equipment designed to serve a specific function

a measuring instrument to determine (usually by centrifugation) the relative amounts of corpuscles and plasma in the blood

a high speed centrifuge used to determine the relative molecular masses of large molecules in high polymers and proteins

a separator for removing particulates from an air, gas or liquid stream, without the use of filters, through vortex separation.

a centrifugal device that separates milk into cream and skimmed milk.

a piece of laboratory equipment, driven by a motor, which spins liquid samples at high speed.