01 / PRECISION MACHINERY
AXIOM S6
SWING-BUCKET CENTRIFUGE · EXPLODED ASSEMBLY
⊕ANCHOR SOCKET
↻ DRAG ROTATE · ⇧ DRAG PAN · SCROLL ZOOM · TAP SELECT
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SWING-BUCKET CENTRIFUGE · EXPLODED ASSEMBLY
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A laboratory centrifuge is much more than a container that spins. Its design brings together rigid structures, precision machining, rotating mass, electronic control, thermal management and layered safety systems. In AXIOM S6, a fictional educational swing-bucket centrifuge, each of those systems is represented by an individual mechanical assembly. This interactive model is intended to help engineering students, makers, educators and curious visitors understand how one machine is built. You can orbit the machine, open the lid, inspect the stator, follow the central spindle and examine six independently suspended sample buckets. The model contains 121 selectable parts grouped into seven subsystems. Every component has an inspection description, an attachment relationship and a location in the assembled machine. This is a visualization of design principles, not a manufacturer-certified medical or laboratory product. Its dimensions, top speed and operating responses are illustrative, and the model must never be used as operating instructions for real laboratory equipment.
The fundamental purpose of a centrifuge is to create a controlled accelerating reference frame for a sample. A central electric motor drives a rotor about its vertical axis. Sample containers travel around that axis, and the resulting radial acceleration is proportional to both their distance from the axis and the square of angular velocity. In a swing-bucket design, the sample holders hang downward when stationary. As rotation increases, they swing outward around tangential hinge pins. Their orientation approaches horizontal at high rotational speed, allowing the sample tube to align with the effective acceleration direction. This behaviour differs from a fixed-angle rotor, whose sample slots remain at a preset tilt. In the AXIOM S6 simulation, all six buckets share a common rotor angle, but each pivots around its own carrier. The pivot and spinning rotor are applied as distinct mathematical transforms; this makes the bucket motion a real articulated relationship rather than an animated image pasted on a surface. For visual readability, the spinning speed shown by the renderer is time-scaled while the interface displays an illustrative RPM readout.
The chassis begins with a machined foundation and four elastomer isolators. The isolators represent vibration separation between the machine and the workbench. Above them are the equipment deck, shell mounting supports and a rotor containment bowl shown with an educational cutaway. The motor drive contains a stationary brushless stator, winding blocks, a magnet rotor, a spindle, sealed bearings, an encoder ring and a detachable taper coupling. The rotor assembly includes the central hub, cap, centre plate and six radial arms. Swing-bucket hardware consists of fork brackets, pins, cradles, sample buckets, transparent demonstration tubes and closures. The cooling circuit has a blower casing, five distinct fan blades, a heat sink, radial fins, ducting and a temperature probe. The control system includes a board, display, processor, power inlet, emergency control and a lid safety relay. The safety-lid mechanism includes two hinges, an axle, reinforcement, a window, gasket, front grip, latch and position switch. These are educationally meaningful parts, including repeated hardware in the six rotor stations.
This is an educational, illustrative model of a fictional product: part names, masses, materials and operating figures are simplified and are not a manufacturer's drawing, a design basis or a safety/acceptance document.