The OxBox
 The toasted oak is shown setup
as a StaVin Matrix in this tank. The control box is mounted at the top of the
tank to minimize potential siphoning of wine through the box if the oxygen tank
is depleted or shut off. Locating the OxBox on a catwalk will lessen the
likelihood of anyone, other than the proper user, changing the
settings.
The oxygen used for the system is industrial grade,
actually purer and less expensive than medical grade oxygen. It is purer
because industrial or welding grade has no tolerance for water of hydrocarbons,
since they may affect welding. |
The StaVin OxBox is housed in
an industrial strength plastic waterproof box with a transparent front panel.
The sparge tips are HPLC filters made of sintered steel with a 10µm pore
size. This micron size provides a very fine bubble or mousse as oxygen is
metered into the wine. |
| Micro oxygenation unit (the OxBox) |
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The OxBox
is based on classic gas chromatograph technology. Like the HP 5700 GC, the
OxBox uses a high precision flow regulator combined with mechanical flow
controllers to set oxygen flow for each tank. The flow meter is electronic and
needs to be on only when setting flows to each tank.
The
"jumper" tubes either directly connect the flow control to the tank, or are
used to orient the oxygen flow through the flow meter when setting the flow to
each channel.
The four bottom gauges measure back pressure due
to the depth of wine exerting pressure against the stone. Once set, the gauges
measure a small amount of back pressure. Simply note this beginning pressure.
If the pressure rises more than 5-6 psi, the sparge stone may be clogged or
fouled and should be cleaned.
Download{new window} installation, monitoring and care
and maintenance instructions as a pdf. |
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