PPT Slide
The RPM is a machine for microweight simulation through a random change, in 3D, of the direction of the gravity vector.
Random Positioning Machine (RPM)
• Small animals (e.g. drosophila, fish, rodents)
- Operational modes: random (0.1-6 rad/sec), centrifuge (0.1-60 rpm) and clinostat (0.1-60 rpm) and freely programmable mode
- Experiment interfaces: 12/15 volt power line, RS-232 (422) data bus (optical), Fiber optic video connection and camera
- Maximum experiment mass to be accommodated ~10 kg.
- Functional experiment accommodation volume 450 × 450 × 300 mm
- Possibility for microscopy, life support