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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 10, 2020
Applicant:
Gea Mechanical Equipment Gmbh, Oelde, DE;
Inventors:
Alexander Kraus, Oelde, DE;
Rüdiger Göhmann, Oelde, DE;
Assignee:
GEA Mechanical Equipment GmbH, Oelde, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B04B 11/04 (2006.01); B04B 1/10 (2006.01); B04B 7/06 (2006.01); B04B 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B04B 11/04 (2013.01); B04B 1/10 (2013.01); B04B 7/06 (2013.01); B04B 13/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A nozzle monitoring device for a continuously operating nozzle centrifuge, in particular a nozzle separator, which includes a housing, in which a drum which has a defined number of nozzles on a periphery of the drum is arranged so as to be rotatable about a vertical rotational axis is provided. The nozzle monitoring device has at least one sensor and a control unit. The nozzle monitoring device is configured as an optical nozzle monitor with at least one stroboscope and at least one camera. The at least one camera forms the at least one sensor.