processed material entity vortexer A vortexer is an instrument that mixes small vials of liquid by creating a rotation of the liquid around its own center. It consists of an electric motor with the drive shaft oriented vertically and attached to a cupped rubber piece mounted slightly off-center. As the motor runs the rubber piece oscillates rapidly in a circular motion. When a test tube or other appropriate container is pressed into the rubber cup (or touched to its edge) the motion is transmitted to the liquid inside and a vortex is created. Melanie Courtot vortexer Jie Zheng VWR Genie 2 MO:983 vortex_mixer http://www.ebi.ac.uk/efo/EFO_0002027 James Malone A vortexer is an instrument that mixes small vials of liquid by creating a rotation of the liquid around its own center. It consists of an electric motor with the drive shaft oriented vertically and attached to a cupped rubber piece mounted slightly off-center. As the motor runs the rubber piece oscillates rapidly in a circular motion. When a test tube or other appropriate container is pressed into the rubber cup (or touched to its edge) the motion is transmitted to the liquid inside and a vortex is created. Tomasz Adamusiak vortex_mixer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vortex_mixer Trish Whetzel instrument ready for release