Operating behavior & mechanical features
In this solid bowl centrifuge, the rotating parts are mounted on one side (overhung), which is particularly advantageous.
The centrifuge rotor ends behind the partition wall of the solids discharge chamber and thus guarantees free and unhindered ejection of the solids from the product housing.
The SHORTBOWL is designed for solids with good sedimentation behavior, i.e. for fine solid particles with a high specific density difference to the liquid or for solids with sufficient particle size and sedimentation tendency in the available retention time. The short design has also proven to be an advantage in the classification of solid particles. Despite the relatively short solid bowl, the SHORTBOWL is a continuous high-performance centrifuge with optimum separation results in the right field of application.
To separate solids from the liquid, the suspension is fed into the feed chamber of the screw body via an inlet pipe. From there, the product passes through openings into the centrifuge bowl and is accelerated to peripheral speed. Under a multiple of the acceleration due to gravity, the solids sediment towards the inner surface of the bowl and are transported by the screw conveyor to the discharge edge of the conical part of the bowl.
The filling volume in the cylindrical part of the solid-wall drum and thus the length of the drying strand in the conical part is determined by adjustable weir disks.
The correct ratio of clarifying and dry parts must be determined on a product-specific basis by means of preliminary tests or during operation.