Patent ID: 7372219
Filing Date: 2008-05-13
Classification: B04B,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A centrifugal separator comprising: a motor that has a driving shaft and generates driving power; a rotor that is configured to accommodate a sample subject to centrifuge; a rotational shaft that supports the rotor to be rotatable therewith; a driving power transmission mechanism that is coupled between the driving shaft and the rotational shaft and transmits the driving power of the motor to the rotational shaft on which the rotor is supported; a monitoring unit that monitors an operating status of the driving power transmission mechanism and outputs a status signal indicative of the operating status of the driving power transmission mechanism; a motor control unit that controls the motor; and a multi-stage alerting unit that alerts a user that the driving power transmission mechanism is one of a predetermined number of different stage malfunction statuses based on the status signal output from the monitoring unit.