What is a 3D-printed cryovial box — and which SBS rack, cryo-cane holder, or freezer-shelf divider do you actually need?
A cryovial box is a cold-storage part you download as an STL or 3MF and print on the FDM printer you already own — no quoted-out lab consumable line item, no waiting on lead times, and the SBS rack / cryo-cane / freezer-shelf divider set your -80 °C bench actually needs. A BenchWerkz cryovial box 3D printreplaces the catalog SKU and adds four shaped siblings on a shared 20 mm mount — an 81-well cryovial box, a 100-well cryovial box, a cryo-cane holder, and a freezer-shelf divider — every part sharing one snap-on label tab printable on the bench.
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Why a printed cryovial box wins
The $40 supplier line item, refactored as a file
The line item on your lab budget is real. The cost-versus-time trade is not — a BenchWerkz file replaces the SKU, prints on the printer you already own, and adds four sibling parts (81-well box, 100-well box, cryo-cane holder, freezer-shelf divider) on a shared SBS-rack + 20 mm mount the supplier doesn’t sell together in this family.
Print one cryovial box today. Print ten more next month, in the same PETG spool, on the same printer. The line item in your lab budget stays flat.
The sample-storage family
Three printable cryo-family parts to start
Three printable sample-storage parts to start — the 81-well cryovial box, the 100-well cryovial box, and the cryo-cane + freezer-shelf divider pair. Each card links into the sample-storage family at /families/sample-storage. The cryo family is growing, and additional SBS-rack sizes land over the coming months.
Family · 81-well SBS
BenchWerkz 2 mL Cryovial Box (81-well)
A 9 × 9 cryovial box on the standard SBS rack footprint — snap-fit lid, label tab slot, and the canonical 2 mL cold-storage grid for the bench.
Open the 81-well spec sheetFamily · 100-well SBS
BenchWerkz 2 mL Cryovial Box (100-well)
A 10 × 10 high-density sibling for the same 2 mL cryovial — same SBS rack footprint class, the same label tab grammar as the 81-well box.
Open the 100-well spec sheetFamily · Cryo-cane + shelf divider
BenchWerkz Cryo-Cane Holder + Freezer-Shelf Divider
A locator-style cryo-cane holder and a vertical freezer-shelf divider — the SBS rack 3D print / freezer shelf divider 3D print pair that bookends the cryo bench.
Open the cane + divider spec sheetGet the file
Replace the cryovial-box line item with a file.
Email us for a custom SBS-rack size, a lab-seat quote, or a cold-storage part that isn’t in the family yet. BenchWerkz ships the day your order is placed.
WHAT YOU GET
STL + 3MF download
One-time, single-digit dollar download. Both file formats ship together so the file you choose matches the slicer you already run.
GET THE FILE
Get the cryovial-box file the moment it ships.
Drop your email and we'll send the 81-well + 100-well SBS cryovial-box file the second it lands in the catalog — no quarterly newsletter, only the cryo family release the day it goes live.
Cryo file release
One email. We'll reach out the moment the cryovial-box file is ready.