'The spinning speed of our centrifuges today is 60,000 cycles per minute and the speed of the new centrifuges put into operation Tuesday will be 70,000 cpm, but the future generation of the Iranian centrifuges will have speeds around 80,000 to 100,000 cycles per minute,' said Ali-Akbar Salehi in an address on unveiling ceremony of the scientific Iranian tubular centrifuge for medical purpose.
Salehi stressed that the quality of the newly manufactured centrifuges is incomparable with the previous generations, setting example of the usage of engine belts, but the new centrifuges are equipped with gearboxes.
'We have manufactured these centrifuges in accordance with the clients' needs,' he said, adding that the older generation of the centrifuges were typically manually operated, but the new generations are both equipped with monitors and are fully automated.'
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Tehran, Feb 10, IRNA – The Atomic Energy Organization of Iran will put into operation small centrifuge with over 80,000 cycles per minute within next six months, head of AEOI said on Tuesday.
