Helical conveyor centrifuge

• Main Author: GILLENGERTEN FRANK,HAIDER GUENTER,WAGENBAUER ROBERT
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 21.03.2007
• Subjects: CENTRIFUGAL APPARATUS OR MACHINES FOR CARRYING-OUT PHYSICAL ORCHEMICAL PROCESSES; CENTRIFUGES; MAGNETIC OR ELECTROSTATIC SEPARATION OF SOLID MATERIALS FROM SOLIDMATERIALS OR FLUIDS; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; SEPARATING SOLID MATERIALS USING LIQUIDS OR USING PNEUMATICTABLES OR JIGS; SEPARATION BY HIGH-VOLTAGE ELECTRIC FIELDS; SEPARATION OF SOLID MATERIALS USING LIQUIDS OR USING PNEUMATICTABLES OR JIGS; TRANSPORTING

A screw centrifuge for the wet-mechanical separation of a mixture of solids in a carrier liquid to produce sinks and floats, including a rotor which rotates about a horizontal axis, the rotor having a cylindrical wall and two conical walls, and a conveyor screw which is mounted for rotation coaxially inside the rotor, the conveyor screw including a shaft and a pair of helical blades which are pitched in opposite directions. At least one feed opening is provided in the shaft for feeding a mixture of solids radially into a space between the shaft and the rotor, and discharge openings for respective sinks and floats are provided in the rotor at respective ends of respective conical drums. A baffle device extends radially inward from the rotor for producing a first liquid level for the sinks and a second liquid level for the floats.