FIELD: process engineering.SUBSTANCE: invention relates to centrifugal separation. Proposed drive comprises housing with hollow vertical shaft equipped with hollow adapter furnished with outer thread made at its bottom, vertical shaft top and bottom supports with bearings and bush furnished with inner thread to surround said adapter with clearance. Top and bottom bearings and bush are integrated in one casing. Hollow adapter bottom part has conical inner surface and tube arranged aligned inside the shaft by means of spacer sleeves with conical oil accumulation cavities.EFFECT: higher reliability.3 dwg