An Inverted Air-Driven Ultracentrifuge
- 1 May 1937
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Review of Scientific Instruments
- Vol. 8 (5) , 160-161
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1752271
Abstract
An air‐driven ultracentrifuge is described in which the air turbine is below rather than above the large rotor or centrifuge. The centrifuge is mounted inside a vacuum tight chamber on a flexible shaft which extends vertically downward, through an oil gland that seals the vacuum chamber, to the turbine below the chamber. The rotating parts are supported upon an air cushion below the turbine. The turbine is driven by air jets. The rotation of the centrifuge is very smooth and the maximum speed is limited only by the strength of the centrifuge.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
- The Production of High Rotational SpeedsReview of Scientific Instruments, 1935