Patent ID: 6361486
Filing Date: 2002-03-26
Classification: B01J,B04B,C40B

Abstract:
A centrifuge for tilting a sample container under supergravity conditions, said centrifuge comprising:a centrifuge rotor, said centrifuge rotor being rotatable about a centrifuge axis; a tilt rotor, said tilt rotor being rotatably coupled to said centrifuge rotor so as to be rotatable about a tilt axis not coincident with said centrifuge axis; centrifuge drive means for rotating said centrifuge rotor; and tilt-drive means including a tilt motor for rotating said tilt rotor, said tilt-drive means including a tilt-drive shaft extending along said centrifuge axis and being rotatable about said centrifuge axis; and servo-control means for controlling the orientation of said tilt rotor by controlling said tilt motor in part as a function of the orientation of said centrifuge rotor.