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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 04, 2019
Kennametal Inc., Latrobe, PA (US);
Grzegorz Dewicki, Greensburg, PA (US);
Joshua T. Singley, Latrobe, PA (US);
Pavel Ledyan, Bentonville, AR (US);
John D. Robertson, Rogers, AR (US);
Kevin M. Gamble, Stahlstown, PA (US);
KENNAMETAL INC., Latrobe, PA (US);
Abstract
In one aspect, centrifuge feed pipes are described herein having design and architecture for mitigating wear during centrifuging operations. In some embodiments, a centrifuge feed pipe comprises a feed material inlet, a feed material outlet, and a conduit body extending along an axis between the feed material inlet and outlet, the conduit body having a variable inner diameter at one or more locations along the axis. In being variable, the inner diameter is not uniform over all radial positions of the inner diameter.