EP2334439B1 - Ensemble disque pour un rotor de centrifugeuse - Google Patents

Ensemble disque pour un rotor de centrifugeuse Download PDF

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EP2334439B1
EP2334439B1 EP09818065.6A EP09818065A EP2334439B1 EP 2334439 B1 EP2334439 B1 EP 2334439B1 EP 09818065 A EP09818065 A EP 09818065A EP 2334439 B1 EP2334439 B1 EP 2334439B1
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Sven Olov Olsson
Kjell Klintenstedt
Lars Johan Rudman
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B04—CENTRIFUGAL APPARATUS OR MACHINES FOR CARRYING-OUT PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES
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    • B04B1/00—Centrifuges with rotary bowls provided with solid jackets for separating predominantly liquid mixtures with or without solid particles
    • B04B1/04—Centrifuges with rotary bowls provided with solid jackets for separating predominantly liquid mixtures with or without solid particles with inserted separating walls
    • 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
    • B04B7/14—Inserts, e.g. armouring plates for separating walls of conical shape
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B04—CENTRIFUGAL APPARATUS OR MACHINES FOR CARRYING-OUT PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES
    • B04B—CENTRIFUGES
    • B04B1/00—Centrifuges with rotary bowls provided with solid jackets for separating predominantly liquid mixtures with or without solid particles
    • B04B1/04—Centrifuges with rotary bowls provided with solid jackets for separating predominantly liquid mixtures with or without solid particles with inserted separating walls
    • B04B1/08—Centrifuges with rotary bowls provided with solid jackets for separating predominantly liquid mixtures with or without solid particles with inserted separating walls of conical shape
    • 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
    • B21—MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21D—WORKING OR PROCESSING OF SHEET METAL OR METAL TUBES, RODS OR PROFILES WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21D22/00—Shaping without cutting, by stamping, spinning, or deep-drawing

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  • the present invention refers to a disk package for a centrifuge rotor of a centrifugal separator comprising a plurality of separating disks which are provided on each other in the disk package according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • a disk package of the kind initially defined is described in US-A-2,028,955 .
  • the disclosed disk package has conical separating disks of two kinds provided in an alternating order so that every second disk is even and every second disk comprises a number of distance members in the form of substantially round projections and depressions in the disk.
  • the projections and depressions have been provided by means of some kind of press method.
  • the projections and depressions have a planar portion which means that this known technique results in a large contact area between the distance members and the surface of the adjacent separating disk.
  • the projections and depressions of US-A-2,028,955 are provided in such a way that a projection is followed by a depression in a radial direction.
  • a projection lies, in addition, opposite to a depression of an adjacent disk in the disk package so that a pile of alternating projections and depressions through the disk package is formed.
  • the object of this invention is to remove the above-mentioned problems. Especially, it is aimed at a separating disk and a disk package permitting a uniform a tight abutment between the distance members of a separating disk and a surface of an adjacent separating disk during operation when the disk package rotates at a high speed.
  • Such a design of the separating disks thus makes it possible to build in a pre-tension in the disk package when it is mounted. Thanks to the polar-positioning of the separating disks the forces arising during operation of the centrifugal separator will strive to straighten out the elastic deformation and thus increase the abutment force between the separating disks in the disk package. In such a way, the risk of leakage between the distance members and the adjacent separating disk can be reduced.
  • the separating disks comprise a plurality of second separating disks, wherein the first and second separating disks are provided in an alternating order in the disk package.
  • the second separating disks may have the same or another configuration with respect to the distance members than the first separating disks.
  • the second separating disks may comprise only one of said portions and thus lack distance members. Consequently, it is possible to manufacture about half of the separating disks in the disk package without distance members.
  • each second separating disk comprises a number of distance members, which comprise a number of pairs of distance members, which pairs each comprises a first distance member extending away from the outer surface and a second distance member extending away from inner surface, wherein the first and second distance members are adjacent to each other and after each other in a peripheral direction of the second separating disk.
  • the separating disks may be polar-positioned in such a way that the first distance members of the first separating disks are displaced in relation to the first distance members of the second separating disks in the disk package seen in the direction of the axis of rotation.
  • the distance members have an extension from in the proximity of but not from the inner edge to in the proximity of but not up to the outer edge.
  • Such distance members with an elongated extension offer an advantageous support for the separating disks in the disk package.
  • the extension of at least some of the distance members is straight and/or curved.
  • the distance members are formed by protrusions in said material and wherein each first distance member is formed by first protrusion and each second distance member is formed by a second protrusion.
  • protrusions no distance members attached afterwards are needed, but the distance members may be manufactured in a very efficient and advantageous manner from an economic point of view.
  • protrusions which are an integrated part of the material of the separating disk, improve the hygienic properties of the separating disk, i.e. reduces the collection of dirt and particles at the distance members and simplifies the cleaning of the separating disk.
  • the tapering shape and the protrusions of the separating disks may have been provided through pressing of a blank of said material against a tool part having a shape corresponding to the tapering shape, with the protrusions, of the pressed separating disk.
  • Fig. 1 discloses a centrifugal separator which is adapted for separation of at least a first component and a second component of a supplied medium. It is to be noted that the disclosed centrifugal separator is disclosed as an example and that the configuration thereof may be varied.
  • the centrifugal separator comprises a frame 1, which may be non-rotatable or stationary, and a spindle 2 which is rotably journalled in an upper bearing 3 and a lower bearing 4.
  • the spindle 2 carries a centrifuge rotor 5 and is arranged to rotate together with the centrifuge rotor 5 around an axis x of rotation in relation to the frame 1.
  • the spindle 2 is driven by means of a drive member 6 which is connected to the spindle 2 in a suitable manner in order to rotate the latter at a high velocity, for instance via a drive belt 7 or a gear transmission, or through direct drive, i.e. the rotor (not disclosed) of the drive member 6 is directly connected to the spindle 2 or the centrifuge rotor 5.
  • a drive member 6 which is connected to the spindle 2 in a suitable manner in order to rotate the latter at a high velocity, for instance via a drive belt 7 or a gear transmission, or through direct drive, i.e. the rotor (not disclosed) of the drive member 6 is directly connected to the spindle 2 or the centrifuge rotor 5.
  • the centrifugal separator may comprise a casing 8 which is connected to the frame 1 and which encloses the centrifuge rotor 5. Furthermore, the centrifugal separator comprises at least one inlet 9, which extends through the casing 8 and into a separation space 10 which is formed by the centrifuge rotor 5 for feeding of the medium to be centrifuged, and at least a first outlet for discharged from the separation space 10 of the first component which has been separated from the medium and a second outlet for discharge from the separation space 10 of the second component which has been separated from the medium.
  • the disk package 19 which rotates with the centrifuge rotor 5.
  • the disk package 19 comprises or is assembled of a plurality of separating disks 20 which are piled onto each other in the disk package 19, see Fig. 2 .
  • a separating disk 20 according to a first embodiment is disclosed more closely in Figs. 3 and 4 .
  • Each separating disk 20 extends around the axis x of rotation and rotates around the axis x of rotation in a direction R of rotation.
  • Each separating disk 20 extends along a rotary symmetric, or virtually rotary symmetric, surface which tapers along the axis x of rotation, and has a tapering shape along the axis x of rotation with an outer surface 21, which is convex, and an inner surface 22, which is concave.
  • the tapering shape of the separating disks 20 may also be conical or substantially conical, but it is also possible to let the tapering shape of the separating disks 20 have a generatrix which is curved inwardly or outwardly.
  • the separating disks 20 thus have an angle ⁇ of inclination in relation to the axis x of rotation, see Fig. 2 .
  • the angle ⁇ of inclination may be 20-70°.
  • Each separating disk 20 also has an outer edge 23 along the radially outer periphery of the separating disk 20 and an inner edge 24 which extends along the radially inner periphery of the separating disk 20 and defines a central opening of the separating disk 20.
  • Each separating disk 20 comprises at least one portion without distance members 25 on the outer surface 21 and/or the inner surface 22.
  • the separating disks 20 may be provided around a so called distributor 27.
  • the separating disks 20 are compressed against each other in the disk package 19 with a pre-tensioning force in such a way that the distance members 25 of a separating disk abuts sealingly an adjacent separating disk 20, especially against the above mention portion of an adjacent separating disk 20.
  • the separating disks 20 may also be fixedly connected to each other, for instance through brazing.
  • the centrifuge rotor 5 also comprises a number of inlet disks 28 which are centrally provided in the distributor 27. These inlet disks 28 may be manufactured in a similar manner as the separating disks 20.
  • the inlet disks 28 may be plane, as disclosed in Fig. 1 and 2 , or conical.
  • the inlet disks 28 may have distance members with a similar configuration as the distance members 25 of the separating disks 20.
  • the tapering shape of the separating disks 20 has been provided through pressing of a blank of a material against a tool part.
  • the material may be any pressable material, for instance metal material, such as steel, aluminium, titanium, various alloys etc., and also suitable plastic materials.
  • the tool part to be described more closely below has a shape corresponding to the tapering shape of the pressed separating disk 20. It is to be noted, however, that the separating disks 20 as a consequence of such a pressing may obtain a thickness t that varies with the distance from the axis x of rotation.
  • the distance members 25 are formed as protrusions in the material, wherein the tapering shape and the protrusions of the separating disk 20 have been produced through pressing of the blank against the tool part having a shape corresponding to the tapering shape with the protrusions of the pressed separating disk 20.
  • the distance members 25 comprise first distance members 25 in the form of first protrusions 31 and second distance members 25 in the form of second protrusions 32.
  • the protrusions thus comprise a number of pairs of protrusions, wherein each of the pairs comprises a first protrusion 31 extending away from the outer surface 21 and a second protrusion 32 extending away from the inner surface 22.
  • the first and second protrusions 31, 32 are displaced in relation to each other seen in a normal direction with regard to the outer surface 21.
  • the first and second protrusions 31, 32 are provided adjacent, or directly adjacent, to each other in a peripheral direction of the separating disk 20. It is possible to provide the distance members 25, i.e. in the embodiments disclosed the first and second protrusions 31, 32, in each pair at a significant distance from each other, for instance in such a way that a first protrusion 31 is located at the centre between two second protrusions 32.
  • the first protrusion 31 abuts the inner surface 22 of the adjacent separating disk 20, whereas the second protrusion 32 abuts the outer surface 21 of an adjacent separating disk 20.
  • the first protrusion 31 will thus form a channel-like depression of the inner surface 22 and this depression is configured to collect and transport one of said components radially outwardly or inwardly on the inner surface 22.
  • the second protrusion 32 forms, in a corresponding manner, a channel-like depression of the outer surface 21, wherein this depression is configured to collect and transport one of said components radially outwardly or inwardly on the outer surface 21.
  • the second protrusion 32 is located after the first protrusion 31 with regard to the direction R of rotation.
  • the channel-like depression thus precedes the upwardly projecting first protrusion 31.
  • the channel-like depression instead follows the downwardly projecting second protrusion 32. Inverted relations arise if the direction of rotation is the opposite.
  • the first and second protrusions 31 and 32 have a height h above the outer surface 21 and the inner surface 22, respectively, see Fig. 5 .
  • This height h determines also the height of the interspaces 26 between the separating disks 20 in the disk package 19. Since the thickness t of the separating disks 20 may vary with the distance from the axis x of rotation, the first and second protrusions 31 and 32 may advantageously be configured in such a way that the height h varies with the distance from the axis x of rotation.
  • the first and second protrusions 31 and 32 have an extension from a radially inner position to a radially outer position, wherein the height h varies along this extension in such a way that this varying height compensates for the varying thickness.
  • a tight and uniform abutment between the first and second protrusions 31 and 32 against the inner surface 22 and the outer surface 21, respectively, can be ensured along the whole or substantially the whole extension of the protrusions 31, 32.
  • the thickness t of the separating disk 20 may increase with an increasing distance from the axis of rotation, wherein the height h decreases with an increasing distance from the axis x of rotation.
  • the thickness t of the separating disk 20 may also decrease with an increasing distance from the axis x of rotation, wherein the height of the distance members 25 increases with an increasing distance from the axis x of rotation.
  • the varying height h can be provided in an advantageous manner since the separating disks 20 are manufactured in a press method and pressed against a tool part with a corresponding shape.
  • the tool part can thus have projections and depressions, respectively, which are configured for the formation of the protrusions, and which have been given a varying height h in accordance with the applied press method in connection with the tool manufacturing.
  • the press method also makes it possible in an easy manner to let the extension of the protrusions 31, 32 be straight and radial or substantially radial, straight but inclined in relation to a radial direction, or curved at least if the protrusions 31, 32 are seen in the direction of the axis x of rotation.
  • the extension of the protrusions 31, 32 extends from in the proximity of the inner edge 24 to in the proximity of the outer edge 23.
  • the press method also makes it possible to configure the distance members 25, i.e. the first and second protrusions 31, 32, with a width at the inner surface and/or the outer surface 21 seen in a normal direction to the inner surface or the outer surface 21, wherein this width of at least some of the distance members 25 varies with the distance from the axis x of rotation.
  • the press method also enables the formation of stiffening folds or embossings (not disclosed) of the separating disks 20.
  • Such folds may be straight or curved or extend in suitable directions.
  • Each of the first and second protrusions 31 and 32 comprises at least one contact zone 33 intended to abut the inner surface 22 and the outer surface 21, respectively, of an adjacent separating disk 20 in the disk package 19.
  • the contact zone 33 has a continuously convex shape seen in a cross section, in the first embodiment in a cross section transversally to a substantially radial direction.
  • the contact zone 33 extends along the whole, or substantially the whole, extension of the first and second protrusions 31 and 32.
  • the contact zone 33 may in the first embodiment be defined to form a line abutment, or substantially a line abutment, against the inner surface 22 and the outer surface 21 respectively, of the adjacent separating disk 20 along the whole extension of the protrusions 31 and 32.
  • the separating disks 20 comprise first separating disk 20' and second separating disks 20".
  • the first separating disks 20' comprise the first and second protrusions 31 and 32 which have been described above.
  • the second separating disks 20" lack such protrusions, i.e. they comprise, or consist of, only one of the above mentioned portion without distance members 25.
  • the second separating disks 20" thus have an even, or substantially even, tapering shape.
  • the first and second separating disks 20' and 20" are provided in an alternating order in the disk package 19, i.e. every second separating disk 20 is a first separating disk 20' and every second separating disk is a second separating disk 20".
  • each separating disk 20 comprises one or several recesses 35 along the inner edge 24. Such recesses may have the purpose of enabling a polar-positioning of the separating disks 20 in the disk package 19. Furthermore, each separating disk 20 comprises one or several recesses 36 along the outer edge 23. The recesses 36 may have the purpose of permitting transport of the medium through the disk package 19 and feeding of the medium into the different interspaces 26. It is to be noted that the recesses 35 and 36 may be advantageous for reducing the inherent stresses in the material in the pressed separating disk 20. The recesses 36 may be replaced by holes which in a manner known per se extend through the separating disk 20 and are provided at a distance from the inner and the outer edges 24, 23.
  • the separating disks are polar-positioned in such a way that the first protrusions 31 of the first separating disks 20' are in line with each other in the disk package 19 seen in the direction of the axis x of rotation, see Fig. 5 .
  • Such a configuration of the disk package 19 is advantageous since it makes it possible to include a pre-tensioning in the disk package 19 when it is mounted.
  • the second separating disks 20" will during the compressing of the disk package 19 be deformed elastically alternately upwardly and downwardly by the first and second protrusions 31 and 32 of the adjacent separating disks 20'. During operation of the centrifugal separator, forces arise in the second separating disks 20", which forces strive to straighten out the elastic deformation.
  • the first and second separating disks 20' and 20" have the same thickness t. However, it is to be noted that the first and second separating disks 20' and 20" may have different thicknesses t. Especially, the second separating disks 20", which lack protrusions, may have a thickness t which is significantly smaller than the thickness t of the first separating disks 20'. It is also to be noted that the height h of each distance member 25 of a first separating disk 20' varies in such a way that it compensates for the varying thickness t of the first separating disk 20' and for the varying thickness t of an adjacent second separating disk 20".
  • each second separating disk 20" may comprise a number of distance members in the form of pressed first and second protrusions 31 and 32, i.e. all separating disks 20 are provided with first and second protrusions 31 and 32.
  • the separating disks 20 mat be polar-positioned in such a way that a first protrusions 31 of the first separating disks 20' are displaced in relation to the first protrusions 31 of the second separating disks 20" in the disk package 19 seen in the direction of the axis x of rotation.
  • the second separating disks 20 or the portions without distance members of the separating disks 20 may be provided with plastically deformed portions where the contact zone 33 of a first and/or second protrusion 31, 32 abuts or is intended to abut.
  • the height of these plastically deformed portions is significantly lower than the height of the first and second protrusions 31, 32. In such a way a secure positioning of the separating disks 20 in relation to each other is created.
  • the disk package 19 with distance members 25 which can not be deformed and for instance be formed by conventional distance members which are brazed or welded to the separating disks 20, but which are located in a corresponding manner as the first and second protrusions 31 and 32.
  • Such conventional distance members may also have a continuously convex contact zone as has been described above.
  • Fig. 7 discloses a third embodiment where the distance members 25 have a spot-like extension. Also in this embodiment, the height of the distance members 25 may vary with the distance of the spot-like distance members 25 from the axis x of rotation. These distance members 25 may advantageously also be configured as first protrusions 31 extending away from the outer surface 21 and second protrusions 32 extending away from the inner surface 22. Each protrusion 31, 32 may advantageously have a continuously convex shape seen in a section transversally to a peripheral direction and transversally to a radial direction. In this embodiment, the contact zone 33 may be defined to form a point abutment, or substantially a point abutment, against the inner surface 22 or the outer surface 21 of the adjacent separating disk 20.
  • the protrusions 31 and 32 are displaced in relation to each other and may be provided at a distance from or adjacent to each other. Moreover, it is to mentioned here that the separating disks 20 according to a further alternative may comprise both spot-like distance members 25 and elongated distance members 25.
  • Figs. 8 and 9 disclose a fourth embodiment of a pressed separating disk 20, where the distance members 25 are formed by protrusions 50 which all extends in the same direction away from the outer surface 21.
  • Each protrusion 50 is delimited by two opposite side lines 51, which extend towards the outer edge 23 of the separating disk 20.
  • all separating disks 20, or substantially all separating disks 20, are identical.
  • Fig. 9 discloses how the separating disks 20 are polar-positioned and abuts each other.
  • the protrusions 50 comprise a contact zone 53 on the outer surface 21 and a contact zone 53 on the inner surface 22.
  • each contact zone 53 of a separating disk 20 abuts the contact zone 53 of an adjacent separating disk 20.
  • each contact zone 53 has continuously convex shape seen in a cross section transversally to a substantially radial direction.
  • the contact zones 53 extend along the whole, or substantially the whole, extension of the protrusions 50, and can be defined to form a line abutment, or substantially a line abutment, between the separating disks 20.
  • Fig. 10 discloses a fifth embodiment where two first separating disks 20' are provided beside each other and each such pair of first separating disks 20' are separated by a second separating disk 20".
  • the first protrusion 31 of a first separating disk 20' in such a pair lies opposite to the second protrusion 32 of the second first separating disk 20' in this pair, and opposite the first protrusions 31 of corresponding disks 20' in the remaining pairs.
  • Fig. 11 discloses a sixth embodiment which is similar to the fifth embodiment, but differs from the latter since one of the first separating disks 20' has been modified and is a third separating disk 20'" which comprises a first protrusion 31 but no second protrusion 32.
  • the first protrusion 31 of the third separating disk in each pair lies opposite to the second protrusion 32 of the first separating disk 20' in each pair.
  • a space which is closed in a cross-section is formed. Thanks to the absence of the second protrusion 32 of the third separating disk 20"', a lateral opening into this space is formed. It may also be mentioned that this closed space disclosed in Fig. 10 may be open at the ends through a variation of the length of the protrusions along their extension.
  • Figs. 12 to 15 disclose a first variant of a press tool for manufacturing a separating disk as defined above.
  • the press tool is intended to be introduced into a press (not disclosed) of a suitable design.
  • the press tool comprises a first tool part 61 and a second tool part 62.
  • the first tool part 61 has a concave shape against which the outer surface 21 of the separating disk 20 abuts after finished pressing.
  • the first tool part 61 has a substantially plane bottom surface and a surrounding tapering side surface, in the example disclosed a surrounding substantially conical side surface.
  • the first tool part 61 thus have a shape corresponding to the tapering shape of the pressed separating disk 20.
  • the first tool part 61 also comprises first from elements 63 which are located on the surrounding tapering side surface and which correspond to the shape of these protrusions, in the disclosed press tool, the p rotrusions 31 and 32.
  • the press tool comprises, or is associated with, a holding member 64, which is arranged to hold the blank 90 to be pressed against the first tool part 61 with a holding force. If the separating disk 20 lacks protrusions a first tool part 61 without first form elements 63 is used.
  • the press tool comprises a supply device arranged to permit supply of a liquid at a pressure between the blank 90 and the second tool part 62.
  • the supply device comprises channels 65 extending through the second tool part 62 through the surface of the second tool part 62 which faces the blank 90.
  • the first tool part 61 also comprises one or several second form elements 66, see Fig. 15 , for forming a or several centering members of the pressed blank 90 in order to enable later centering of the blank 90 in connection with a subsequent processing of the blank 90.
  • the form elements 66 are located on the bottom surface, which means that the centering members are provided in a central area of the blank 90. It is also imaginable to provide the centering members in an edge area of the blank 90, wherein corresponding second form elements will be located outside the tapering side surface.
  • the first tool part 61 comprises a plurality of evacuating passages 67 for evacuation of gas present between the blank 90 and the first tool part 61.
  • the evacuating passages 67 have a very small flow area and are provided to extend through the bottom surface and the surrounding tapering side surface of the first tool part 61. Especially, it is important that there are evacuating passages 67 extending through these surfaces at the first form elements 63 forming the first and second protrusions 31 and 32, and at the second form elements 66 forming the centering member.
  • a liquid with a pressure is supplied in a second part step into a space between the blank 90 and the second tool part 62 through the channels 65 in such a way that the blank 90 is pressed to abutment against the first tool part 61 and takes its final shape, see Fig. 14 .
  • the gas present between the blank 90 and the first tool part 61 will be evacuated via the evacuating passages 67.
  • the second part step can be regarded as a hydroforming step.
  • Figs. 16 to 18 disclose a second variant of a press tool for manufacturing of a separating disk as defined above.
  • the press tool is intended to be introduced in a press (not disclosed) of a suitable design.
  • the press tool comprises a first tool part 61 and a second tool part 62.
  • the first tool part 61 has a concave shape against which the outer surface 21 of the separating disk 20 abuts after finished pressing.
  • the first tool part 61 has a surrounding tapering side surface, in the example disclosed a surrounding substantially conical side surface.
  • the first tool part 61 thus has a shape corresponding to the tapering shape of the pressed separating disk 20.
  • the first tool part 61 also comprises first form elements 63, which are located on the surrounding tapering side surface and which correspond to the shape of these protrusions, in the disclosed press tool, the protrusions 31 and 32.
  • the press tool comprises or is associated with a holding member 64 which is arranged to hold the blank to be pressed against the first tool part 61 with a holding force. If the separating disk 20 lacks protrusions, a first part tool 61 without first form elements 63 is used.
  • the second tool part 62 also comprises a sealing element 83, which is provided radially outside the projecting central portion 80.
  • the sealing element 83 extends around the central portion at a distance from the latter.
  • the sealing element 83 is arranged to abut sealingly the blank 90 around the central opening.
  • the total press force is reduced thanks to the fact that the centre of the blank 90 inside the sealing element 83 has been masked and thus is not subjected to any pressing.
  • the central portion 80 which positions the blank 90, will also permit guiding of the flow of material in the blank 90 in an initial stage of the pressing with regard to how much material is transported from the centre of the blank 90 and from the peripheral parts of the blank 90.
  • the guiding of the flow of material can be provided by varying the size of the central opening and/or by varying the holding force.
  • the press tool comprises a supply device arranged to permit supply of a liquid at a pressure between the blank 90 and the second tool part 62.
  • the supply device comprises channels 65 extending through the second tool part 62 through the surface of the second tool part 62 facing the blank 90.
  • the first tool part 61 comprises a plurality of evacuating passages 67 for evacuating gas present between the blank 90 and the first tool part 61.
  • the evacuating passages 67 have a very small flow area and are provided to extend through the bottom surface and the surrounding tapering side surface of the first tool part 61. Especially, it is important that there are evacuating passages 67 which extend through these surfaces at the first form elements 63 forming the first and second protrusions 31, 32, and at the second form elements 66 forming the centering member.
  • the blank 90 is removed from the press tool and transferred to any suitable processing machine (not disclosed).
  • the blank 90 is centered in the processing machine by means of the centering member or members.
  • the processing machine is then arranged to form, in a subsequent processing step, the inner edge 24 and the outer edge 23 of the separating disk 20.
  • This subsequent processing step comprises forming of the above mentioned one or several recesses 35 along the inner edge 24 and the above mentioned one or several recesses 36 along the outer edge 23.
  • the subsequent processing step may comprise any suitable cutting or shearing operation.
  • first tool part 61 instead of a concave shape may have a convex shape, wherein the inner surface 22 of the separating disk 20 will abut the first tool part 61 after finished pressing.
  • the separating disks 20 may be provided with a certain surface roughness on the outer surface and/or the inner surface.
  • a surface roughness can be provided through a treatment in advance of the whole, or a part or parts of the outer surface 21 and/or the inner surface 22, for instance in that the actual surface is etched before the separating disk is pressed. The surface roughness will remain after the pressing. It is also imaginable to configure one or both tool parts 61, 62 with a surface roughness, wherein the pressing will provide the desired surface roughness of the actual surface of the outer surface and/or inner surface of the separating disk. Suitable examples of the surface roughness is disclosed in SE-B-457612 .
  • the roughness may thus comprise a plurality of flow influencing members having a certain height over the actual surface and a certain mutual distance.
  • the relation between the certain height and the certain distance may lie in the interval 0,2-0,5.
  • only one of the outer surface 21 and the inner surface 22 is provided with a roughness.
  • the protrusions 31, 32 suitably have no roughness as well as the surface portions against which the protrusions 31, 32 abut.
  • the invention is not limited to the embodiments disclosed but may be varied and modified with in the scope of the following claims.
  • the described separating disks may be used in substantially all kinds of centrifugal separators, for instance such where the centrifuge rotor has fixed openings for radial discharge of sludge, or intermittently openable such openings, see Fig. 1 .
  • the invention is applicable to centrifugal separators adapted for separation of all kinds of media, such as liquids and gases, for instance separating of solid or liquid particles from a gas.

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  1. Ensemble disque pour un rotor de centrifugeuse (5) d'un séparateur centrifuge conçu pour une séparation de composants dans un milieu fourni,
    dans lequel l'ensemble disque (19) comprend une pluralité de disques de séparation (20), qui sont fournis les uns sur les autres dans l'ensemble disque (19),
    dans lequel chaque disque de séparation (20) s'étend autour d'un axe (x) de rotation et présente une forme conique avec une surface interne (22) et une surface externe (21) le long de l'axe (x) de rotation,
    dans lequel chaque disque de séparation (20) est fabriqué à partir d'au moins un matériau,
    dans lequel les disques de séparation (20) de l'ensemble disque (19) sont précontraints les uns contre les autres avec une force de précontrainte,
    dans lequel les disques de séparation (20) comprennent une pluralité de premiers disques de séparation (20'), qui comprennent respectivement un certain nombre d'éléments d'espacement (25), et
    dans lequel chaque disque de séparation comprend au moins une partie sans élément d'espacement,
    dans lequel les premiers disques de séparation (20') sont positionnés polaires de telle manière que lesdits éléments d'espacement (25) d'un disque de séparation (20) sont contigus à ladite partie d'un disque de séparation adjacent,
    caractérisé en ce que
    les éléments d'espacement (25) comprennent un certain nombre de paires d'éléments d'espacement, lesquelles paires comprennent respectivement un premier élément d'espacement s'étendant en s'éloignant de la surface externe (21) et un second élément d'espacement s'étendant en s'éloignant de la surface interne (22), dans lequel les premiers et seconds éléments d'espacement sont déplacés les uns par rapport aux autres, lorsqu'on regarde dans une direction perpendiculairement à la surface externe (21), et sont fournis les uns après les autres dans une direction périphérique du premier disque de séparation (20'),
    la force de précontrainte fournit une force de culée entre les éléments d'espacement (25) et le disque de séparation adjacent (20) et une déformation élastique de ladite partie d'au moins les disques de séparation (20), et
    ladite déformation élastique pendant la rotation de l'ensemble disque assure une augmentation de la force de culée entre les éléments d'espacement et le disque de séparation adjacent.
  2. Ensemble disque selon la revendication 1, dans lequel les disques de séparation (20) comprennent une pluralité de seconds disques de séparation (20") et dans lequel les premiers et seconds disques de séparation (20', 20") sont fournis en ordre alterné dans l'ensemble disque (19).
  3. Ensemble disque selon la revendication 2, dans lequel les seconds disques de séparation (20") comprennent seulement une desdites parties et sont ainsi dépourvus d'éléments d'espacement.
  4. Ensemble disque selon la revendication 2, dans lequel chaque second disque de séparation (20") comprend un certain nombre d'éléments d'espacement (25) qui comprennent un certain nombre de paires d'éléments d'espacement, lesquelles paires comprenant respectivement un premier élément d'espacement s'étendant en s'éloignant de la surface externe (21) et un second élément d'espacement s'étendant en s'éloignant de la surface interne (22), dans lequel les premiers et seconds éléments d'espacement sont fournis adjacents les uns par rapport aux autres et les uns après les autres dans une direction périphérique du second disque de séparation (20").
  5. Ensemble disque selon la revendication 4, dans lequel les disques de séparation (20) sont positionnés polaires de telle manière que les premiers éléments d'espacement des premiers disques de séparation (20') sont déplacés par rapport aux premiers éléments d'espacement des seconds disques de séparation (20") dans l'ensemble disque (19) lorsqu'on regarde dans la direction de l'axe (x) de rotation.
  6. Ensemble disque selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 3, dans lequel les premiers disques de séparation (20') sont positionnés polaires de telle manière que les premiers éléments d'espacement des premiers disques de séparation (20') sont alignés les uns par rapport aux autres dans l'ensemble disque (19) lorsqu'on regarde dans la direction de l'axe (x) de rotation.
  7. Ensemble disque selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel les éléments d'espacement présentent une extension à partir de la proximité du bord interne (24), mais pas à partir de celui-ci, vers la proximité du bord externe (23), mais pas jusqu'à celui-ci.
  8. Ensemble disque selon la revendication 7, dans lequel l'extension d'au moins certains des éléments d'espacement (25) est droite.
  9. Ensemble disque selon la revendication 7 ou 8, dans lequel l'extension d'au moins certains des éléments d'espacement (25) est courbe.
  10. Ensemble disque selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel les éléments d'espacement (25) sont formés par des saillies (31, 32) dans ledit matériau, et dans lequel chaque premier élément d'espacement est formé par une première saillie (31) et chaque second élément d'espacement est formé par une seconde saillie (32).
  11. Ensemble disque selon la revendication 10, dans lequel la forme conique et les saillies (31, 32) des disques de séparation (20) ont été fournies par pression d'un flan (9) dudit matériau contre une pièce d'outil (61) qui présente une forme correspondant à la forme conique avec les saillies (31, 32) des disques de séparation (20) pressés.
EP09818065.6A 2008-09-30 2009-09-30 Ensemble disque pour un rotor de centrifugeuse Not-in-force EP2334439B1 (fr)

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