Inventors:
Joseph F. Luchetta - Doylestown PA
Louis C. Eberle - Warminster PA
Assignee:
Alfa-Laval AB - Stockholm
International Classification:
B04B 1506, B04B 900
Abstract:
A decanter centrifuge typically includes a bowl which is rotatable about its longitudinal axis and an independently rotatable screw conveyor mounted coaxially therein. A drive motor is provided to rotate the conveyor at a differential speed from that of the bowl, which has a separate drive motor. An engagement element, in the form of an indexing clutch, an over-running clutch or a selectively controllable clutching element, is provided between the conveyor drive motor and the bowl to simultaneously rotate the bowl and the conveyor during a cleaning in place operation of the centrifuge.