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Cooling device for a drive of a solid bowl screw centrifuge

US11219905B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

GEA Mechanical Equipment GmbH · DE

Inventors

Juergen Hermeler · Haltern, DE
Volker Knospe · Munster, DE
Martin Overberg · Herzebrock, DE
Stefan Terholsen · Oelde, DE
Andreas Knobel · Oelde, DE
Christian Driftschroeer · Delbrück, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 1, 2016
Grant date	Jan 11, 2022
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 20, 2038

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF16H1/28
WIPO fieldChemical engineering
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A drive device for a solid bowl screw centrifuge includes a motor for rotating a drum of the centrifuge, a transmission which is connected between the motor and the drum, and a cooling device for cooling the transmission during operation when the drum is rotating. The cooling device is an annular body which is fitted on the outside of the transmission and has an air guiding device that conducts air from farther outwards radially inwards onto a surface of the transmission.

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