Method for energy management and overspeed protection of a centrifuge
AssigneeKendro Laboratory Products, LP
InventorsDavid Alan Barkus, Raymond Gary Potter
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Abstract
There is provided a method for limiting an operating speed of a rotor installed in a centrifuge system. The method includes the steps of (a) determining whether an actual change in energy required to accelerate the rotor from a first speed to a second speed is within a predetermined range of an expected change in energy required to accelerate the rotor from the first speed to the second speed, and (b) limiting the operating speed when the actual change in energy is not within the predetermined range of the expected change in energy.
Claims13
A method for limiting an operating speed of a rotor installed in a centrifuge system, comprising:
- (a) determining whether an actual change in energy required to accelerate said rotor from a first speed to a second speed is within a predetermined range of an expected change in energy required to accelerate said rotor from said first speed to said second speed;
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- (b) limiting said operating speed when said actual change in energy is not within said predetermined range of said expected change in energy.
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