Weir and choke plate for solid bowl centrifuge

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8579783
APP PUB NO 20110003677A1
SERIAL NO

12792872

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A centrifuge for separating solid-liquid mixtures including: a rotating bowl having a head wall with at least one drain opening for clarified liquid, said bowl having a rotational axis; a weir plate fixed to the head wall of the bowl and rotating with bowl, wherein the weir plate is aligned with the at least one drain opening; a choke plate coupled to and rotating with the rotating bowl, the choke plate having surface axially aligned with the drain opening or the weir plate, wherein said choke plate is movable axially with respect to the head wall, and a gap having between the drain opening or the weir plate, wherein the gap has a radially inward inlet receiving the clarified liquid from the bowl and a radially outward outlet for discharging the clarified liquid from the bowl.

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ANDRITZ S A S78140 VELIZY-VILLACOUBLAY

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Huyghe, Jean-Marc Le Poinconnet, FR 6 23
Krammer, Gernot Graz, AT 3 12
Pasol, Laurentiu Paris, FR 5 21

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