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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 24, 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 is a tank having at least two openings. A drum is located inside the housing, has a vertical axis of rotation, and a number of openings to the housing corresponding to the openings of the housing. A single multi-part support and drive device with at least one control device and a motor including of a stator, a stator magnet assembly, and a rotor with a rotor magnet assembly, which keep the drum suspended inside the housing, radially and axially supported, and set in rotation. The stator magnet assembly is located outside the housing and the rotor magnet assembly is located inside the housing on the drum so that an air gap is formed between the housing and the drum while the drum is rotating during operation. The axial support and centering of the drum is implemented by controlling the axial position of the rotor magnet assembly using the control device by actuating the motor.