Patent ID: 8273202
Filing Date: 2012-09-25
Classification: B04B,B29C

Abstract:
1. A method of making a centrifuge rotor using a rotor body having a first axial end, a second axial end, a circumferential sidewall extending between the first and second axial ends, a rotational axis, and a plurality of wells adapted to receive containers for centrifugation, the wells opening on the first axial end of the rotor body, the method comprising: winding an elongate reinforcement around the circumferential sidewall of the rotor body along a helical path such that two or more portions of the reinforcement interlock at least one of: a) a location on the circumferential sidewall corresponding to the axial position of a center of gravity of a loaded well of one of the plurality of wells, or b) a location corresponding to the intersection of a longitudinal axis of one of the plurality of wells with a bottom surface proximate the second axial end of the rotor body.