ongoing service cover under fixed-price agreements with documented response-time SLAs.

Government Supply Ready Documentation for Estate Frameworks

The RD-3S documentation pack — CE, ISO 9001, IEC 60601-1, IEC 60335-2-89, F-Gas compliance, MHRA importer registration — meets the documentation requirements of NHS Supply Chain frameworks, public-sector tender responses, and direct estate procurement processes. Medigear.uk handles tender documentation, framework compliance evidence, and the equipment-register entries that public-sector procurement requires post-supply.

Three Stacked Refrigeration Chambers

The RD-3S holds three front-opening refrigeration chambers stacked vertically, each accessed through its own lockable door and serviced by its own dedicated compressor and controller—Independent chamber operation without thermal or operational coupling between any of the three body-holding spaces.

Three Germany SECOP Brand Compressors

Refrigeration is delivered by three SECOP-brand compressors (Danfoss-owned Secop SC range), one per chamber, mounted on the side of the cabinet for serviceable access. Published service life is 8–10 years, with SECOP's 5-year extended manufacturer warranty applying separately from the bed-level warranty. Medigear.uk offers Chinese-brand compressor substitution as a cost-optimised alternative.

Side-Mounted Compressor Layout

Compressor placement on the side of the cabinet rather than the top — a structural distinction from the RD-2S. The layout frees the cabinet top for accessories, lowers the overall centre of gravity, and provides side-access service rather than top-access maintenance ladders.

Independent Digital Temperature Controller Per Chamber

Three digital LED controllers are mounted on the front of the cabinet, one per chamber, showing current temperature, setpoint, and alarm status. Each operates fully in parallel — no master-slave dependency — across the +5 °C to -15 °C adjustable range with ±1 °C accuracy.

Factory Temperature Setting: 0 °C to -10 °C

The unit ships pre-configured at the standard 0 °C to -10 °C body-holding range across all three chambers, covering routine pre-PM, pre-release, and pre-funeral holding for the first five to seven days post-death. Reduces commissioning steps in direct-deployment scenarios.

Adjustable Temperature Range: +5 °C to -15 °C

The +5 °C upper limit supports viewing-temperature preparation; the -15 °C lower limit supports short-term preservation for delayed forensic, repatriation, and ceremonial-scheduling cases. Range is configurable per chamber under digital control without cross-chamber thermal coupling.

Temperature Accuracy: ±1 °C

Chamber temperature is held within ±1 °C of the controller setpoint across the full operating range. The narrow tolerance supports the audit-trail stability that HTM 20-04 capacity planning and CQC inspection review at trust-level mortuary governance.

Body Tray Load Capacity: 200 kg Per Tray

Each of the three 1940 × 580 mm body trays carries a static and dynamic working load of 200 kg. Total combined capacity is 600 kg across three trays. For bariatric bodies weighing over 200 kg, Medigear.uk supplies Roundfin's reinforced bariatric mortuary refrigerator range with wider tray geometry.

1940 × 580 mm Universal Body Tray Dimension

Body trays measure 1940 × 580 mm — Roundfin's universal dimension shared across the full mortuary refrigerator range, lifting trolley, and walk-in rack ranges. Straight-through body transfer between equipment without re-handling reduces body movements per case during throughput peaks.

Double-Row Nylon Slider Roller System

Body trays slide on a double-row nylon roller system, seven rollers per side (14 per chamber, 42 across the unit). Maintenance-free nylon construction delivers low-friction pull-out for staff transfers and family viewing across the full tray travel, with detachable roller assemblies for deep-clean cycles.

304 Stainless Steel Cabinet Construction (316 Optional)

Cabinet, body trays, and internal door surfaces are 304 stainless steel — outer skin 1.0 mm, body trays 1.0 mm, inner cabinet 0.6 mm. The 316 stainless steel upgrade is available for order through Medigear.uk for chloride exposure, aggressive chemistry, or coastal air placement.

100 mm Foamed-In-Place Environmental Urethane Insulation

Insulation is 100 mm of foamed-in-place urethane using a non-CFC blowing agent, applied via Roundfin's disposable single-use foam machinery for void-free coverage around door frames, cable penetrations, and runner geometry. The thickness exceeds the typical 60–80 mm budget mortuary refrigerator construction.

Unique One-Piece Door Seal With Replaceable Belt

Each of the three chamber doors uses Roundfin's one-piece moulded seal rather than the conventional multi-strip seal, eliminating the seam-trap contamination vector and minimising cold-air loss during opening. Seal belts are field-replaceable, and Medigear.uk maintains UK-stocked spares for next-working-day dispatch.

Lockable Doors With Spare Keys

Each chamber door carries a key-operated mechanical lock with two spare keys supplied at delivery. The locks support the dignity, access control, and safeguarding requirements of mortuary operations under hospital, coronial, and funeral home governance frameworks.

Four-Mode Fault Alarm System

The standard alarm system detects the four principal failure modes audited under HTM 20-04 mortuary refrigeration guidance: high temperature, low temperature, long-time door opening, and power failure. Audible and visual alarms at the cabinet front, with optional remote alarm relay for routing to off-site night-cover infrastructure.

Four Braked Universal Castors

The unit ships on four braked castors, supporting mobility during commissioning, room reconfiguration, and deep-cleaning workflows. Castors lock individually when the unit reaches its operating position, holding it stable during chamber door operation and tray pull-out across all three chambers.

Standard 220 V / 50 Hz UK Mains Operation

The unit operates on standard UK 220–240 V 50 Hz single-phase mains via a 13 A socket, with a power consumption of 840 W / 1.2 A, which is proportionally higher than the RD-2S, given the third compressor. A 110 V / 60 Hz international variant is available for order through Medigear.uk for export and overseas-territory placements.

The Roundfin RD-3S mortuary refrigerator supplied through Medigear.uk delivers a three-body side-opening cooling solution for medium-throughput hospital mortuary, pathology, coronial, funeral home, and overflow placements across the public and private clinical estate. The independent triple-compressor design protects against full equipment failure across three chambers rather than two; the chamber-by-chamber digital controllers support the temperature flexibility that real-world body-holding workflows demand; and the universal Roundfin tray dimension integrates the unit with mortuary lifting trolleys and walk-in racks during throughput peaks. With CE marking, ISO 9001 manufacturing, IEC compliance, three SECOP compressors, full 304 stainless steel construction, and Medigear.UK MHRA importer routing, the RD-3S meets NHS Estates procurement, distributor framework, and direct funeral-home capital purchase requirements. Contact Medigear.uk for specifications, procurement assistance, or expert consultation.