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Top Suspended Vertical Centrifuges

Top Suspended Vertical Centrifuges A special type of top suspended centrifuge is widely used in sugar processing and is shown in Fig. 18-165. Conventionally, the drive is suspended from a horizontal bar supported at both ends from two A-frames. The drive head, which is connected to the motor or a driven pulley through a flexible coupling, carries the thrust and radial bearings that support the basket,... [Pg.2063]

FIG. 18-165 Top -suspended vertical centrifuge. (Western States Machine Co. ]... [Pg.2066]

Variable-speed basket centrifuges rotate on a vertical axis. The cyhndrical perforated basket, connected at one end to a bowl head or hub, is driven from below or suspended from above by a driveshaft. It is capped at the other end with a weir ring. The hub may be a solid piece or with an annular opening. If the hub is a sohd piece, the shiny is introduced into the basket at low speed despite the fact that the earths gravity may influence the annular pool. The settled sohds can be removed from the top only when the machine is at rest. Otherwise,... [Pg.1735]

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