| GEA WESTFALIA SEPARATOR GMBH Patent applications |
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| 20120071313 | CENTRIFUGE HAVING A LUBRICANT SYSTEM - Disclosed is a centrifuge including a rotatable centrifugal drum and a drive spindle to drive the centrifugal drum. The drive spindle is rotatably mounted via a bearing in a housing supported elastically on a machine framework. Further included is a drive device including a drive motor to rotate the drive spindle and a lubricant system to lubricate the bearing. The lubricant system is configured to deliver lubricant from a lubricant supply tank through a lubricant channel into a region of the bearing. An injection device is arranged downstream of the lubricant-supply tank and is configured to deliver the lubricant into the region of the bearing by dispensing quantities of lubricant in temporally discrete pulses with a limited-time air stream. A method is disclosed of directing lubricant into a region of a bearing of the centrifuge as noted above. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120065903 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE TORQUE OF A WORM OF A DECANTER - A method for determining the torque of a worm of a solid bowl worm centrifuge. The solid bowl worm centrifuge includes a rotatable drum and a rotatable worm, the rotatable worm being rotatable at a different rotational speed than that of the rotatable drum. The rotatable drum and rotatable worm are driven via a gear arrangement and a common single drive motor via at least one belt drive, a driving belt pulley, a driven belt pulley and a belt coupling the pulley. The method steps include determining a slip of the at least once belt drive and calculating a torque based upon the determination of the slip. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20110212821 | CENTRIFUGE HAVING A DRUM PROVIDED WITH A SEPARATOR DISK PACKAGE - A centrifuge, such as a continuously working separator, includes a drum having a vertical rotational axis, a single or double conical inner jacket, an inlet pipe, and a distributor into which the inlet pipe opens. The distributor includes at least two distributor channels distributed about a circumference of the distributor. The centrifuge further includes a disk package including separator disks. | 09-01-2011 |
| 20110034312 | GEAR APPARATUS FOR A CENTRIFUGE - A gear apparatus for a solid-bowl screw centrifuge. The centrifuge includes a drum and a screw, both of which drum and screw are configured to be driven and the screw is further configured to be driven at a different rotational speed relative to the drum. The gear apparatus is connected between one or more drive motors and the screw and the drum. The gear apparatus is continuously filled with a lubricant and includes a hollow drive shaft having at least one hollow channel. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20100167902 | CENTRIFUGE HAVING A ROTOR HAVING HORIZONTAL AXIS OF ROTATION - A screw centrifuge includes a drum having a rotor. The drum includes two axial ends and a horizontal axis of rotation. A screw is arranged in the drum and configured to rotate relative to the drum at a speed different from a rotation speed of the drum. A bearing device is located at each axial end of the drum and is configured to bear the drum. A plurality of spring elements are configured for sprung support of the drum on a frame and at least one of the plurality of spring elements is located at each axial end of the drum. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100092607 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING CHEESE - The present disclosure relates to a method for producing cheese in which the method includes the steps of: providing dairy milk, which could be a skimmed milk and cream mixture; producing a gel-type curd/whey mixture by coagulation; and cutting the curd/whey mixture in a cheese processor such that the whey flows out of the curd. | 04-15-2010 |
| 20100062923 | CENTRIFUGE, ESPECIALLY SEPARATOR, WITH SOLID DISCHARGE ORIFICES - A centrifuge includes a centrifugal drum rotatable about a vertical axis of rotation. The centrifugal drum includes one or more solids discharge orifices located at an area of the largest inside diameter of the drum. The solids discharge orifices include bores having discharge openings. The bores are arranged at least partially on an exterior of the centrifugal drum in a vertical direction Z at selected vertical heights along the exterior of the centrifugal drum. | 03-11-2010 |
