ARES Cool: Pharmacy & Lab Cold Storage

ARES Cool is ARES Scientific’s proprietary line of laboratory and medical-grade cold storage equipment, covering the full spectrum of refrigeration and frozen storage needs across pharmacy, clinical laboratory, research, blood bank, vivarium, and biopharma environments. The line includes undercounter pharmacy refrigerators, upright laboratory refrigerators, upright laboratory freezers, and refrigerator-freezer combo units — all available through ARES Scientific’s authorized distributor network with warranty coverage and application support.

The most important selection variables are temperature range requirement (2°C–8°C pharmacy vs. 1°C–10°C lab vs. frozen), whether refrigeration only or a combined refrigerator-freezer is needed, required capacity and footprint, door type preference (solid door for maximum insulation and light exclusion vs. glass door for visual inventory access), and whether specific compliance features such as a CDC-compliant TMD, ADA compliance, or forced draft air circulation are required. ARES Scientific’s representatives can assist with facility-specific recommendations across the full ARES Cool line.

ARES Cool refrigerators maintain either 2°C to 8°C (pharmacy-designated models, aligned with CDC vaccine storage guidelines and USP pharmaceutical storage requirements) or 1°C to 10°C (general laboratory models suited to reagent, enzyme, and biological sample cold storage). ARES Cool freezers cover -15°C to -25°C across the upright freezer line, while combo unit freezer compartments extend to -30°C and -40°C for facilities requiring deep-frozen pharmaceutical and biological specimen storage.

Yes. ARES Cool units carry certifications including UL/C-UL Listing, ETL Listing, ENERGY STAR, and compliance with UL471 and ASHRAE standards depending on the specific model. Pharmacy-designated units include CDC-compliant Temperature Monitoring Devices (TMDs) with certificates of calibration where applicable. These certifications satisfy institutional procurement requirements for pharmacies, hospitals, research universities, blood banks, and biopharma manufacturers.

ARES Cool units use CFC-free, low-global-warming-potential hydrocarbon refrigerants throughout the line. Refrigerator models use either R600a (isobutane) or R290 (natural propane) depending on the unit. Freezer models use R290, and the upright laboratory freezers use R404a. Combo units employ a dual refrigerant system — R600a in the refrigerator compartment and R290 in the freezer compartment — so each zone is independently optimized for its target temperature range.

ARES Cool cold storage equipment is used across pharmacy dispensaries, hospital satellite pharmacies, clinical laboratories, blood bank environments, university research labs, biopharma manufacturing facilities, vivarium cold storage areas, pathology and morgue departments, and cannabis processing operations. Individual models carry pharmacy (PH-) or laboratory (ARS-) designations that reflect their primary application framing, though many units serve multiple facility types.

The most important selection variables are temperature range requirement (2°C–8°C pharmacy vs. 1°C–10°C lab vs. frozen), whether refrigeration only or a combined refrigerator-freezer is needed, required capacity and footprint, door type preference (solid door for maximum insulation and light exclusion vs. glass door for visual inventory access), and whether specific compliance features such as a CDC-compliant TMD, ADA compliance, or forced draft air circulation are required. ARES Scientific’s representatives can assist with facility-specific recommendations across the full ARES Cool line.