Category: Quality & Safety

Topic: Centrifugation Safety

Article Title: Corrosive Agents

Hettich manufactures its products using high quality materials that are engineered to last for many years.

The centrifuge must not be operated with any highly corrosive substances that could impair the mechanical integrity of rotors, buckets and accessories. However, some chemicals, cleaning agents and the autoclaving processes can also have a long-term effect on the integrity and strength of some material.

Visually inspect your centrifuge and its accessories on a regular basis for signs of wear or corrosion. Rotors, buckets (suspensions) and accessories that possess traces of corrosion or mechanical damage or exceed their useful life cycles or dates may no longer be used.