Device for generating gas bubbles in suspensions for the enrichment of mineral and non-mineral raw materials and use of such a device

A device for generating gas bubbles in suspensions, which are contained in a tank (18), having a rotation-symmetric stator (16) and a rotation-symmetric rotor (15), which is connected to a hollow drive shaft (5), wherein the stator (16), the rotor (15) and the hollow drive shaft (5) are arranged concentrically about a vertical axis of rotation (17) of the rotor (15) and the drive shaft (5), and the rotor (15) executes a rotational movement about the axis of rotation (17) inside the stator (16), wherein

• the rotor (15) has, on its upper end, a plate (1), which is oriented perpendicular to the axis of rotation (17) and on which vanes (2, 3, 4) are arranged that are oriented perpendicular to this plate (1) and radially to the axis of rotation (17), wherein the radial extension of the vanes (2, 3, 4) is greatest in the region of the plate (1),
• the stator (16) is constructed as a cylindrical hollow body that projects axially beyond the rotor (15) on an upper side of the rotor, wherein a casing of the cylindrical hollow body consists of a plurality of strip-shaped, radially oriented baffles (9) and is arranged on a support device, and wherein the hollow body of the stator (16) is shaped in a concave manner at its inner circumferential surface (19) and the inner circumferential surface (19) has the same distance to the outer circumferential surface (20),
• the support device (23) has a bottom surface (13), a spacer (14) and a vortex breaker (24),
• the stator (16) is spaced from the bottom surface (13) by the spacer (14) of the vortex breaker (24),
• a top surface, opposite the bottom surface, of the stator (16) has an opening, which is constructed in such a manner that the rotor (15) can be passed through it and the opening is surrounded by a cover ring (8), which seals the baffles (9) in an axial direction,
• at least one opening (6) for the intake of air into the suspension is arranged on the hollow drive shaft (5) of the rotor (15), below the plate (1) of the rotor (15), in the region of the vanes (2, 3, 4),
• wherein
• the rotor (15) has said vanes (2,3,4), which extend from the plate (1) in an axial direction to varying distances,
• at least two vanes (3, 4) of the rotor (15), which are arranged in the circumferential direction of the drive shaft (5), have a radial distance r to the axis of rotation (17), a first portion of the baffles (9) of the stator (16) runs at an angle α of 30° to 60° to the axis of rotation and a second portion of the baffles (9) of the stator (16) runs at an angle α′ of −30° to −60° to the axis of rotation (17) and the angles α and α′ have the same absolute value, and
• the baffles (9) of the stator (16) are connected to each other.