Andritz Technology and Asset Management Gmbh

Stefan Klimenta

Johann Franc

A screw centrifuge has a rotating, cylindrical drum () with openings () for discharge of settleable solids (), floating solids (), and separating liquid (). A rotatable shaft () has openings () for infeed of the solids to be separated, and two sections of screw flights (') working in opposite directions. A baffle disc () is arranged on the shaft between the infeed opening () and the discharge opening () for the settleable solids (). The flight (&#x2033;) of the screw for the settleable solids () surrounds the flight (&#x2032;) of the screw for the floating solids (), and also work in opposite directions. The screw section for the floating solids () is designed as a multi-channel screw. The outer flight (&#x2033;) of the screw for the settleable solids () can also have several channels.

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Stefan Klimenta