Inverting-filter centrifuge
OwnerJohannes Gerteis, Gerd Mayerinventors
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The invention relates to an inverting filter centrifuge comprising a filter drum (16) that is rotatably mounted in a machine frame and projects in a cantilevered manner into a housing that is connected to the machine frame, said drum radially surrounding a centrifugal chamber (14) that can be subjected to an excess or negative pressure. The centrifugal chamber (14) is sealed on one end face by a centrifugal chamber cover (25) and on the other face by a sliding base (23). The filter drum (16), the centrifugal chamber cover (25) and the sliding base (23), together with a sliding shaft (12) that is connected in a fixed manner to the latter are driven by a hollow shaft (3) that causes them to rotate in unison. The filter drum (16) and the sliding base (23) are moved in relation to one another by an axial displacement of the sliding shaft (12), said action inverting a filter cloth (22) and discharging the separated solid matter from the centrifugal chamber (14). The centrifuge is provided with a passage for the media that is to be introduced into the rotating chamber, said passage running from the sliding base side via the sliding shaft to a radially static inlet channel (26) and removing the need for seals in the centrifugal chamber (14) and the solid matter collection chamber (32). The lack of abraded particles achieved by the absence of seals in the sensitive centrifugal chamber and solid matter collection chamber eliminates the risk of contamination. The optimal configuration for a clean room installation renders the inventive inverting filter centrifuge particularly suitable for the processing of highly pure/pharmaceutical products.
An inverting-filter centrifuge comprising a filter drum (16) with radial pass-through openings (18), which is rotatably supported in a machine frame (2) and projects in a cantilevered manner into a housing (1) that is connected to the machine frame (2), said filter drum (16) radially enclosing a centrifugal chamber (14) that can be placed under normal pressure, overpressure or underpressure, comprising a centrifugal chamber lid (25) that closes the centrifugal chamber (14) at its face end, comprising a pusher bottom (23) that is rigidly joined to the centrifugal chamber lid (25) while leaving a free space and defining the other side of the centrifugal chamber (14), wherein the centrifugal chamber (14) is filled from the side, the filter drum (16) and pusher bottom (23) are caused to rotate in unison by means of a rotatably driven hollow shaft (3) and the hollow shaft (3) is firmly connected to the filter drum (16), an axially displaceable pusher shaft (12) is disposed inside the hollow shaft (3) rotating in unison with it, the filter drum (16) and pusher bottom (23) are moved relative to one another by means of an axial displacement of the pusher shaft (12) in order to turn up the filter cloth and expel separated solids from the centrifugal chamber (14) into a solids collection chamber (32), characterized in that the centrifugal chamber (14) is closed at its face end by a non-perforated centrifugal chamber lid (25) that is closed across its entire surface, that the pusher bottom (23) defining the centrifugal chamber (14) on the other side is firmly connected to the rotating pusher shaft (12) and that an opening (15) extending through the pusher bottom (23) and opening into the centrifugal chamber (14) passes through the pusher shaft (12) along its entire length to its end facing away from the centrifugal chamber (14) and transitions, via an inlet pipe (51) that is rigidly joined to a radially static pusher plate (74) into an inlet channel (26) that is connected to the pusher plate (74), and a passage is thus created for media to be entered into the centrifugal chamber (14), said passage being sealed against the environment by means of a seal (47) arranged between the rotating pusher shaft (12) and the pusher plate (74) that is axially connected to it.
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