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Centrifuge with compressor motor feedback control device

US9375730B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 13, 2012
Grant dateJun 28, 2016
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Expiry dateMar 21, 2035

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB04B13/00
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A centrifuge including: a rotor configured to be driven by a motor and to hold a sample, a centrifuge inverter, a chamber accommodating the rotor, a temperature sensor configured to detect the temperature of the chamber, a cooling machine configured to cool the chamber and including a compressor, a compressor inverter, a compressor motor configured to be controlled in a variable speed and a control device, wherein the control device carries out a feedback control of the compressor motor based on a preset temperature and a detected temperature of the temperature sensor when the rotation number of the compressor motor is larger than a predetermined rotation number, and the control device carries out an intermittent control for turning ON-OFF the cooling function of the compressor when the rotation number of the compressor motor is smaller than a predetermined rotation number.

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