Genevac
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Genevac Ltd is a company which was founded in 1990 by Michael Cole. It used to specialize in the manufacture of vacuum pump
s and centrifugal evaporator
s, but has since directed its attention to equipment designed for combinatorial chemistry
. Following a series of mergers, it is currently a subsidiary of SP Industries.
Vacuum pump
A vacuum pump is a device that removes gas molecules from a sealed volume in order to leave behind a partial vacuum. The first vacuum pump was invented in 1650 by Otto von Guericke.- Types :Pumps can be broadly categorized according to three techniques:...
s and centrifugal evaporator
Centrifugal evaporator
A centrifugal evaporator is a device used in chemical and biochemical laboratories for the efficient and gentle evaporation of solvents from many samples at the same time, and samples contained in microtitre plates. If only one sample required evaporation then a rotary evaporator is most often used...
s, but has since directed its attention to equipment designed for combinatorial chemistry
Combinatorial chemistry
Combinatorial chemistry involves the rapid synthesis or the computer simulation of a large number of different but structurally related molecules or materials...
. Following a series of mergers, it is currently a subsidiary of SP Industries.