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Centrifuge for the continuous separation of substances that differ in density

US5169377A · kind A · utility

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Assignee

Kloeckner-Humboldt-Deutz AG · DE

Inventors

Reinhold Schlip · Herrsching am Ammersee, DE
Wolfgang Epper · Bergheim, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 2, 1990
Grant date	Dec 8, 1992
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 2, 2010

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB04B2001/2083
WIPO fieldChemical engineering
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A rotary centrifuge for the separation of substances at different density having an outer cylindrical housing and a worm within the housing and the worm and housing driven at different rotational speeds, the housing having an opening for the discharge of the heavier fraction with the opening controlled by an external control element preferably stationarily supported and connected by a linkage to a movable valve member for controlling the opening, preferably a ring which moves axially to change the size of an annular discharge gap between the ring and a circular discharge opening in the end wall of the drum, but the opening can also be in the form of axial radial facing openings controlled by a movable valve member.

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