A rotor assembly includes a rotor plate to rotate around a first axis; a bucket rotatably attached to the rotor plate and to rotate around a second axis; and a stop plate to rotate around the first axis relative to the rotor plate between an open position and a closed position, when in the closed position, the stop plate is to engage the bucket to fix an angular position of the bucket relative to a plane of rotation of the rotor assembly.

Disclosed is a method for extracting useful substances from shrimp shells. The method comprises: crushing the shrimp shells, mixing the crushed shrimp shells and water, then heating same to 28° C.-35° C., adjusting the pH value to 6.8-7.5, preferably 6.8-7, then adding an alkaline protease and mixing same, heating same to 42° C.-48° C., performing constant-temperature enzymolysis for 50-70 min, and performing sieving to obtain an enzymatic hydrolysate and solid residues; performing centrifugal separation treatment on the enzymatic hydrolysate to obtain a shrimp protein deposit containing astaxanthin; mixing the shrimp protein deposit and water, performing heating while stirring, adjusting the pH value to 6.8-7.0, performing heating to 58° C.-60° C., adding vegetable oil, and performing emulsification for 50-70 min under stirring to obtain an emulsion; and performing centrifugation on the emulsion, and performing delamination to obtain astaxanthin-containing oil in an upper layer, water in a middle layer, and a shrimp protein in a lower layer. The method of the present invention uses waste biomass obtained after shrimps processed as a raw material, and can simultaneously extract several high-value substances, thereby not only improving the utilization rate of the raw material, but also shortening the production cycle; and no organic solvent is added, such that the method is clean, green and environmentally friendly.

This invention relates to a method of using a two-step serial centrifugation process in extracting nutritive oil from a fermentation broth, this novel method prevents oil yield losses while preserving product quality.

A whole blood separator device has a sleeve. The sleeve has a sleeve body. The sleeve body has an enlarged first proximal end portion and an enlarged second distal end portion and an intermediate cylindrical tube portion connecting the first proximal end portion and the second distal end portion. The sleeve body is configured to fit inside a test tube and receive whole blood which can be separated by centrifugation into a plasma layer in the proximal end portion, a buffy coat layer in the intermediate portion and a red blood cell portion in the distal portion. The whole blood separator device wherein at least the proximal end portion has an open end. Preferably, the distal end portion also has an open end.

Sample collection tubes and methods of producing the same are provided. Contemplated collection tubes comprise a tube having a separator substance disposed therein. In some aspects, the separator substance preferably maintains a predetermined flowability during irradiation or heat sterilization, and can subsequently polymerize upon exposure to a UV light or other suitable source. In other aspects, the separator substance preferably includes a soft gel component (thixotropic gel), and a photocurable sealant component that is formulated to polymerize and form a solid barrier between fractions of a liquid.

The invention in at least one embodiment includes a system for treating water having an intake module, a vortex module, a disk-pack module, and a motor module where the intake module is above the vortex module, which is above the disk-pack module and the motor module. In a further embodiment, a housing is provided over at least the intake module and the vortex module and sits above the disk-pack module. In at least one further embodiment, the disk-pack module includes a disk-pack turbine having a plurality of disks having at least one waveform present on at least one of the disks.

Provided are a method for producing a platelet lysate, a production system, and a bag set capable of efficiently producing a platelet lysate with a simple device structure. According to the method for producing a platelet lysate, by which a platelet lysate (PL) that contains a growth factor contained in platelet is produced, buffy coat is collected from whole blood; the buffy coat (BC) is centrifuged to extract a supernatant, thereby collecting a platelet concentrate from which leukocyte has been removed; and, prior to freezing, the platelet concentrate is centrifuged to remove the supernatant, thereby preparing a highly concentrated platelet concentrate. The highly concentrated platelet concentrate is then frozen and thawed, and further centrifuged to recover the platelet lysate.

There is provided a composition for separating blood serum or blood plasma that can inhibit bubbling during sterilization, and can inhibit the occurrence of phase separation during storage. The composition for separating blood serum or blood plasma according to the present invention comprises a (meth)acrylic acid ester-based polymer, a silica fine powder, and a silicone oil, wherein the (meth)acrylic acid ester-based polymer has fluidity at room temperature, and has a weight average molecular weight of 15000 or more and 100000 or less.

Disclosed herein are various organic plant protein compositions including a balanced amino acid profile with no chemical residues. Further disclosed herein are methods for creating organic plant protein compositions from organic plant material(s). In some embodiments, the organic plant protein composition includes pea protein, sorghum protein, organic baking powder, and organic vinegar.

A method for treating drilling mud includes directing a first flow portion of a flow of drilling mud to a decanter centrifuge, directing a second flow portion of the flow of drilling mud to a solids particle recovery hopper, and separating an underflow from the first flow portion with the decanter centrifuge, wherein the underflow includes first solids particles having a first density. The underflow is directed to the solids particle recovery hopper, the underflow is mixed with the second flow portion in the solids particle recovery hopper, and a flow of the mixed underflow and second flow portion is directed from the solids particle recovery hopper to an active mud tank.