Filtering centrifuge with cake heel removal mechanism and associated method

摘要

A filtering centrifuge includes a case, a perforated filter basket disposed for rotation in the case, filter media disposed along an inner surface of the filter basket, and a cake removal mechanism at least partially disposed in the case outside of the filter basket and engageable with the filter media to distort the filter media and induce separation of deposited cake from the filter media. The cake removal mechanism specifically includes an ejector element movably mounted to the case for shifting between a use position adjacent to the filter basket and a neutral position spaced from the filter basket.