Separator drum having a screw connection

US7749148B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Westfalia Separator GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Jürgen Mackel · Oelde, DE
• Norbert Wegener · Oelde, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 31, 2006
• Grant date: Jul 6, 2010
• Expiry date: Jan 31, 2026

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B07B1/28
• WIPO field: Chemical engineering
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A separator drum for a separator having a vertical rotational axis. The separator drum includes an upper drum section, a lower drum section, and a screw connection formed between the upper end lower drum sections without a locking ring. The upper drum section is screwed into the lower drum section or the lower drum section is screwed into the upper drum section. A portion of the upper drum section adjacent the screw connection engages behind a portion of the lower drum section adjacent the screw connection in a manner of a clamping device.