Oxford Cryosystems
Precise Temperature Control for the Global Scientific Community
Oxford Cryosystems is the market-leading UK manufacturer of highly specialised scientific instruments and software for cryogenic cooling devices. From a lab at Oxford University in the 1980s we have grown into an innovative, high-tech, commercial organisation with three distinct product lines. It has always been our priority to remain firmly involved with the crystallography community and we believe this has been crucial to the success of the company. From our collaborations with respected University departments to our sponsorship of the Oxford Cryosystems Low Temperature Poster Prize at the ACA, ECM and IUCr meetings, we strongly believe that only by working with the community, can we deliver the products they really need.
In July 2017, Oxford Cryosystems became part of Judges Scientific plc, a UK-based group listed on the London Stock Exchange. Customers include universities, high-tech manufacturers, drugs companies and research institutes throughout the world. In fact, more than 80% of production is currently exported. However, at least 90% of the company’s suppliers are British-based – and all manufacturing still takes place in Oxfordshire, just a few miles from the laboratory where it all began.
Products
Our devices can be found in university laboratories, drug companies, high tech manufacturers and research institutes around the world and we collaborate partnership with many of our customers to enable bespoke solutions that enables ground-breaking research.
Our cryocoolers include nitrogen and helium based systems, open flow gas streams for single crystal and powder diffraction, and a choice of liquid nitrogen or Gifford McMahon based cooling technologies.
We have branched out from our broad range of coolers for X-ray crystallography and also manufacture the Coolstar range of Gifford McMahon coolers. This technology is enabling new and exciting applications for these Cryocoolers such as High Temperature Superconductivity and Radioastronomy, all of which add to and extend our involvement in the global scientific community.
