Hand-Driven Centrifuge
Product Code : EL-LC-10982
Last updated: 6 October 2026
Quick answer: A single-speed hand-cranked centrifuge for teaching the principle of centrifugation, with a cast-iron body, steel pinion and worm gear, a table clamp, and a head taking four 15 mL centrifuge tubes which are included.
This exists to teach the concept rather than to prepare samples, and for that it has one advantage no powered centrifuge has: the student supplies the energy and can feel the relationship between crank speed and separation. There is no mains supply, no lid interlock to defeat and nothing to go wrong electrically, which also makes it the only centrifuge in this family usable in a room without power.
Construction is a heavy-duty cast-iron body using a steel pinion and worm gear, and it clamps to a table rather than standing free. The head accommodates four 15 mL centrifuge tubes, and the listing states the tubes are included.
No speed or g-force is published and, being hand-driven and single-speed, neither is reproducible in any case: the speed is whatever the operator turns. Treat results as qualitative. Do not use it for any protocol that specifies a g-force or a time at speed, and note that an open spinning head needs supervision, since there is no interlock.
Technical specifications
Specification | As published |
Product type | Hand-driven demonstration centrifuge |
Drive | Hand-driven, single speed |
Body | Heavy-duty cast iron |
Gearing | Steel pinion and worm gear |
Mounting | Clamps to a table |
Head capacity | Four 15 mL centrifuge tubes |
Tubes | Included |
Stated purpose | Teaching the concept of centrifugation in the classroom |
Supplied from | Ambala, Haryana, India |
Only what this listing publishes is recorded above. No speed, g-force, gear ratio, overall dimensions or weight are stated, and as a hand-driven single-speed machine the speed is not reproducible. Treat separations as qualitative only, and do not use this for any protocol specifying a g-force or a time at speed. The spinning head is not enclosed by an interlocked lid, so supervise use.
Range and ordering
This item belongs to the Lab Centrifuges family within Biotechnology Equipment and Labware, part of the Biotechnology range. Packaged teaching kits are listed under Biotechnology Kits. Bulk, tender and OEM quantities are handled through lab tenders and OEM orders; use the contact page to request a quotation or any specification noted above.