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Animal Centrifuge at AMC / DESC - 1
- Two armed centrifuge with swing-out gondola
- Maximum acceleration up to ~ 8 ×g
- Largest diameter of 3.68 m.
- Rotating 'controls' in central axis
- Data and command lines (power, data, video)
- Facility operational since 1988
- Animals used: rat, pigeon, gerbil, hamster, goldfish
- Long duration rat studies (~4-12 months)