×

Method for energy management and overspeed protection of a centrifuge

  • US 6,679,820 B2
  • Filed: 11/20/2001
  • Issued: 01/20/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/11/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Term
First Claim
Patent Images

1. 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; and

    (b) limiting said operating speed when said actual change in energy is not within said predetermined range of said expected change in energy.

View all claims
  • 1 Assignment
Timeline View
Assignment View
    ×
    ×