Beckman Coulter Optima L80XP Ultracentrifuge

Available Rotors:

Type 70.1 Ti Fixed Angle Rotor: Max speed (70,000rpm, 450,000 x g), (Type 70.1 Ti rotor manual)
Type 70 Ti Fixed Angle Rotor: Max speed (70,000rpm, 504,000 x g), (Type 70 Ti rotor manual)
Type 50.2 Ti Fixed Angle Rotor: Max speed (50,000rpm, 302,000 x g), (Type 50.2 Ti rotor manual)
Type 45 Ti Fixed Angle Rotor: Max speed (45,000rpm, 235,000 x g), (Type 45 Ti rotor manual)
Type 42 Fixed Angle Rotor: Max speed (35,000rpm)
SW41 Ti Swinging Bucket Rotor: Max speed (41,000rpm, 288,000 x g), (SW41 Ti rotor manual)
SW55 Ti Swinging Bucket Rotor: Max speed (55,000rpm, 368,000 x g), (SW55 Ti rotor manual)
SW28 Swinging Bucket Rotor: Max speed (28,000rpm, 141,000 x g), (SW28 rotor manual)

Select the right tubes for the rotors above, please click here to download the information from Beckman Coulter website.

Use of the ultracentrifuge in the Molecular Biology Facility

This ultracentrifuge is in demand therefore there is an online booking system. Please book the centrifuge before you use it.
Users are responsible for supplying their own centrifuge tubes. Please click here to download the information of tubes for the rotors above from Beckman Coulter website.
All users must be trained in the operation of the centrifuge by the Molecular Biology Officer. Please contact the Molecular Biology Officer if you wish to be trained.