摘要 |
<p>A centrifuge rotor 10 comprises a rotor body 20 having a central hub 22 and an aperture (24, fig 2A) through the central hub 22. First and second bucket receiving spaces 32, 36 are defined on diametrically opposed sides of the rotor body 20 with first pair of bucket supports 40a, 40b supported by the rotor body 20 for pivotally supporting a swing bucket 12a in the first bucket receiving space 32, and a second pair of bucket supports 40c, 40d is supported by the rotor body 20 for pivotally supporting a swing bucket 12b in the second bucket receiving space 36. The rotor 10 further includes reinforcing material 50 wound around oppositely disposed ones of the first and second pairs of bucket supports 40b, 40d. The reinforcing material 50 is preferably carbon fibres while the rotor 10 is preferably manufactured from carbon fibre laminates.</p> |