Centrifuge with a feed device comprising a feed direction control and method of loading a centrifuge with a feed device comprising a feed direction control

A centrifuge, comprising:

• a screen drum rotatable about an axis of rotation for separating a mixture into a solid cake and into a liquid phase, a pusher base apparatus arranged in the screen drum and configured to be movable to and fro alternately in a first pushing direction and a second pushing direction along the axis of rotation by a pusher axle connected to a pusher apparatus with a redirection control so that the solid cake is alternately displaceable along the axis of rotation, wherein the pusher base apparatus defines a first side and a second side, opposite the first side;
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• a feed device configured to selectively introduce the mixture into a first empty space and into a second empty space, wherein the first empty space is established on the first side of the pusher base apparatus by a displacement of the solid cake by the pusher base apparatus in the first pushing direction and the second empty space is established on the second side of the pusher base apparatus by a displacement of the solid cake by the pusher base apparatus in the second pushing direction opposite to the first pushing direction,
• wherein the feed device comprises a feed redirection control and a mixture supply configured so that the mixture is selectively supplied by the feed redirection control via the mixture supply to one of the first empty space or the second empty space.