Designed for life sciences and industrial applications, Beckman Coulter benchtop centrifuges are an essential component of any laboratory workflow. Every lab requires a centrifuge that offers reliability, durability, and precision with every spin.

Types of Centrifuges Based on Applications

Many centrifuge manufacturers categorize their models based on specific applications. Common names include:

✔ Cell Culture Centrifuges – Used in tissue culture processing, including assays, cell growth in plate formats, tissue homogenate processing (e.g., transfection or transduction), differential pelleting of harvested cells, and crude subcellular fractionation.

✔ Microbial Centrifuges – Essential in proteomics laboratories for immunotherapy, gene therapy, DNA/RNA extraction, nucleic acid precipitation, isolation, and purification using aerosol-sealed canisters.

✔ Clinical & Blood Bank Centrifuges – Utilized for blood banking preparations, blood sample separations (red blood cells (Erythrocytes), white blood cells, platelets, plasma), hematocrit testing using microhematocrit, and DNA/RNA extraction for molecular biology and drug discovery. These centrifuges typically feature swinging bucket rotors or microplates.

Centrifugation in Virology Research

Centrifugation plays a crucial role in virology research for applications such as:

🔹 High-Speed Fixed Angle Rotors – Used for virus identification by pelleting viral particles and separating them from cell debris or proteins.
🔹 Antibody Analysis & Vaccine Development – Purifies viral capsids or envelope proteins for therapeutic applications.
🔹 Viral Vector Plasmid Purification – Essential for Lentiviral Vector production by pelleting, concentrating vector particles, and removing impurities.

Advanced Centrifugation Techniques

By understanding principles such as Stokes’ equation, radial force, and relative centrifugal force (RCF), researchers can apply various centrifugation methods to achieve optimal separation results:

✅ Differential Centrifugation & Differential Pelleting – Used for pelleting subcellular organelles, DNA, viruses, bacteria, mitochondria, chloroplasts, yeast cells, and algae.
✅ Rate-Zonal & Isopycnic (Buoyant/Equilibrium) Separation – Common in life sciences and industrial applications for separating particles based on density gradients.
✅ Density Gradient Centrifugation – Applied in material science for preparing carbon nanotubes, in photothermal therapy for tumor imaging, and in environmental science for analyzing sediment, purifying particles, and contaminants in water or soil samples.

Beckman Coulter Centrifuge Models to Meet Your Needs

✔ Benchtop/Tabletop Centrifuges: Allegra Series – Allegra V-15R, Allegra X-30, Allegra 64R.
✔ Small Volume Clinical & Blood Bank Centrifuges: Microfuge 16 & Microfuge 20.
✔ Refrigerated Centrifuge Options Available for temperature-sensitive applications.

All Beckman Coulter centrifuges are registered with the Malaysian Medical Device Authority (MDA), ensuring compliance with industry standards.