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The reusable welded hermetic enclosure and method provides a laser weld between a cover and a chassis to form an enclosure or a laser weld between two parts to form a hermetic seal. In either event, one part has an open mouth with a sloped or tapered external section surrounding the mouth to receive the larger mouth of the other part. The mouth of the other part is sloped or tapered to conform to the sloped or tapered external section of the first part. The parts are pressed together for an interference fit to eliminate gaps and the laser weld connects the sloped or tapered sections. When the materials to be welded are of low silicon content aluminum, it is necessary to include a filler ring of an aluminum-silicon alloy containing a predetermined silicon content between the sloped or tapered sections. The cover and the chassis are reusable after opening. The filler ring is sacrificed during the removal of the cover.
1. A hermetically sealed reusable enclosure for protecting expensive delicate heat sensitive components comprising in combination:
a chassis having an open mouth, but otherwise being closed;
a tapered external surface integral with the chassis about the mouth;
a weld filler ring tightly about a peripheral portion of said tapered external surface;
a ductile cover having an open internally tapered mouth for receiving the mouth of the chassis and pressing the ring against the peripheral portion of said tapered external surface to establish an interference fit; and,
a laser weld connecting the cover mouth, ring and the tapered external surface to effect a hermetic seal around the tapered external surface.
2. The enclosure of claim 1, wherein the open mouth of the chassis is circular.
3. The enclosure of claim 2, wherein the weld filler ring is conical shaped to mate with the tapered external surface of the chassis.
4. The enclosure of claim 3, wherein the cover is closed except for its mouth which is tapered to fit the taper of the tapered external surface.
5. The enclosure of claim 4, wherein a small portion of the weld filler ring is alloyed with a small portion of the cover and the chassis in the laser weld.
6. The enclosure of claim 1, wherein at least the tapered external surface of the chassis is A356.0-T65 aluminum alloy, the weld filler ring is 4047 aluminum alloy and at least the cover mouth is 6061 aluminum alloy.
7. The enclosure of claim 5 wherein the cover is a drawn can of 6061 aluminum alloy sheet, the chassis is a casting of A356.0-T6 aluminum alloy, and the weld filler ring is 4047 aluminum alloy sheet.
8. A hermetically sealed reusable light weight enclosure for protecting heat sensitive components comprising, in combination:
a substantially cup-shaped chassis having an open circular mouth, a closed bottom and a continuous wall between the bottom and mouth;
a tapered conical external surface around and integral with the wall adjacent to the mouth sloping inwardly toward the mouth of the chassis;
a conical shaped weld filler ring conforming to a circumferential portion of the tapered external surface and tightly fit thereon;
a closed ductile cover having an open mouth for receiving a portion of the tapered external surface and ring adjacent thereto;
said mouth and adjacent portion of the cover being internally conically flared outwardly in the direction of the chassis to match the slope of the tapered external surface and adjacent weld filler ring whereby the cover, ring and tapered external surface are wedged together in an interference fit with an end of the ring extending beyond the cover mouth, but falling short of the end of the tapered external surface thereby exposing the juxtaposed flared portion of the cover and weld filler ring; and,
a laser weld connecting the cover mouth, ring and tapered external surface of the chassis to effect a hermetic seal around the tapered surface which is leak proof under 3�10-10 cc He/sec. at one atmosphere pressure differential.
9. The enclosure of claim 8 wherein the cover is a drawn can of 6061 aluminum alloy sheet, the chassis is a casting of A356.0-T6 aluminum alloy, and the weld filler ring is from 4047 aluminum alloy sheet, including a percentage of silicon.
10. The method of making a reusable hermetically sealed enclosure for delicate expensive heat sensitive aircraft components comprising the following steps:
forming a closed chassis having an open mouth;
forming a tapered conical external surface on the chassis about the mouth;
placing a conical weld filler ring tightly about the tapered conical external surface;
forming a closed ductile cover having an open mouth to fit about the ring including a tapered internal conical surface;
pressing the cover onto the ring and chassis to establish an interference fit so that the conical cover surface overlies the conical ring which overlies the conical external surface; and
laser welding the cover mouth, ring, and the tapered external surface together to effect a hermetic seal around the tapered external surface.
11. The method of claim 10, comprising the steps of:
drawing the cover in can shape, from 6061 aluminum alloy sheet;
casting the chassis from A356.0-T6 aluminum alloy; and
cutting the weld filler ring from 4047 aluminum alloy sheet including a percentage of silicon.
12. A hermetically sealed enclosure of material other than aluminum capable of protecting heat sensitive components comprising in combination:
a chassis having an open mouth, but otherwise being closed;
an integral conical external surface on the chassis about the mouth;
a ductile cover having an open mouth and an internally flared conical portion for receiving the mouth of the chassis and a portion of the external conical surface and pressing the cover conical surface against said tapered external surface to form an interference fit; and,
a laser weld connecting the cover portion, and the tapered external surface to effect a hermetic seal around the tapered external surface.
1. Field of the Invention
The invention is a light weight enclosure or container which may house expensive electronics and/or instrumentation sealed against contamination, moisture and weather by employing laser welding in a unique process.
2. Prior Art
No successful prior art is known. Laser welded enclosures often fail hermetic testing, necessitating epoxy patching which is not durable. Some laser welded enclosures are known which do not permit reuse after opening.
More particularly, if the instrumentation is to be used in the aerospace field, weight becomes an important consideration, and the present invention may uniquely employ aluminum alloys, and still obtain perfect hermetic sealing.
The invention comprises a sealed enclosure or seal per se and methods of making the same wherein one part (the chassis) has an open mouth with a tapered surface surrounding the mouth adjacent thereto. The taper periphery is smallest at the mouth and increases in the direction of the bottom of the chassis or other end of the part.
A weld filler ring fits about at least a portion of the tapered surface and conforms thereto-preferably being conical.
A cover for the chassis (or the other part for the seal) has an open mouth capable of receiving the mouth of the chassis and a portion of the tapered surface, with the weld filler ring therebetween.
A laser weld connects the cover mouth (or other part mouth), ring, and tapered surface to effect a hermetic seal around the tapered surface. The level of hermeticity of the weld produced is substantially equivalent to the theoretical limits of the materials being joined. In practice, production enclosures have been made and sealed using the invention method and leak tested. No leaks were detected at the limit of the available factory measurement equipment which was 3*10-10 cc He/sec at one atmosphere pressure differential.
The preferred material for forming the seals is aluminum. The tapered surface may comprise A356.0-T6 aluminum alloy, the weld filler ring may be 4047 aluminum alloy and the cover mouth and adjacent region may be 6061 aluminum alloy.
The methods involve the forming of one part with an open mouth and an adjacent tapered surface with the other part formed with an open mouth large enough to receive the one part open mouth and at least a portion of the tapered surface, with the weld filler ring interposed between the tapered surface and the larger open mouth.
Laser welding then connects the larger mouth portion to the welding ring and tapered surface.
Also, the method of making an internally flared open ended cover is disclosed wherein the sheet from which the cover is made is drawn over a male die having an outwardly flared bottom portion. Then, a pinch-off die cutter separates the cover from the sheet by cutting the cover parallel with the die body so the flared portion of the cover is severed to provide the internal flaring for the cover.
Still further, the method of forming a conical shaped ring from sheet material is disclosed wherein given the top inside diameter of the conical ring (i.e., cone section), slope of the ring, height of the ring and angle of the tapered surface, it is possible to calculate the inside and outside diameters, as well as the length, of an arc which may form a pattern on sheet material to cut or punch out the ring which when its ends are laser welded together makes a weld filler ring which snugly fits or presses against the tapered surface so it is automatically maintained in place for further processing, while eliminating gaps. This is also true of the flared portion of the cover (or other part) when it fits snugly or tightly presses against the ring or tapered surface.
For materials other than aluminum, such as mu metal, stainless steel, and the like, no weld filler ring is required because these metals weld much more readily than aluminum.
FIG. 1 is a view in side elevation of a hermetically sealed enclosure or container including a chassis and a cover;
FIG. 1a is an isometric view of the cover with electrical connector;
FIG. 1b is an isometric view of an electronics circuit card assembly to be contained in the enclosure.
FIG. 1c is an isometric view of an instrument assembly to be contained in the enclosure;
FIG. 1d is an isometric view of a weld filler ring integral with or for fitting onto a peripheral tapered surface of the chassis;
FIG. 1e is an open isometric view of the chassis;
FIG. 2 is a view in side elevation of a hermetically sealed enclosure, housing or container consisting of a chassis body and a cover and including an enlarged detailed view, partly in section, of a hermetic seal construction per se or for the enclosure;
FIG. 3 is a schematic sectional view for interference fit analysis;
FIG. 4 shows the weld filler ring as a section of a cone to explain a method of making the conical ring from a flat sheet of material;
FIG. 5 shows the layout shape of the conical ring on flat material;
FIG. 6 is an isometric view of the ring; and,
FIG. 7 shows the cover formed on a male die which is flared outwardly so that a pinch-off die cutter can remove the external portion of the flare flush to the external cylindrical surface of the cover and automatically form an internal flare in the cover mating portion without secondary machining operations.
The preferred embodiment of the invention is best illustrated in FIG. 1a-1e and FIG. 2 wherein FIG. 1a-1e shows an exploded view of the enclosure 11 comprising chassis 13, cover 15, chassis tapered surface 17, and conical welded filler ring 19. FIG. 2 shows the enclosure 11 in a sealed assembled side elevation. A small circle on the side elevation of FIG. 2 designates the location of a detailed partial sectional view of the enclosure. The detailed partial sectional view is encircled within a large circle and positioned below the side elevation and linked to the side elevation by a line in the same view. The detailed partial sectional view of FIG. 2 shows the enclosure seal created between chassis 13 and cover 15 in detail. The conical weld filler ring 19 is shown positioned between the chassis tapered surface 17 and the ductile cover interior flared portion 15'. The enclosure seal is created by a laser weld 21. The laser weld 21 connects cover 15 to tapered surface 17 about the entire perimeter of tapered surface 17 to insure hermetic sealing.
Preferably, the cover 15 is wrought aluminum, the chassis 13 is cast aluminum and the weld filler ring 19 is cut or stamped from aluminum alloy sheet with a high percentage of silicon in it.
FIGS. 1a-1e show typical enclosure components in exploded relationship. Cover 15 includes hermetic electrical connector 16 having pins (not shown) for connection to a receiving socket carried by an electronics circuit card assembly 18 which in turn connects to instrument assembly 20. Weld filler ring 19 (if required) slips onto a tapered surface 17 to receive the ductile cover interior flared portion 15' (FIG. 2) to prevent cracking upon cooling. The conical weld filler ring 19 is used when the cover 15 is made of an aluminum alloy that does not have sufficient silicon to allow crack free laser welding to take place.
The assemblies 18 and 20 are not part of the invention but may comprise components worth e.g., $5,000-$35,000, such as gyros, accelerometers, medical devices, or the like, which require protection from contamination.
The unique design of the interface of FIG. 2 achieves the hermetic laser welds in aluminum, and allows the cover 15 to be removed, using a lathe tool to cut away the laser weld 21, so that the cover and chassis are reusable--and only the ring 19 is sacrificed. Since the enclosure may be used to protect expensive sensitive instruments and electronics, access for repair is vital. Also, the principles of this design may be applied to other configurations (i.e.) elliptical, pillow-shaped or the like, but circular, as depicted, is preferred. Other materials may be employed, and if laser weld cracking is not a problem, the filler ring 19 (FIG. 2) may be omitted, and the inner flared surface 15' of the cover 15 mated directly to the tapered surface 17 to avoid gaps, and maintain position while laser weld 21 is formed from the materials of cover 15 and tapered surface 17. Reuse is still possible above the original weld 21, or the sacrificial ring 19 may be employed.
Prior designs of laser welded enclosures consistently failed hermeticity testing. The leaks in the welds had to be patched with epoxy. This was a costly, time consuming process which also compromised the long term hermeticity of the enclosure. Also many welded enclosures cannot be reused after they are opened.
Aluminum does not weld easily and is particularly difficult to laser weld. Laser welding is desirable for the following reasons:
The heating is localized at the weld which permits the enclosure to be welded without damage to the delicate instruments and electronics installed inside.
The localized heating also precludes weld induced thermal distortion of the enclosure.
The laser welding process does not introduce flux or other contaminants into the enclosure.
The laser weld process lends itself to automation for high production rates and low cost.
The aluminum enclosure consists of the three parts: Cover 15, chassis 13 and weld filler ring 19 plus a plug and set screw to seal a purge and fill port (not shown) in the chassis 13.
The parts are designed for low cost fabrication and assembly processes. In the embodiment of the exploded enclosure 11 of FIGS. 1a-1e, the cover 15 is a drawn can fabricated from 0.040 inch thick 6061 aluminum alloy sheet. The chassis 13 is a casting fabricated from A356.0-T6 aluminum alloy. The weld filler ring 19 is fabricated from 0.010 inch thick 4047 aluminum alloy sheet. The overall dimensions of the enclosure 11 are 3.5 inches in diameter and 3.3 inches in height.
The features of the weld interface (FIG. 2) which combine to produce consistently good hermetic welds are the conical tapered surfaces of the mating parts, the ductility of the cover material and the combination of alloys. The parts of the enclosure are assembled by being pressed together to the final height dimension in an arbor press prior to welding. The interference fit on the conical surfaces creates positive contact pressure between the parts at the weld line which eliminates the problem of gaps and insures a hermetic weld. The ductility of the cover material permits it to be pressed down over the conical surface of the weld filler ring and chassis with modest force on the arbor press and without overstressing the cover.
Pressing the parts to the final dimension also eliminates the considerable stack-up of height tolerances inherent in the design. This allows reasonable manufacturing tolerances to be used on the parts without a height penalty on the final assembly. In the case of the depicted Inertial Measurement Unit enclosure, the stack-up of height tolerances is 0.120 inch before pressing the cover on to the 3.303 inch final assembled height dimension.
The parts of the preferred embodiment enclosure are dimensioned to provide a minimum height interference of 0.020 inch when pressed together to the final assembled height dimension of 3.303 inches. The application of the manufacturing tolerances to the minimum interference part dimensions results in a maximum height interference of 0.140 inch.
FIG. 3 is provided to explain an analysis of the design of the interference fit of the preferred embodiment. FIG. 3 illustrates the configuration of the interference fit. The cone angle φ on the enclosure parts is 4.574�. The parts are designed for a minimum height interference of Fmin of 0.020 inch when pressed together to the final assembled enclosure height H. Based on development tests, the minimum allowable interference of 0.020 inch is required to insure a tight, gap-free fit at the weld line for a consistently hermetic weld and to provide adequate friction to hold the enclosure parts together during the laser welding process. To accommodate the size, shape and mounting requirements of the contents of the enclosure 11, the final assembled height H is 3.303 inches, the minimum chassis height Emin is 2.302 inches and Dmin, the minimum chassis diameter at the top of the taper, is 3.399 inches. The ring 19 is fabricated from 4047 aluminum alloy sheet which is available in 0.010�0.001 inch thickness. For a worst case minimum height interference analysis, the minimum ring thickness Cmin 0.009 inch is used. For the worst case minimum interference analysis, Amin the minimum cover height and Bmax the maximum cover diameter at the bottom of the taper are used. The minimum cover height Amin is calculated to place the weld line 21 a distance Jmin of 0.220 below the top of the chassis 13. Since approximately 0.020 inch is cut off the bottom of the cover each time it is removed, this distance permits the cover to be removed and rewelded several times.
1. Amin=H+Emin
2. Amin=3.303+0.220-2.302=1.221 inches
The maximum cover diameter Bmax for the minimum allowable interference Fmin of 0.020 inch is calculated as follows:
3. Bmax=D+2[(J-F)tanφ+C/cosφ]
4. Bmax=3.399+2[(0.220-0.020)tan 4.574�+0.009/cos 4.574�]
5. Bmax=3.449 inches
To calculate the part dimensions for the maximum interference fit the manufacturing tolerances of the embodiment enclosure are applied to the parts as follows:
6. Amax=Amin+tolerance
7. Amax=1.221+0.010=1.231 inches
8. Bmin =Bmax-tolerance
9. Bmin=3.449-0.006=3.443 inches
10. Cmax=Cmin+tolerance
11. Cmax=0.009+0.002=0.011 inch
12. Dmax=Dmin=tolerance
13. Dmax=3.399+0.006=3.405 inches
14. Emax=Emin+tolerance
15. Emax=2.302+0.010=2.312 inches The maximum interference fit Fmax is then calculated as follows:
16. Fmax=Gmax-H
Where Gmax is the maximum assembled enclosure height before press and H is the final assembled height after press.
17. Gmax=Amax+Emax+Cmax/sin φ-[(Bmin-Dmax)/2 (tanφ)]
18. Gmax=1.231+2.312+0.011/sin 4.574�-[(3.443-3.4055)2(tan 4.574�)]
19. Gmax=3.443 inches
20. Fmax=3.443-3.303=0.140 inch
The maximum circumferential elongation of the bottom of the cover at the maximum interference is:
21. Elongation=100 (2) (Fmax)tan φ)/Bmin
22. Elongation=100 (2) (0.140)(tan 4.574�)/3.443=0.65%
This is well below the 10% allowable elongation of the 6061-t6 aluminum alloy cover material.
Jmax is the distance from the top of the chassis 13 to the weld line 21 at the maximum interference fit.
23. Jmax=Amax+Emax-H
24. Jmax=1.231+2.312-3.303=0.240 inch
Design criteria for weld filler ring 10 with reference to FIG. 3:
1) The worst case location of the top of the ring to be flush to top of chassis. In the opposite extreme of tolerances the top of the ring will be above the top of the chassis; and,
2) The worst case location of the bottom of the ring to be 0.040 minimum below the bottom of the cover.
The maximum inside diameter, Kmax, at the top of the ring is made equal to the minimum diameter Dmin at the top of the chassis to satisfy the first criteria.
25. Kmax=Dmin=3.399 inches
To satisfy the second criteria the nominal height of the ring Mnom is calculated as follows:
26. Qmin=Dmax+2(Jmax+0.040)tan φ
Where Qmin is the minimum inside diameter of the bottom of the ring.
27. Qmin=3.405+2(0.240+0.040) ten 4.574�
28. Qmin=3.450 inches
To calculate the nominal diameters, the tolerances are applied as follows:
29. Knom=Kmax-(tolerance/2)
30. Knom=3.399-(0.006/2)=3.396 inches
31. Qnom=Qmin+(tolerance/2)
32. Qnom=33.450+(0.006/2)=3.453 inches
33. Mnom=(Qnom-Knom)/2(tanφ)
34. Mnom=(3.453-3.396)/2(tan 4.574�)
35. Mnom=0.356 inch*
The cover can be removed by fixturing the assembly on a lathe and cutting through the welded bottom edge of the cover and through or partially through the weld filler ring. A wheel puller type fixture is then used to pull the cover off. The weld filler ring is then peeled off the chassis and discarded and the chassis surface is dressed.
Approximately 0.020 inch of the cover height is removed to cut through the weld. The conical taper interface between the cover and the chassis is approximately 0.23 inch long. This permits the cover to be removed and rewelded several times. Each time the cover is rewelded, the weld line moves up the chassis by the amount removed from the height of the cover. The chassis can be reused indefinitely. A new weld filler ring is required for each weld.
Further details of construction include the manner of making laser weld 21. The ring 19 sheet material is available from Lucas Milhaupt in Cudahy, Wis. as 13/87 silicon aluminum alloy sheet.
A suitable laser welding machine may be obtained from Humonics, coherent or others characterized by a pulsed Nd YAG laser capable of up to 150 watts average power, set to pulse at about 20 pulses per second at a power setting of 1 joule per pulse. (This setting may require less than 100 watts). A computer simply guides the laser at the weld area (21) while a collar machine tool chuck rotates the assembled enclosure 11. In the preferred example, the diameter at weld 21 is approximately 3.5 inches, and the speed of welding is about 6 inches per minute. Thus the creation of weld 21 requires almost 2 minutes. The weld 21 is really a series of overlapping spots due to the laser pulses, but a hermetic seal is produced.
FIGS. 3-6 explain how the conical ring 19 is produced to mate with tapered surface 17, and how the inner outwardly extending flange 15' of cover 15 is achieved to mate with the outer surface of ring 19.
In FIG. 4, it is known that the slope angle φ of ring 19 is 4.574; the top inside diameter (ID) or a+a' is 3.396 inches, and that the desired height of ring 19 is 0.3592 inches. In order to lay out the ring 19 on flat sheet material, it is then necessary to determine R, ΔR, R2 angle Θ and the length L of the inside arc of the layout for ring 19. FIG. 4 is a section through a cone formed by extending ring 19 upwardly to its apex. This forms right angle triangle a, b, c, and h ΔR, a".
To find the length of R1, use sin 4.574=a/b or R1 =1.698/sin 4.574 so that R1 =21.2924 inches.
To determine ΔR, use cos 4.574=h/ΔR or ΔR=0.3592/cos 4.574=0.3603 inches.
To determine R2 use R2 =R1 +ΔR or 21.2924+0.3603476=21.6527 inches.
To determine L use L=πd=π(1.698+1.698)=10.6688 inches.
To determine the circumference (C)=2πR1, use C=2π(21.2924)=133.7843 inches.
Then, Θ/360=L/C=10.6688/133.7843 or Θ=28.7087�.
Thus, in FIG. 5, L, R1 and R2 are known to layout ring 19, which is cut or stamped out and its ends laser welded together to form conical ring 19 of FIG. 6.
In FIG. 7, the inside flare 15' for cover 15 to match the ring 19 or to surface 17 slope is obtained by using male die 25 incorporating the lower flare, and then pinch-off die 31 punching along vertical lines 27, 29 at the outer edge of the cover 15 periphery.
When the enclosure 11 is to form an aluminum weld 21, it is only necessary that sloped or tapered portion 17, ring 19 and the overlapping mouth of cover 15 be appropriate aluminum alloys, as explained but usually the total parts will be aluminum alloys.
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Anime: You dress up as your favorite anime character
Sci-Fi: You dress up as a Jedi or a Klingon from the Star Wars and Star Trek series
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"Anime: You dress up as your favorite anime character"
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That's as best as I can define it... Don't want to think of it too much :S
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Standard microcentrifuge tubes are 1.5 to 2 ml, come in a variety of shapes—straight or curved walls, for example, with screw tops or pop tops, and sometimes with spin columns inside—and are historically what microcentrifuges were designed for.
Standard microcentrifuges also can spin smaller tubes, such as 0.5, 0.4 or 0.2 ml varieties, but require tube adapters to reduce the size of the rotor's holes, says Peter Will, product manager for centrifugation products at Labnet International Inc., Corning Life Science's equipment business unit.
Many microcentrifuges can handle these and other formats—such as 5-ml tubes, cryotubes, HPLC tubes, PCR strips, microtiter plates and hematocrits (capillary tubes)—by using specialized rotors designed to accommodate them. And at least one combination—the Eppendorf 5430 centrifuge equipped with F-35-6-30 rotor—can even handle 15- and 50-ml conical tubes.
Of course, not every microcentrifuge allows for interchangeable rotors. Typically, an entry-level model will come with a single, dedicated rotor, whereas higher-end models allow for choices. In fact, says Will, "one of the greatest differentiating features [between microcentrifuges] is how many options of interchangeable rotors a customer can choose from." Labnet's top-of-the-line Z216 MK, for example, can accommodate seven different rotors, including one that can accommodate both standard and 0.5-ml tubes and another for PCR strips.
It's also important to keep in mind that rotors generally are not interchangeable between different models. So it's always best to think about the system as a combination of the microcentrifuge and rotor(s).
In addition to the type of samples they can hold, rotors differ in the number of samples they can hold. There are rotors that are compatible with Eppendorf's 5430, for example, that will handle a maximum of 24, 30 or 48 standard tubes.
But number of samples is not the only differentiating factor. Of the two 24-tube rotors, one is fixed-angle with a PTFE (Teflon) coating for high chemical resistance; the other is a swinging-bucket rotor, which is useful for density gradient centrifugation and size separation, for instance. Both have aerosol-tight lids. (These are the only rotors of these types compatible with this instrument. Some others have aerosol-tight lids, and others do not.)
But if you had to choose just one rotor for standard tubes (and didn't require a PTFE-coated rotor), why not just order the 48-tube rotor? The costs of the 48- and 24-tube fixed-angle rotors are not significantly different, you get higher throughput when you need it, and you can always run fewer tubes when you don't.
Brenda Rickert, Eppendorf's territory manager for Minnesota and North Dakota, provides one reason: speed.
"The rotors are rated for different speeds," Rickert explains, adding, "The 48 is rated lower than the 24" (18,210 × g, compared with 30,000 x g, to be precise). The rotors have chips in them that communicate with the instrument, preventing them from being spun faster than they are rated.
Of course, the centrifuges themselves are rated for top speed, as well, and it's important to make sure the instrument you purchase can meet the needs of your applications. "There's a really wide market that uses centrifuges that are running at 17,000 x g or 21,000 x g—you'll find quite a few protocols that would actually ask for that," says Ileana Price, Thermo Fisher Scientific's product manager for centrifugation.
For example, QIAGEN's QIAquick Spin Handbook notes, "All centrifugation steps are carried out at 17,900 x g (13,000 rpm) in a conventional tabletop microcentrifuge at room temperature." On the other hand, Eppendorf has a technical note on its web site indicating, "Centrifugation at 30,000 x g in plasmid DNA precipitation allows better recovery rates and shorter centrifugation times."
Ambient-temperature microcentrifuges are ventilated to allow the heat generated during a run to dissipate. Some instruments are kept in a cold room—although Rickert warns that some shouldn't be, because their electronics might not do too well there over time. In fact, several vendors, including Eppendorf and Beckman Coulter, explicitly market units as "cold-room compatible."
There is another option, but it comes at a cost. For samples that need to be maintained at a specific temperature, or if you are using the unit constantly, choose a refrigerated microcentrifuge, says Price.
Many ventilated models also can be ordered as refrigerated units, but some models come only as refrigerated units. As a general rule-of-thumb, users can expect to pay between about $1,650 and $3,000 for non-refrigerated units, and from $5,200 to $7,000 for refrigerated systems, says Will. Rotors tend to add $600 to $1,200 to the cost of the instrument, he adds.
If all you need to do is quickly get the sample to the bottom of the tube (as opposed to doing a separation), you might want to consider a mini centrifuge. These low-cost cousins tend to accommodate only six to eight tubes, have a much smaller footprint than microcentrifuges and are fixed-speed (maxing out at about 5,000 to 7,000 rpm), says Will. Labnet sells one version of its mini that accommodate microarray slides and one exclusively for PCR plates.
If nothing else, a mini centrifuge can save some wear and tear on your more full-featured units. There's a cost benefit, too: Basic units can be had for less than $200.
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Food is good.and the staff is friendly and helpful, the queso is delicious take some home for GameDay always a hit.
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ATI has just launched their Radeon 9600 XT VPU which is designed to replace the 9600 Pro in the hotly contested mid-range performance market which was designed especially to compete against nVidia's new GeForce FX 5700 Ultra GPU. Let's step back in time first though and put it all into prospective for you.
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Between rounds of interviews for a new superintendent, the Central Montcalm Public School Board of Education, at its monthly meeting Wednesday worked on filling two principal posts.
Between rounds of interviews for a new superintendent, the Central Montcalm Public School Board of Education, at its monthly meeting Wednesday worked on filling two principal posts.
The Central Montcalm Public School Board of Education on Wednesday interviewed two of the six superintendent candidates. Roche LaVictor, currently principal of Discovery Middle School in the Plymouth-Canton District, and Peter W. Bush Jr., currently high school principal for Coopersville Area Public Schools, each fielded a variety of questions in their hour-long interview before the board. The candidates then were given 15 minutes to question the board or present a closing statement.
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Well i definately hope so, from all the hearsay that i've come across within the past few months..things are sounding good as far as research on alzheimer's. Hope things brighten up
this topic is not the greatest from me simply cuz my grandma has alzheimer's and it's getting worse in her case. but anyways, do u think there will be a cure for it in the near future? i know that my grandmother isn't the only one with alzheimer's but it's not a great feeling to have.
Well i definately hope so, from all the hearsay that i've come across within the past few months..things are sounding good as far as research on alzheimer's. Hope things brighten up
Well no one can say for sure, but yeah~ lots of people are looking forward to a cure. All we can do now and wait, that's the sad thing about medicine. Looking for a cure isn't easy.
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its such a debilitating illness.. i cant imagine what it must be like to live knowing that you're forgetting all the experiences in your life.. that this thing is going to gradually consume your mind and the memories of your past along with it
The end is important in all things.
I'm watching my grand-father-in-law fall into alzheimers. It is so frustrating for him, especially since he is a perfectionest. We are just hoping .... well it's hard to say what were hoping but none of us believe he has long left.
Will there be a cure soon, no way to tell. They have been saying that they are close to a cure for over ten years now. Also Alzheimers usually occures at a time when everything else is going wrong physically/mentally. A general breakdown of health. Not always, just usually. If it's not one thing it's another. My grandmother had problems with her memories before she died and I can honestly say there are worse ways to go.
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my Grand-mother have alzheimer. Now, she only sit and do nothing. Physicaly she their, but his mind is not with us.
One day, maybe, a cure will appear, but she will not be here to see it.
In a far futur they will surelly find a cure, cause we will all have HD in our brain so we will just have to back-up the data...
No really, I hope we will find a cure. What is moor sed than to forget or to be forgot.....
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My condolences. My grandmother had alzheimers, so I understand theOriginally Posted by Nightwish
sadness and often frustration watching a loved one go through that.
How long has she had it? Have her doctors tried anything like Aricept
or anything? My grandmother was put on it and it did seem to slow
it down a little bit.
As for whether there will ever be a cure, I'm sure that there will be one
day. But they have to find out the cause first. If you feel so inclined,
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We have a 16 X 32 inground pool. We have had it about 15 years. We us a mesh cover over the winter and have drained it many times over the winter due to rain and snow.
That being said, my husband has put in 8 lbs of shock over the last week and it is still coming up very low.
We had this hellish nightmare only one other time and that turned out to be "too many disolved solids". As I previously stated the water had been very diluted over the winter, so that is not likely.
*Computerized readings are all within normal range.*
We have done all the obvious things to ready the water for swimming. Algeacide, Shock, Pool magic Spring and fall etc, changed the earth in the filter, the water looks clear.
This makes no sense. Please help if you can. We are at our wits end.
Have you tried chlorine Viagra (ha-ha)?
The numbers from the computerized readings would be nice. You may have a little algae bloom trying to take hold, you may have either too much or too little cyanuric acid in the pool or it may be that the lawn guy dumped some fertilizer in the pool and your phosphates or nitrates are too high. Was the pool water clear when you opened the pool?
Have you verified your test results with a secondary source? Since you have a hand-held it sounds like, have you done a quick sanity check with a two reagent titration test kit? Perhaps your "measuring" device is the problem. Bad/old reagents, bad batteries, dirty probes, etc. I would double check my measurements against a secondary source to make sure its working and your not dumping chemicals after chemicals all because of bad readings.
I agree with a previous poster that you probably have a bit of an algae bloom trying to take hold. Although you're up in PA, if you have a lot of direct sun on your pool with only 20 CYA, your chlorine will be gone rather quickly due to the sun.
As a side note, I'd disregard the pool store's recommendation to add any type calcium increaser. It's necessary in gunite pools, but not really necessary for vinyl pools. Also, if your "shock" product is calcium hypochlorite, you're adding calcium with each dose anyway.
1. Add a bit more CYA so your closer to the middle....it goes away with time and exposure to sun.
2. Add a gallon- 1 1/2 gallon of chlorine instead of shock. Wait 1-2 days and re-measure you Chlorine.
You say 8lbs of shock. What kind of pool shock are you using? You know they have oxidizing-only shocks. They don't add any chlorine at all to your pool. They will clean but without any residual chlorine to back them up....you will get algae problems coming back pretty quickly.
When I had that problem one pool store kept telling me to put in shock. Almost $200 later pool still green. I went to the other pool store and added liquid chlorine, at first 3 jugs and kept it high and within a week of the liquid and cleaning filter once or twice a day it was clear.
Is your pool filter clean? I had this problem when I let my filter get too dirty. The chlorine was used up trying to deal with the muck in the filter.
Ditch the powdered shock, a waste of money. You should add:
-20 oz of Muratic acid to get PH down to 7.5.
- Add 4 gallons of 6% bleach in the evening to get the pool to 12PPM CL. Test again in the morning and add enough to get it back up to 12PPM. Then test again in the evening and repeat the process. When you can hold 12PPM consistently overnight, you have killed off the problem and can let your CL taper back down to 6PPM which is where I would try to stay. 3ppm - 6ppm CL @ 40 CYA is a good area to be.
After you can hold CL consistently, add 59oz of CYA increaser (stabilizer), to get your CYA up to 40.
You can find all of these calculations at a neat site, http://www.poolcalculator.com/
I would listen to keithw. I had the same issue. My chlorine just would not stay up. It wasn't until I found out that my pool had zero stabilizer in it. But take your time. You must fix one thing at a time. Trying to fix two things at the same time will only cost you a buttload of money. I first had to get my stabilizer right. Once I did that, my chlorine kept falling, but i think I was fighting a algae bloom that I could not see. But my first clue was green on my waterfall rocks. Once I got the bloom under control, now my chlorine stays about 3-4ppm. I use to have to crank my automatic chlorinator up, but now I've had to turn it back down.
Just stay with it and don't go overboard. Once you pour your chemicals in, let the pool circulate. And don't freak out if it doesn't become "normal" overnite. Just do a little bit at a time. Its easier to catch up than to go overboard. You go overboard and you may end up having to drain some of your pool water. And most of all don't go overboard on the CYA. Remember it dissolves real slow.
I agree with Keith Except using Muratic Acid on a Liner pool and the other poster on the need for the calcium in a liner pool check the liner manufactures webs sites and they will clearly tell you what you should and should not use on a liner pool. What Keith is doing is instructing you on how to reach Breakthrough Chlorine.
I had the same problem in southeast pa, added a few gallons of chlorine to shock and the levels were still coming up around 1 ppm. Turned out my phospate levels were through the roof (3000 ppb, I assume from nearby farms, rain, etc). Within an hour or two of adding a phosphate remover my chlorine level jumped to where they should be for shock level.
Guys my chlorine levels ARE STILL NON EXISTANT and we have been to 3 different pool chemistry places. I AM READY TO JUMP OFF THE BRIDGE. It isn't phosphates. We use a product to help with that and it comes out perfect.
I guess I need to drain the pool and start over.
It seems a bit rash but I can't take this anymore.
I gave up on Chlorine and installed a salt system last year. End of all problems. It keeps the water just right. Cost me right at $2000 installed. Installation is not hard once you understand what the system does and how it works. I wouldn't go back for anything. Pool is in the Nashville, TN area.
After watching the install I know I could've done it. So I paid $400 to learn. But the guy services the pool and is competent. He suggested the change and glad he did.


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