High Throughput Avanti JXN-30 Expands Centrifugation Range 

Beckman Coulter Life Sciences continues to expand its range of Avanti High Performance centrifuges with the launch of the Avanti JXN-30. This capitalises on the company’s unique expertise in ultracentrifugation by incorporating features from its top of the line Optima X Series into the High Performance Avanti JXN-30.

The new centrifuge improves workflow by delivering high throughput performance and an expanding and increasingly varied separations capability. This ranges from high efficiency, high volume separations using fixed angle rotors to high force zonal separations with swinging bucket rotors.

In addition, the MobileFuge remote application for Avanti JXN and Optima X series centrifuges enables customers to access all types of data, carrying out remote monitoring, control and error handling via networks and mobile devices. Its data management capability combines with the network and MobileFuge applications to make the Avanti JXN series especially suitable for shared lab environments.

Beckman Coulter centrifuges offer customers energy savings and environmental advantages. Recycled resin is incorporated in the outer panelling of the Avanti JXN-30, and each instrument contains up to 7.5 lbs (3.4kg) of recycled PET bottles.  A Friction Reduction System (FRS) enables the Avanti JXN-30 to run more quietly, increasing energy efficiency by reducing the air in the chamber. This in turn reduces rotor friction, minimising the effort required to accelerate and to maintain speed.  The FRS also lowers the amount of heat present in the chamber, reducing refrigeration system usage.

The BioCertified ?xed-angle and swinging-bucket rotors offer a range of biosafety options including a BioCertified dual-locking lid configuration for workflows that include biohazardous samples. This maintains biocontainment when removing and transporting the rotor to a containment hood.  Avanti JXN-30 rotors range in capacity from 360 mL to 4 L, and some are independently certi?ed to contain liquids and aerosols.  

The Avanti JXN-30 has redundant, built-in safety features to ensure that no individual rotor exceeds the maximum speed permitted.  A lower work surface makes rotor handling easier with a foot pedal for hands-free lid opening. Large footpads allow the unit to be used unanchored.  Interface options enable users to customise the touchscreen with pictures, backgrounds, avatars and sounds.  An optional pharmaceutical grade sterilising filter system, located on the unit exterior for ease of access, also enhances biosafety.