In the case of excessive liquid input into the centrifuge, only the equipment itself is considered – what harm can this cause to the equipment?
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When a centrifuge is used to separate materials, and an excessive amount of liquid is fed in, what harm might arise from the equipment itself?
Will it cause an increase in load and current?
Excessive liquid intake – it depends on what kind of liquid it is. If it’s non-corrosive, then it poses no harm to the equipment; but if it’s corrosive, it will certainly cause damage. Excessive liquid intake can be imagined as an eccentrically rotating spin-dry tank...
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Excessive feeding can easily cause the centrifuge to operate beyond its capacity, leading to excessive vibration of the centrifuge itself and resulting in process accidents such as its breakdown
It depends on the type of centrifuge: 1. Ordinary filtration centrifuges all have a limit on the maximum loading capacity of their drums; exceeding this limit may cause damage to the equipment. 2: Due to the limitation of the drum volume in sedimentation centrifuges, excessive feeding will exceed the overflow limit, resulting in a reduced separation efficiency and higher operating current. In the design of conventional centrifuges, the loading limit and the maximum load capacity of the drum are both prerequisites for calculating the drum’s strength.
Does it mean high flow rate??? In fully automatic mode, feeding will stop automatically once the material level is full; if the flow rate is high but the machine operates steadily, there’s no problem