Journal of Zhejiang Agricultural Sciences ›› 2024, Vol. 65 ›› Issue (10): 2338-2343.DOI: 10.16178/j.issn.0528-9017.20230944

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Development and testing of a device for cleaning agar in tissue culture containers

ZHENG Hang1,2(), LIN Wenying3, ZHANG Yi4, XUE Xianglei1,2, YE Yunxiang1,2, CHEN Bing1,2, YU Guohong1,2,*()   

  1. 1. Institute of Agricultural Equipment, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou 310021, Zhejiang
    2. Key Laboratory of Agricultural Equipment for Hilly and Mountainous Areas in Southeastern China(Co-construction by Ministry and Province), Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Hangzhou 310021, Zhejiang
    3. Songyang County Agriculture and Rural Bureau,Songyang 323400,Zhejiang
    4. Zhejiang Qiantang Robot & Intelligent Equipment Research Co.,Ltd., Hangzhou 310021, Zhejiang
  • Received:2023-09-19 Online:2024-10-11 Published:2024-10-25

Abstract:

A mechanical centrifugal technique was proposed to clean the agar in the tissue culture containers because of the difficulty of automatic cleaning due to the agar sticking to the wall of the cups. The effects of the rotation speed of the scraper, the rotation time of the scraper, the size of the scraper and the way of scraping in and out of the bottle on the cleaning effect of the containers by a one-way test. The orthogonal test was used to obtain the optimal combination of test conditions, and the results showed that the scraper rotation speed was 210 r·min-1, the scraper rotation time was 2.5 s, the scraper in/out mode was positive-reverse rotation, the scraper radius was 28 mm, the effect of agar clearing of the container in the tissue culture reached more than 95%, which can meet the actual production requirements of the tissue culture container cleaning and filling. The test results provide technical support for the research and development of automatic cleaning and filling equipment for recycling-type tissue culture containers, and have the significance of engineering promotion.

Key words: tissue culture, agar, agar cleaning test, agar cleaning effect

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