What is vortex mixer?

What is vortexing in a lab?

Vortex mixers are one of the primary technologies for mixing laboratory samples in test tubes, well plates, or flasks. They use a fairly simple mechanism to agitate samples and encourage reactions or homogenization with high degrees of precision.

Vortex vs Centrifuge

They are both laboratory mixing equipment. On a vortex mixer the liquid is swirling inside a test tube. In a centrifuge, the test tubes (containing the liquid) are held in a fixed position inside a rotor, and the rotor is spinning inside the centrifuge.

What are mixed using a vortex mixer?

Vortex mixers are mainly used to mix beakers or small vials of liquid like a test tube mixer. The lab mixer machine itself is straightforward, consisting of an electric motor with a vertical drive shaft. It is a vortex lab equipment used as a scientific mixer, also a vibrating paint mixer used for mixing paint.