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Separator disk package with separator disks having labyrinth-like flow channel

US9687858B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

GEA Mechanical Equipment GmbH · DE

Inventors

Kathrin QUITER · Drensteinfurt, DE
Julian Koenig · Paderborn, DE
Thomas Bathelt · Oelde, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 14, 2014
Grant date	Jun 27, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 14, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB04B2001/2066
WIPO fieldChemical engineering
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A separator disk package for a rotatable drum of a centrifuge for processing of a fluid product in continuous operation is disclosed. The separator disk package includes axially stacked conical separator disks, where, between adjacent separator disks, disk gaps are respectively formed. On one or more of the axially adjacent separator disks are one or more labyrinth-like flow channels, in which, during operation, a direction of flow of a through-flowing product, which is to be clarified of solids, changes on two or more occasions through respectively at least 120°.

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