High Throughput Avanti JXN-30 Expands Centrifugation Range from Beckman Coulter Life Sciences

The Avanti Series of high performance centrifuges from Beckman Coulter Life Sciences have expanded their range even further with the Avanti JXN-30. The company capitalises on its unique expertise in ultracentrifugation, by incorporating features from its top of the line Optima X Series into the new High Performance Avanti JXN-30.

The Avanti Series 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.

The inclusion of the MobileFuge remote application in Avanti JXN and Optima X series centrifuges makes it possible to communicate with a research lab’s central network, further enhancing their suitability for shared lab environments. The application enables scientists to monitor up to 16 instruments from anywhere they have an internet connection and either an Apple iOS or Android device. 

Suitable for shared environments
Once Optima XPN and Avanti JXN Series instruments are configured so that they are always connected to the lab’s IT network, monitoring multiple instruments becomes easy. Scientists can then access instrument data, so they can carry out remote monitoring and control and error handling via the central network. Currently, Beckman Coulter is the only centrifuge company which offers this level of network connectivity.  

Randy Pawlovich, Director of Product Management, Centrifugation, Beckman Coulter Life Sciences, explained:  “We have tapped into the potential of mobile technology to provide customers with a new and more efficient way of working. Designed specifically for our Optima XPN and Avanti JXN centrifuges, it enables researchers not only to remotely monitor their instruments but to have basic control over them.”

And he added: “With the Avanti JXN-30, academic researchers are able to benefit from the performance and versatility they would expect from ultracentrifuge technology, including high spin speeds, multi-language GUI, excellent data management, and networking. 

“However, in today’s lab this has to be combined with biosafety* features which improve the working environment.  In addition, researchers are increasingly looking to data management technology to help them manage their workloads. This is particularly important in a shared laboratory where it is necessary to be able to account for costs, use of resources and supplies.”

Beckman Coulter centrifuges offer customers energy savings and environmental advantages. Recycled resin is incorporated in the outer panelling of the Avanti High Performance Centrifuges, and each instrument contains up to 3.4kg of recycled PET bottles. A Friction Reduction System (FRS) enables them to run more quietly, increasing energy efficiency by reducing the air in the chamber. This in turn reduces rotor friction, minimizing 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** fixed-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 Series rotors range in capacity from 360 mL to 6 L, and some are independently certified to contain liquids and aerosols.   

The Avanti JXN Series have 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 customize 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.

*BioSafety is a term intended to describe the enhanced biocontainment features of our products.

**BioCertified is a term used to describe our products which have been tested and validated to demonstrate containment of microbiological aerosols by an independent, third-party facility (Health Protection Agency, Porton Down, UK or USAMRIID, Ft. Detrick, MD, USA). Improper use or maintenance may affect seal integrity.

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