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Evacuation pump control for a centrifuge instrument

US4857811A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 31, 1988
Grant dateAug 15, 1989
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Expiry dateMar 31, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S388/933
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A centrifuge instrument has a vacuum pump responsive to a rotor recognition arrangement. The pump is operative to provide a predetermined pressure level in the chamber compatible with which one of a plurality of rotors is mounted within the chamber. The requested angular velocity can also be used to control the pressure level in the chamber.

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