Patent ID: 6593143
Filing Date: 2003-07-15
Classification: B01J,B04B,C40B,G01N,Y10T

Abstract:
A centrifuge system comprising:a rotor; a centrifuge drive for rotating said rotor about a centrifuge axis; a chemical-processing unit for containing a chemical sample, said chemical-processing unit having a receptor that dissipates heat when eddy currents are induced therein, said chemical-processing unit being coupled so said rotor so that centrifugal force is applied thereto when said rotor rotates; an inductor for inducing said eddy currents in said receptor as said rotor is rotating; centrifuge-orientation indicating means for indicating the orientation of said rotor; and a controller coupled to said centrifuge-orientation indicating means and said inductor, said inductor inducing said eddy currents by generating an alternating magnetic field, said controller controlling said inductor so that it generates said alternating magnetic field only at times determined at least in part as a function of the orientation of said rotor.