FREE-FLYING CENTRIFUGE SYSTEMS AND METHODS

Centrifuge systems including free-flying centrifuges for mass separations in high gravity, microgravity, or zero gravity environments are described. A centrifuge system includes a body and a rotary member. The body includes a first vertical thruster selectively operable to move the body in a first d...

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Hauptverfasser:	Wuebben, Autumn Frances, Schoenfeld, William, Porterfield, D. Marshall, Hekstra, Mitchell R, Moyer, Hunter, Whitaker, Madelyn Julia, Lovisa, Dominic, Fry, Ethan, Paz Hernández, Alessandro Jesus, Keenan, Kyra Rose, Dalal, Ajay
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	CENTRIFUGAL APPARATUS OR MACHINES FOR CARRYING-OUT PHYSICAL ORCHEMICAL PROCESSES CENTRIFUGES PERFORMING OPERATIONS TRANSPORTING
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Zusammenfassung:	Centrifuge systems including free-flying centrifuges for mass separations in high gravity, microgravity, or zero gravity environments are described. A centrifuge system includes a body and a rotary member. The body includes a first vertical thruster selectively operable to move the body in a first direction parallel to the central axis, and one or more position sensors configured to determine a position of the body within an open space. The rotary member is configured to receive one or more material samples. The rotary member or body includes a first horizontal thruster selectively operable to move the body in a first direction perpendicular to the central axis, and the rotary member includes a rotational thruster selectively operable to rotate the rotary member about the central axis.