engineering for a better world GEA Mechanical Equipment

Centrifuges for the Edible Oil Industry from GEA Westfalia Separator

2

Separator RSE 300 with Direct Drive

Double-walled hood and catcher for noise insulation

Light phase discharge

“Bowl Flush”

Solids discharge

Piston valve

Heavy phase discharge

“Fine Tuner” for optimum adjustment of the separating zone

Hydrohermetic feed Smooth acceleration

Sliding piston

Direct drive Simple design Few wearing parts Low maintenance requirement

Product feed

3

Fine Tuner

• Foroptimumadjustmentofthe

separatingzone

• Flexibilityoftheseparators.Asingle

machinecancarryoutallrefining

processeswithouttheneedfor

convertingthemachine

• Improvedoperatingreliabilityand

eliminatestheriskofoillosses

Hydrohermetic feed

• Protectstheproductfromexposure

tohighshearingforcesthrough

gentleproductfeed

• Nomechanicalsealandthereforeno

additionalcoolingwaterconsumption

• Nooxygenpick-up

Hydrohermetic vapour seal

• Thehydrohermeticsealprevents

vapoursintheinletspacefrom

causingturbidityintheoil

Bowl flush

• Excesslyeoracidcanbeflushedout,

preventingaheavyphaseseal

• Ahighlyviscousheavyphasecanbe

dilutedtoimproveitflow

characteristics

Special Features of the Separator

Fine Tuner

The Fine Tuner, which has been deve-

lopedbyGEAWestfaliaSeparatorGroup,

is a combination between a centripetal

pumpandaparingtube.Itischaracterised

by a substantially improved efficiency

factor compared to conventional centri-

petalpumps.Thisistheratioofthecon-

versionofrotationalenergyintopressure.

Theefficiencyfactorwiththefinetuner

canberatedatalmost0.9.Theeffect is

viscousmediasuchasgumsfromsuper

degumminginstallationscanbedischarged

withoutdifficulty.Theadjustmentofthe

Fine Tuner diameter can be done by a

manual hand wheel or by a pneumatic

actuatorfromthecontrolunit.

Hydrohermetic feed

The hydrohermetic feed system deve-

lopedbyGEAWestfaliaSeparatorGroup

protectstheproductfromexposuretothe

highshearingforces,whichwouldbreak

up the gums or soap particles and con-

sequentlymakingseparationa lotmore

difficult.Emulsificationisavoidedatthis

pointespeciallyduringwashingandwin-

terisation.

Hydrohermetic vapour seal

Thehydrohermetic vapour seal (sealing

by liquid)preventsvapours fromrising

outofthefeedingchamberintothelower

centripetal pump chamber. This has a

positveeffectincaseofhigherseparating

temperatures(>90°).

Bowl flush

Liquidcanbefedintothesedimentholding

spacethroughaseparatebowlflushwater

channel.

Advantages of the Special Features

4

Separator RTC 150 with Gear Drive

Product feed

Light phase discharge

“Bowl Flush”

Heavy phase discharge

Hydrohermetic feed

4

5

Available Drives for Edible Oil Separators

Gear drive

The conventional drive concept of the

separatorsisthewormwheelgear,fluid

clutch and standard motor with direct

switching.Thetoothingofthewormwheel

gearwasoptimisedinordertoreducethe

noiselevel.

Flat belt drive

Flatbeltdrivecanbeusedfortheheavy

bowls of larger machines. The power

transmissionfromthetorque-controlled

motortothebowlspindleisviaasingleflat

beltwithoutanintermediaryclutch.The

design isvery simpleandmaintenance-

friendly. The spindle can be removed

together with the complete bearing

assemblyandcanbeservicedoutsidethe

machine.This reduces considerably the

downtimeformaintenance.

Direct drive

Directdriveistheintelligentsimplification

in separation technology. Direct drive

isused inapplicationswhere theupper

limitforgear loadshasbeenreachedor

when belt drive is undesirable. Direct

driveseparatorsdrivewithvirtuallyloss-

free power transmission. Less energy

consumption, lower maintenance and

space mean increased performance for

production.

Advantages of the gear drive

• Norequirementforthefrequency

converter

• Reliabledesign

• Suitabledesignforsmallmachines

Advantages of the flat belt drive

• Longeroilchangeinterval

• Longermaintenanceintervals

• Lowermaintenancecost

• Reducednoiselevel

Advantages of the direct drive

• Lowerspacerequirement

• Lowermaintenancerequirement

• Lowerenergycosts

• Fewerwearingparts

• Furtherreductionofnoiselevel

comparedtotheflatbeltdrive

• Thedirectdrivemeetsallexplosion

proofrequirements

RSE 60 with gear drive

RSE 220 with flat belt drive

RSE 300 with direct drive

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