Classifications

• • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
  • F26—DRYING
  • F26B—DRYING SOLID MATERIALS OR OBJECTS BY REMOVING LIQUID THEREFROM
  • F26B5/00—Drying solid materials or objects by processes not involving the application of heat
  • F26B5/08—Drying solid materials or objects by processes not involving the application of heat by centrifugal treatment
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B04—CENTRIFUGAL APPARATUS OR MACHINES FOR CARRYING-OUT PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES
  • B04B—CENTRIFUGES
  • B04B5/00—Other centrifuges
  • B04B5/12—Centrifuges in which rotors other than bowls generate centrifugal effects in stationary containers
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B04—CENTRIFUGAL APPARATUS OR MACHINES FOR CARRYING-OUT PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES
  • B04B—CENTRIFUGES
  • B04B7/00—Elements of centrifuges
  • B04B7/08—Rotary bowls
  • B04B7/12—Inserts, e.g. armouring plates
  • B04B7/16—Sieves or filters
• • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
  • F26—DRYING
  • F26B—DRYING SOLID MATERIALS OR OBJECTS BY REMOVING LIQUID THEREFROM
  • F26B17/00—Machines or apparatus for drying materials in loose, plastic, or fluidised form, e.g. granules, staple fibres, with progressive movement
  • F26B17/24—Machines or apparatus for drying materials in loose, plastic, or fluidised form, e.g. granules, staple fibres, with progressive movement with movement performed by shooting or throwing the materials, e.g. after which the materials are subject to impact

Definitions

• the present invention relates to a centrifugal dryer for separating granulated substances from process water, comprising a housing, a rotor arranged in the housing and a sieve surrounding the rotor, the sieve having at least one porous sieve element, which is placed around at least one Siebangosammlung and releasably thereto is attached.
• Plastic pellets which are produced by underwater granulation are continuously separated by the underwater granulator downstream centrifugal dryer from the process water of the granulator.
• Such centrifugal dryers which may possibly also be used to separate other granular substances from a corresponding fluid, usually have an upright rotor, which is rotationally driven about an upright rotor axis and by means of mostly schaufeiförmiger conveying elements, the granules or granulated water Promotes mixture from bottom to top, wherein the mixture is thrown radially outward.
• the pellets are retained by the sieve surrounding the rotor, while the water or the corresponding fluid can pass through the porous sieve elements and drain outside of the sieve.
• 6,438,866 show such cylindrical sieves of centrifugal dryers in which initially planar sieve elements are rolled up in a cylindrical manner and retaining pieces are welded to the edges of the sieve elements, which are then pulled together by helical clamping elements.
• a centrifugal dryer for pellets is also known, in which the sieve is constructed from two semi-cylindrical shells. Each of the shell-shaped sieve elements is bordered at its edges with a belt-iron-shaped, belt-like frame profile on which the actual sieve element is firmly welded. Two opposite frame profile legs are arched semicircular arc, so that the sieve receives a total of a semi-cylindrical shell shape.
• the two half-shells are hinged together on two longitudinal frame profiles hinged together, so that the screen can be opened.
• Such screen constructions are capable of improvement in various respects.
• they are relatively expensive to manufacture, since when welding the holding elements to the sieve element edges, care must be taken that the sieve elements themselves do not warp. If there is still welding distortion, leakage problems occur.
• the sieve elements can only be rolled forward with difficulty, in particular if quite stiff sieve elements have to be used for corresponding applications. The assembly and disassembly of the sieve elements is thereby made correspondingly difficult.
• the present invention is based on the object to provide an improved centrifugal dryer of the type mentioned, which avoids the disadvantages of the prior art and further develops the latter in an advantageous manner.
• a cost-to-manufacture sieve for such a centrifugal dryer is to be created, which is easy to assemble and disassemble, without creating leakage problems and granular leakage, and is variably adaptable to different terminal configurations.
• this object is achieved by a centrifugal dryer according to claim 1.
• Preferred embodiments of the invention are the subject of the dependent claims.
• the hitherto adopted path is left to attach to the Siebelementer selectedn, which adjoin each other in the rolled state, own fastening or holding elements, which initiate the train in the sieve elements when clamping each other.
• the screen is composed of a plurality of screen elements which overlap each other in the circumferential direction, or a screen element with circumferentially overlapping Siebelementenden and tightened by one or more straps that wrap around the overlapping screen elements circumferentially on the Siebango Vietnamese.
• a tension belt basically differently shaped, pliable, flexible and / or bending elastic tension elements can be wrapped around screening elements, which are stretched and thereby hold the screen elements together and in particular pull on Sieb lake arranged inside filter carrier.
• the Siebelementbefest only by such straps is characterized by a simple manufacturability and a high density and freedom from leaks.
• no heat deformations of the sieve elements which occur, for example, during the welding of holding pieces occur, so that a substantial freedom from leaks can be achieved in a simple manner.
• sieves of different diameters or different connection options can be configured by means of sieve elements configured as standard since, for example, an additional sieve element is simply placed on the sieve tire or the overlap offset is made smaller in order to produce a larger sieve diameter.
• the overlapping Sieve elements are moved in the circumferential direction to each other, so that a
• Sieve elements are not firmly connected to holding elements or on
• Frame profiles are welded, but only friction fluid clamped by the straps on the screen tire.
• the radial forces acting on the sieve are intercepted by the tensioning straps encircling the sieve elements as a consequence of the centrifugally produced process water mixture hurled outwards so that the sieve elements do not come apart at the seams.
• the sieve elements themselves may be formed free of fastening and holding elements.
• the retaining pieces usually otherwise welded to the screen element edges need no longer be provided.
• the sieve elements are held together exclusively by the tension straps. It does not need to be welded or otherwise fixed to the axial longitudinal edges of the screen elements.
• the susceptible to leakage problems Siebissekanten be individually superimposed overlapping each other and held each other by the straps, the superimposed Sieb comprisekanten retain their elasticity for lack of welded holding pieces and slit and slot-free can lie on top of each other.
• the sieve elements do not need to be completely free of weld seams. In order to avoid the aforementioned leakage problems due to thermal distortion, it may be sufficient to form the Siebierikanten or edges without welding.
• the tension straps can, in the case of suitable, in particular metallic, training by means of spot welds on the sieve elements be attached to allow easier handling and to avoid slippage, so that a precise fit, proper installation without slipping the straps can accomplish easier.
• approximately sieve elements can be attached in the middle of the respective tension straps by one or more welds.
• the tension straps may also be attached or connected to the strainer elements in another manner, for example by adhesive bonding.
• the complementary circumferentially screening elements can be formed in this case of different sizes and / or different degrees, for example a first Siebieri publishing can ⁇ a sector of 3/2 and cover ⁇ a second screen element remaining sector of Vz, it being understood would be added to the corresponding overlap.
• the sieve elements can be slid in the circumferential direction to each other, whereby the width of the overlap changed and, if necessary, can be changed by inserting another SiebNeills the screen diameter.
• the sieve can also be composed of a plurality of sieve elements viewed in the axial direction, in which case the plurality of sieve elements are advantageously connected and held together solely by tension straps.
• a plurality of Siebango adopted are provided on which the sieve elements are stretched by means of the tension straps, wherein preferably such a Siebyatty
• a Siebyatty Shape is provided in particular in the region of the axial interface between two sieve sections.
• each axial screen section advantageously has at least two screen carrier tires which are preferably arranged at the end-side end sections of the respective screen section, wherein a common screen carrier strip may be provided for both screen sections preferably at an axial interface between two screen sections.
• the axially adjacent sieve elements can be mounted on the said common Siebangosammlung in fundamentally different ways.
• the sieve elements on the Siebangosammlung can overlap each other axially and be tightened by a common, arranged in the axial overlap region tension belt.
• the common Siebyes Vietnamese may also have a radial Trendsteg that divides the common Sieby Vietnamese into two circumferential Aufspannabitese.
• the sieve elements can be aligned axially against the said trend bar in the manner of a stop and then be tightened by a separate strap on the common Siebangoatty.
• connection bodies for example in the form of an inlet shaft, an outlet shaft or another connecting piece, can be connected to the screen on the circumference, wherein the screen or the porous screen element has a circumferential recess in the region of this connection body having.
• connection bodies are often provided in the region of a lower or upper end section of the sieve, for example in order to introduce the granulate / fluid mixture into the rotor section.
• the leakage problems described at the outset occur with pleasure.
• the sieve assembly and disassembly is often complicated and complicated, especially in these areas.
• the corresponding sieve element is also secured in the region of such a peripheral connection body by at least one tension belt, wherein advantageously the tension belt simultaneously holds the connection body on the sieve.
• the tension straps in the region of such a connecting body thus advantageously fulfill a dual function in that on the one hand connect the strainer and connection body and on the other hand fix the sieve element or the sieve elements in this section of the sieve in the aforementioned manner by wrapping and sealing together.
• articulation points for at least one tensioning belt are provided on the connection body, so that the respective tensioning belt can be struck peripherally on the two sides of the connection body.
• a terminal strip is provided, which is detachably and hingedly fastened to the connector body and on the other hand has articulation points for the at least one tension belt, so that the tension belt can be stopped at the terminal block.
• the terminal block here by means of hinge pins releasably attachable to the connector body, so that the terminal strip on the one hand easily by axially pulling the hinge pin and / or removing the terminal block itself from the connector body is solvable and on the other hand to a hinge joint axis parallel to the longitudinal axis of the Sieves relative to the connector body can hinge, which can be clamped by tightening the strapping straps attached to the pushed under or over the terminal block sieve.
• the said terminal strip together with an edge web of the connecting piece form a slot-shaped receiving mouth into which the sieve element can be inserted at the edge. If the tension straps attached to the terminal strip are tightened, the jaw closes, as it were, and the terminal strip is pulled onto the edge web of the connecting piece, whereby the sieve element is securely fixed.
• the tension straps advantageously each associated with a tool-free operable clamping means, which allows to relax the straps by hand.
• a skischuhschnallen shamer quick-release lever may be provided which can be fastened at one end of the respective tensioning belt and at the opposite end of the tensioning belt, in particular by means of a trailer can be suspended.
• Particularly advantageous may be the screen assembly from each other in the circumferential direction overlapping sieve elements for rotating screens, in which the rotor mentioned above is rotatably received.
• rotary screens that rotate themselves and possibly rotate at high speeds in a liquid bath, as shown in DE 14 32 766
• the screen viewed in the circumferential direction of only a single screen element was constructed and Siebüberlappungs Schemee by flush joining butting by means of suitable frame profiles was preferred in order to avoid turbulence induced by the overlapping areas, in contrast to this, in the case of standing screens, such overlapping edges play no role.
• the variable connection options for Connection ducts and the like on the peripheral side of advantage since straight screens have such peripheral connection parts.
• FIG. 1 shows a schematic longitudinal section through a centrifugal dryer according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention
• FIG. 2 shows a fragmentary, perspective view of the sieve of the centrifugal dryer of FIG. 1 surrounding the rotor with the inlet shaft connected to the lower sieve section,
• FIG. 3 is a schematic rear view of the screen of FIG. 2, showing the connection of the inlet shaft to the lower screen element;
• FIG. 4 shows an exploded view of the screen and the connectable inlet shaft of the preceding figures, showing the several screen elements, the Sieby4.000 and the straps for attaching the screen elements on the Siebyographie, and
• FIG. 5 is a fragmentary, enlarged view of the interface between the inlet shaft and the screen, showing a pivotable, releasable from the inlet slot terminal block and the straps attached thereto.
• centrifugal dryer 1 comprises a total - roughly speaking - cylindrical housing 2, which is closed by a coat surface side provided door through which the interior 3 of the housing 2 is accessible.
• a rotor 4 is arranged, which can be driven in rotation about an upright axis of rotation by means of a drive motor not shown in detail.
• the rotor 4 comprises a plurality of blade-like conveying elements 5, which are arranged cantilevered from the central rotor axis and convey granulated process water mixture introduced into the centrifugal dryer 1 from bottom to top in the interior 3 of the housing 2.
• the projecting from the rotor axis conveying elements 5 may in principle be designed differently, for example in the form of flat, curved or curved plates or in the form of helically bent elements or otherwise shaped conveying members.
• the rotor 4 is surrounded in the interior 3 by an overall cylindrical sieve 6, which surrounds the rotor 4 such that granules hurled by the rotor 4 during conveyance are retained in the interior space enclosed by the sieve 6, while process water passes through the Sieve 6 pass and can run in the gap between the sieve 6 and housing 2 down.
• connection body 7 in the form of an inlet shaft 8 is connected to the screen 6 on a lower screen section 6a on the surface of the screen, through which the granulate / fluid mixture can be passed through the screen 6 onto the rotor 4.
• the inlet shaft 8 can be connected, for example, to an underwater pelletizer which generates the plastic pellets and introduces the resulting granule / fluid mixture into the centrifugal drier 1.
• the granule-fluid mixture introduced through the inlet duct 8 is conveyed upwardly within the sieve 6 by the rotor 4, the fluid depositing radially.
• the outlet 9 shown in Figure 1 is provided, through which the granules separated from the fluid can emerge from the centrifugal dryer 1.
• the screen 6 is composed of a plurality of sieve elements 10, each made of elastic, flat in the initial state or slightly bulging, in particular pre-rolled or otherwise suitably bent, porous screen plates or plates and have been brought into the arcuate or cylindrical shape shown in the figures. More precisely, the sieve elements 10 form cylinder jacket surface segments in each case, since the sieve 6, viewed in the circumferential direction, is composed of a plurality of sieve elements 10a, 10b, 10c ... which overlap one another and together form a sieve ring.
• the screen 6 is not only composed in the circumferential direction of several sieve elements 10, but also considered in the axial direction.
• Figures 2 and 3 show two separate in the axial direction sieve sections 6a and 6b, which are each formed by a plurality of sieve elements 10, wherein in the illustrated embodiment, the lower sieve section 6a consists of two sieve elements 10, while the upper sieve section 6b of three sieve elements 10th is composed.
• the sieve elements 10 are in each case wound around Siebyographie 11 at their end-side end portions, wherein between the two sieve sections 6a and 6b, a common Siebyographie 11 is provided for both sieve sections 6a and 6b, see. Also Figure 4.
• the lower Sieby Vietnamese 11 of the lower wire section 6a is simultaneously formed as a sieve bottom, see. FIG. 4.
• the upper screen section 6b is completely cylindrical, i. the sieve elements 10 enclose the entire lateral surface of the sieve section 6b, with the plurality of sieve elements 10 overlapping one another at their axial edges.
• the sieve elements 10 are formed at their adjacent axial edges or edges 13, which form the respective overlap regions 12, free of holding pieces or connecting elements. They lie only on each other through the overlap region 12, wherein optionally a sealing element, for example in the form of a band, can be interposed therebetween.
• the sieve elements 10 held together and fastened are the sieve elements 10 by tension straps or bands 14, which may be formed by differently shaped tension elements, for example in the form of ropes, belts or tires.
• the tension straps 14 of flexurally elastic, tension-resistant flat bands, preferably made of metal, may be formed.
• the straps 14 are placed around the strainer 10 so that they wrap around the latter, preferably the straps 14 are placed in the region of the Siebysammlung 11 to the strainer 10 so that tensioning the straps 14, the strainer 10 are stretched on the Siebyographie 11 can.
• 14 tool-free operable quick release in the form of clamping levers 15 are provided on the straps, which are attached to one end of the straps 14.
• the tensioning levers 15 can be suspended at the opposite ends of the tension straps 14 on suspensers 16 provided there, so that only the tension levers 15 have to be folded in order to tension the tension straps 14.
• hooking means 17 which can be hung on the hangers 16, adjustable in their effective length, for example by being screwed into the clamping lever 15, so that by turning the hooking 17, the length of the clamping lever 15 and thus the tension for the straps 14 can be adjusted.
• the screen elements 10 are not arranged completely. Rather, they only include a cylinder sector of less than 360 °.
• a recess of the sieve elements 10 is provided in the region of the jacket surface side to be connected to the inlet shaft 8 in order to be able to initiate the granulate / process water mixture.
• the sieve elements 10 of the sieve section 6b are advantageously held together and fastened by tension straps 14 in the form of the inlet shaft 8, wherein the tension straps 14 advantageously simultaneously fulfill the function of fastening the connection body 7 to the sieve 6.
• two filter carrier tires 11 can be attached and / or fastened in an advantageous manner to the connection body 7 in the form of the inlet shaft 8 the sieve elements 10 of the said sieve section 6b can be placed round.
• the sieve elements 10 can thereby be aligned in a simple manner with a precise fit on the contour of the connection body 7 by the tension belt fastening and in that a plurality of circumferentially overlapping sieve elements 10 are provided.
• the sieve elements 10 merely need to be easily slid back and forth in the circumferential direction, this being made possible by the loose overlapping of the sieve elements 10.
• a slit-shaped clamping jaw 18 is provided on the axial connection sides of the connection body 7, into which the sieve elements 10 can each be pushed.
• these clamping jaws 18 on the inlet shaft 8 are each formed on the inlet shaft 8 by a - roughly speaking - tangential edge web 19 and a clamping bar 20 located above this edge web 19, which are parallel to the longitudinal axis of the hinge axis 21 around a hinge axis 21 Siebs 6 pivotally attached to the connection body 7 can be fastened.
• the terminal strip 20 can be separated by axial pulling of the connector body 7, in which case the hinge pin 21 solve that form the articulated connection of the terminal block 20 with the connector body 7.
• the tension straps 14 are articulated to the said terminal block 20, the corresponding thereto Einitatir 18, to which the hooking means 17 of the clamping lever 15 can be suspended. If the tensioning levers 15 and thereby the tension straps 14 are tensioned, the edges of the strainer elements 10 under the clamping strip 20 are clamped, since the clamping strip 20 rotates about the hinge pins 21 and performs a corresponding clamping movement.

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