Ultracentrifuge
SPECIFICATION
Model: Sorvall WX Ultraseries
Manufacturer: Thermo Scientific
DESCRIPTION
Spinning up to 100,000 rpm, this Sorvall WX+ ultracentrifuge deliver the speed and performance required for high performance processing applications. It has an easily accessible touch screen interface and imbalance tolerance to accelerate run step-up.
Typical applications
- QA/QC testing
- Fast pelleting and density gradient separations
- Density gradient runs and for locating small pellets at the bottom of a tube
- Fast lipoprotein and plasmid DNA separations
- Rotor used is optimized for CsCl Plasmid DNA separations
Features and benefits
- Able to accommodate tubes from 0.2 ml to 36 ml.
- Have a self-locking rotor system that ensure the rotor is automatically and securely locked.
- Automatic tube balance compensation accelerates sample preparation by allowing visual sample balancing up to 5 mm.
- Intuitive full color LCD touch screen keeps operation and programming simple. This easy-to-navigate graphical display provides quick access to all functions and menus.
- Monitor instrument status from across the lab with Stat Light, programmable 47 cm long LED bar mounted on the front of the instrument for easy visibility.
Technical specifications
| Properties | Sorvall WX Ultraseries |
|---|---|
| Program storage | 1000 programs with step-runs |
| Standards | CE and cCSAus |
| Temperature range | 0 °C to +40 °C |
| Rotors available | 1) TH-641 (Swinging bucket) Capacity: 6 x 13.2 ml Max speed: 41,000 rpm |
3) T-890 (Fixed angle) Capacity: 8 x 12.5 ml Max speed: 90,000 rpm | |
| Maximum RCF | 287,660 x g (TH-641 rotor) |
| 802,000 x g (T-890 rotor) | |
| Control speed accuracy | +2 rpm |
| Refrigerated | Yes |
| Ambient temperature operating range | +10 °C to +30 °C |
| Heat output | 1 kw or below |
| Refrigerator system type | Thermo-module cooling system (CFC/HCFC/HFC-free) |
| Solid-state thermoelectric refrigeration | |
| Certification/compliance | CE and cCSAus |
| Capacity | 6 x 250 ml |
| Phase | Single |
SERVICE AVAILABLE
Rental service. The tubes and consumables for the samples are not provided.
CONTACT
Person in charge: Izwan Othman
Lab location: 3-4-04
Email address: mohammadizwan.othman@monash.edu
Contact number: +603-55144976