Centrifuge with a belt-driven spindle

US4457745A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Westfalia Separator GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Klaus Broker · Oelde, DE
• Paul Bruning · Oelde, DE
• Eberhard Wenzel · Neviges, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 18, 1982
• Grant date: Jul 3, 1984
• Expiry date: Jun 18, 2002

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B04B9/08
• WIPO field: Chemical engineering
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A centrifuge with a drive-mechanism that incorporates a vertical spindle mounted on ball or roller bearings and driven by a belt in such a way as to rotate while aligning itself in space around a point of attachment on its longitudinal axis with respect to the framework of the centrifuge and with respect to a bearing housing that is supported on the framework. The midplane of the drive belt extends through the point of attachment, with which the center of mass of the self-aligning components also coincide. The overall length of the spindle is short. The ratio L/D of the distance L between the bearings to the diameter D of the bearings ranges from approximately 0 to 2.