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The grinding fluid is passed into the centrifuge straight from the grinding machine at about 5 gallons per minute.
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The customer removed the feed cone in order to increase the flow rate.
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Removing the rotor using the 3/8 hex wrench.
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After the rotor is removed.
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Centrifuge with the rotor removed, wide angle shot.
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Rotor has been drained and opened revealing the caked swarf.
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More swarf.
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Grinding swarf in rotor.
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Top half of the rotor showing the swarf running down.
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Scraping out the swarf.
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Scraping out the swarf cake.
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This swarf consists of stainless steel and grinding stone.
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This photo may give you an idea as to how dry the swarf cake is. At present the centrifuge collects about 1 inch of cake every 3 hours.
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We made the customer a custom top for their rotor that doesn't have the feed cone mounting. It was found that the feed cone caused too much back pressure at this high flow rate. By removing the holes the customer will increase their holding capacity by quite a bit.
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