Replace your current method of devitalizing maze and seed stocks with more reliable steam treatment means to protect client intellectual property and protect environment from cross pollination of R&D seed stock.

1. STI BioSAFE GMO Crop
Devitalizer
SCOPE OF WORK:
•Replace current method of devitalizing
maze and seed stocks with more reliable
steam treatment means to protect client
intellectual property and protect
environment from cross pollination of R&D
seed stock

2. STI BioSAFE GMO Crop
Devitalizer
HISTORIC METHOD TO DEVITALIZE MAZE CROPS:
•Past/current method included emptying greenhouse
collection bins into tented roll-off container followed by
portable steam generator flowing steam into roll-off
container
•Steam for 3 hour batch period per container
•Eliminate manual labor to empty collection bins into
roll-off container

3. STI BioSAFE GMO Crop
Devitalizer
STI DEVITALIZER SYSTEM FEATURES:
•Fully automated loading of greenhouse collection
containers
•Collection containers contain plastic pot, soil, maze
crop and seeds
•Totally enclosed automated loading under negative
pressure and HEPA filtration

4. STI BioSAFE GMO Crop
Devitalizer
STI DEVITALIZER SYSTEM FEATURES:
•Automated collection bin cleaning &
decontamination with 82° C. super heated water (no
chemicals)
•Direct steam impingement & Integral shredding to
maximize crop exposure to steam treatment assures
devitalization

5. STI BioSAFE GMO Crop
Devitalizer
SYSTEM FEATURES:
•Continuous feed steam treatment means the STI
Devitalizer waits for you (not the other way around)
(no batch treatment)
•Exposure to 95-100° C for 60 minutes to assure
devitaliztion of R&D seed stocks
•Totally enclosed feed area is under negative
pressure and HEPA filtration to assure no fugitive
emissions.

6. STI BioSAFE GMO Crop
Devitalizer
SYSTEM FEATURES:
•Fully automatic unloading of 90% bulk reduced
maze and seed stocks into top-loading self-contained
hydraulic compactor
•Historic record keeping of treated materials
including date, time, temperatures, weights available
via desktop Ethernet connection in Excel format

7. STI BioSAFE GMO Crop
Devitalizer
Client supplied greenhouse collection container
Customer
greenhouse
container

8. STI BioSAFE GMO Crop
Devitalizer
Tilt / un-latching feature of typical greenhouse collection container

9. STI BioSAFE GMO Crop
Devitalizer
STI Devitalizer installed at client loading dock with Client supplied compactor

10. STI BioSAFE GMO Crop
Devitalizer
Client rolls full collection container into Hydraulic wheelie bin lift at the
loading dock inside client site and pushes one button

11. STI BioSAFE GMO Crop
Devitalizer
SYSTEM EFFICACY TESTING:
•Testing with self-contained biological indicators
(SCBI’s)
•SCBI is Bacillis atrophaeus population 10LOG6
bacterial spores introduced via spore test “EGG”

12. STI BioSAFE GMO Crop
Devitalizer
SYSTEM EFFICACY TESTING:
•SCBI inside of the spore test “EGG” is retrieved at end of
continuous feed steam treatment auger above the compactor

13. STI BioSAFE GMO Crop
Devitalizer
SYSTEM RESULTS:
•Now able to continuously steam treat maze crops,
planting pot, soil and seed intellectual property (IP)
using advanced reliable STI Devitalizer technology.
•Eliminated need to manually autoclave seeds to protect
IP
•Eliminated labor to manually load wheelie bins via fork
truck into tented roll-off container

14. STI BioSAFE GMO Crop
Devitalizer
SYSTEM RESULTS:
•Eliminated additional labor to manually empty & clean
greenhouse collection bins
•Provided expanded capability to clear out and sterilize
greenhouse crops
•Provides rapid R.O.I via operational savings
•Provided greatly lowered risk of loss of Company IP

15. STI BioSAFE GMO Crop
Devitalizer
SYSTEM AVAILABILITY:
•136Kg/Hour capacity; 272Kg/Hour capacity;
450Kg/Hour capacity; 900Kg/Hour capacity
•1500Kg/Hour capacity; 2-3 metric Ton/Hour capacity
BioSAFE Engineering, LLC
5750 W. 80th St.
Indianapolis. IN , 46278
www.stibiosafe.com
317-858-8099, ext 252