ULTRA-LIGHT COMPOSITE CENTRIFUGE ROTOR

摘要

A fixed-angle centrifuge rotor (10) fabricated from fiber-reinforced composite material (11) including a composite rotor plate (12), composite tube holders (20), and a hub (16) to attach the rotor plate (12) to a centrifuge. The rotor plate (12) has counterbored through holes (18) with each counterbore defining an annular step (22). The tube holders (20) are cylindrical in shape and are mounted to the rotor plate (12) in each of the counterbored through holes (18). Each tube holder (20) has an circumferential flange that mates with and is bonded to the annular step (22) in a counterbore of the rotor plate (12).