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US 9,162,411 B2Granted
Screw separator
AssigneeUts Biogastechnik GmbH
InventorsAndreas Czwaluk, Matthias Rabener
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Abstract
A screw separator for separating solids out of suspensions, having at least one housing and at least one feed pipe for the suspension, at least one discharge pipe for liquids, and at least one outlet for the at least partially dewatered solids. At least one strainer basket is provided in the housing in which a screw is rotatably mounted, and the screw vanes terminate in a replaceable wearing ring mounted downstream of the strainer basket.
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A screw separator for separating solids out of suspensions, comprising:
- at least one housing and at least one feed pipe for a suspension, at least one discharge pipe for liquids, and at least one outlet for at least partially dewatered solids;
- at least one strainer basket in the at least one housing;
- at least one press basket mounted downstream of the at least one strainer basket;
- a screw including screw vanes rotatably mounted in the at least one housing, said screw vanes being directly adjacent to and terminating in a replaceable wearing ring mounted between the at least one strainer basket and the at least one press basket, wherein said replaceable wearing ring is in contact with the suspension, and wherein an inner diameter of said at least one press basket is larger than an inner diameter of said replaceable wearing ring, and said inner diameter of said replaceable wearing ring is larger than an inner diameter of said at least one strainer basket.
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A screw separator for separating solids out of suspensions, comprising:
- at least one housing and at least one feed pipe for a suspension, at least one discharge pipe for liquids, and at least one outlet for at least partially dewatered solids;
- at least one strainer basket in the at least one housing;
- at least one press basket mounted downstream of the at least one strainer basket;
- a screw including a plurality of screw vanes is rotatably mounted in the at least one housing, wherein the plurality of screw vanes radially taper over at least an axial section of the screw and are directly adjacent to and terminate in a replaceable wearing ring mounted between the at least one strainer basket and the at least one press basket, wherein said replaceable wearing ring is in contact with the suspension, and wherein an inner diameter of said at least one press basket is larger than an inner diameter of said replaceable wearing ring, and said inner diameter of said replaceable wearing ring is larger than an inner diameter of said at least one strainer basket.
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