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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2015
Filed:
May. 28, 2010
Wilfried Mackel, Lippetal, DE;
Marie-theres Sedler, Wadersloh, DE;
Thomas Bathelt, Oelde, DE;
Thomas Kleimann, Oelde, DE;
Andreas Penkl, Lippetal, DE;
Bernd Terwey, Coesfled, DE;
Wilfried Mackel, Lippetal, DE;
Marie-Theres Sedler, Wadersloh, DE;
Thomas Bathelt, Oelde, DE;
Thomas Kleimann, Oelde, DE;
Andreas Penkl, Lippetal, DE;
Bernd Terwey, Coesfled, DE;
GEA Mechanical Equiptment GmbH, Oelde, DE;
Abstract
Disclosed is a centrifuge including a rotatable centrifugal drum and a drive spindle to drive the centrifugal drum. The drive spindle is rotatably mounted via a bearing in a housing supported elastically on a machine framework. Further included is a drive device including a drive motor to rotate the drive spindle and a lubricant system to lubricate the bearing. The lubricant system is configured to deliver lubricant from a lubricant supply tank through a lubricant channel into a region of the bearing. An injection device is arranged downstream of the lubricant-supply tank and is configured to deliver the lubricant into the region of the bearing by dispensing quantities of lubricant in temporally discrete pulses with a limited-time air stream. A method is disclosed of directing lubricant into a region of a bearing of the centrifuge as noted above.