IP Library Granted Patent US 7,614,995
Granted Patent B2
US 7,614,995 · App. 10/539,063 · Granted Nov 10, 2009

Centrifuge having solids discharge nozzles with wear protection

Assignee: Westfalia Separator AG
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Patent No.
US 7,614,995
App. No.
10/539,063
Granted
Nov 10, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

A separator comprising a centrifugal drum that includes a drum shell having at least one solids discharge nozzle. Further included is at least one wear protection element on the drum shell in an area of and behind the at least one solids discharge nozzle. The at least one wear protection element includes or is constructed as a plate-type body.

Claims (38)

1. A separator comprising:

a centrifugal drum including a drum shell having at least one solids discharge nozzle; and

at least one wear protection element on the drum shell in an area of and behind the at least one solids discharge nozzle; and

wherein the at least one wear protection element is constructed as a plate-type body having a channel configured as a discharge channel for a product phase exiting from the centrifugal drum at an angle inclined with respect to a radial direction, the angle being between the radial direction in the area of the at least one discharge nozzle and an orientation of a discharge opening of the at least one discharge nozzle.

2. The separator according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one wear protection element is fastened to the drum shell by at least one of the following: a) screws and b) mutually corresponding groove and tongue elements between the drum shell and the at least one wear protection element.

3. The separator according to claim 1 , wherein a base of the channel is situated at a distance offset from an outer periphery of the drum shell toward an interior of the centrifugal drum with respect to a discharge opening of the at least one discharge nozzle in the drum shell, and in that the channel is oriented one of a) completely and b) in sections, the sections being one of a) parallel and b) at an angle with respect to a discharge opening of the at least one discharge nozzle.

4. The separator of claim 3 , wherein the angle with respect to the discharge opening is less that 30°.

5. The separator according to claim 3 , wherein the angle with respect to the discharge opening is less than 20°.

6. The separator according to claim 1 , wherein the channel transitions into a ramp.

7. The separator according to claim 6 , wherein the ramp, acting as a break edge, extends in a longitudinal direction of the channel over a distance of less than half a length of the channel, such distance being 1 to 10 mm.

8. The separator according to claim 6 , wherein a geometry of the transition between the ramp and the channel is at least one of the following: a) curved and b) abrupt.

9. The separator according to claim 6 , wherein a geometry of the transition between the ramp and the channel is at least one of the following: a) a circle and b) an exponential function.

10. The separator according to claim 6 , wherein an inclination of the ramp with respect to the discharge opening increases in a direction away from the discharge opening.

11. The separator according to claim 6 , wherein the ramp of the at least one wear protection elements projects radially beyond an outer periphery of the drum shell.

12. The separator according to claim 6 , wherein the ramp is constructed as an undercut break edge.

13. The separator according to claim 1 , wherein a first area of the channel adjoins a discharge opening of the at least one discharge nozzle, the first area being parallel to a bore section, and a second area of the channel) is inclined farther toward the radial direction.

14. The separator according to claim 1 , wherein a geometry of the at least one wear protection element, as an extension of the channel, is adapted to a curvature of the drum shell.

15. A separator comprising:

a centrifugal drum including a drain shell having at least one solids discharge nozzle; and

at least one wear protection element on the drum shell in an area of and behind the at least one solids discharge nozzle;

wherein the at least one discharge nozzle includes a discharge opening oriented at an angle inclined with respect to a radial direction, and in that the angle, between the radial direction in the area of the at least one discharge nozzle and an orientation of the discharge opening, is equal to or smaller than 90°;

wherein a recess is constructed as an extension of the discharge opening in the drum shell and the recess is configured to receive the at least one wear protection element; and

wherein the at least one wear protection element includes a base plate having tongues as outer edges, the tongues configured to be pushed into two mutually opposite grooves in a lateral base area of the recess.

16. The separator according to claim 15 , wherein the angle is between 70 and 85°.

17. The separator according to claim 15 , wherein the discharge opening is arranged at an offset distance from an outer periphery of the drum shell toward an interior of the centrifugal drum.

18. The separator according to claim 17 , wherein the at least one wear protection element extends from the discharge opening to the outer periphery of the drum shell.

19. The separator according to claim 15 , wherein the at least one wear protection element is constructed as a ramp at the at least one discharge nozzle which projects radially beyond the drum shell.

20. A separator comprising:

a centrifugal drum including a drum shell having at least one solids discharge nozzle; and

at least one wear protection element on the drum shell in an area of and behind the at least one solids discharge nozzle; and

further including a sleeve body as part of the at least one discharge nozzle, the sleeve body configured to close off flush with an interior side of the drum shell.

21. The separator according to claim 20 , wherein the centrifugal drum has a vertical axis of rotation and at least one of the following: a) a single-cone and b) a double-cone construction.

22. The separator according to claim 20 , wherein the at least one solids discharge nozzle is located in an area of the largest diameter of the centrifugal drum and is inserted into the centrifugal drum from an outside of the centrifugal drum.

23. The separator according to claim 20 , wherein the at least one wear protection device is constructed as a ramp in the drum shell.

24. The separator according to claim 20 , wherein the at least one wear protection element is made of a wear-resistant material that includes one or more of the following: a) steel, b) a hard metal, c) a ceramic material and d) a combination of one or more of a), b), c) and d).

25. The separator according to claim 20 , wherein the sleeve body projects slightly into an interior of the centrifugal drum.

26. The separator according to claim 20 , wherein the sleeve body is inserted in the radial direction of the centrifugal drum into a radially extending bore of the drum shell.

27. The separator according to claim 20 , wherein the sleeve body includes a bore extending from an interior drum space to an exterior drum space and, which sleeve body extends in a first bore section having a first diameter in the radial direction from the interior space to the exterior space and the first bore section changes into a second bore section oriented at an angle with respect to the first bore section and has a smaller second diameter relative to the first diameter.

Assignments (4)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jun 25, 2014
From: WESTFALIA SEPARATOR AG
To: WESTFALIA SEPARATOR GMBH
Reel/Frame 033225/0782 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jun 25, 2014
From: WESTFALIA SEPARATOR GMBH
To: GEA WESTFALIA SEPARATOR GMBH
Reel/Frame 033225/0828 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jun 25, 2014
From: GEA WESTFALIA SEPARATOR GMBH
To: GEA MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT GMBH
Reel/Frame 033225/0853 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 22, 2006
From: SCHULZ, DIETER; LINNEMANN, JURGEN; KLEIMANN, ANTON
To: WESTFALIA SEPARATOR AG
Reel/Frame 017736/0273 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 202 19 551 U · Dec 16, 2002 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20060166803A1 · Jul 27, 2006