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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2019
Gea Mechanical Equipment Gmbh, Oelde, DE;
Rüdiger Göhmann, Oelde, DE;
GEA Mechanical Equipment GmbH, Oelde, DE;
Abstract
A separator includes a housing that is stationary during operation and designed as a tank having at least two openings. A drum located inside the housing can be rotated about an axis of rotation, the drum having an axis of rotation and at least one opening. A gap is formed at least in sections or continuously between the drum and the housing. The separator also includes a support and drive device having at least two support and/or drive units, which keep the drum suspended inside the housing, supported, and/or set in rotation. One of the support and/or drive units is a first magnetic bearing that at least axially supports the drum and to keep it suspended. At least one other of the support and/or drive units is axially supports the drum.