摘要 |
A decanter centrifuge for separation of light and heavy phase material and composed of a rotatable bowl with discharge orifices for the different phases and containing a screw conveyor with a hub supporting helical flights defining a helical chamber divided into a separating zone and a discharging zone by a baffle connected between an adjacent pair of the flights and providing a restricted passageway between the zones, the baffle comprising a flap hinged to the hub so as to be closed under centrifugal force during operation of the centrifuge.
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