How does Disc Separator work?
The disc separator is in vertical structure. The drum is mounted on the upper end of the vertical axis, which is driven by a motor and rotates at a high speed. There is a set of disc - shaped parts that are stacked together in the drum, with a small gap among them. When the suspension (or emulsion), which is pumped into the drum by feeding tube located in the center of the drum, pass through the gap between the discs, solid particles (or droplets) would settle down to form sediment (or liquid layer) on the disc by centrifuge force, and then the sediment slid along the surface of the disc and separated from the disc to accumulate in the largest diameter of the drum. At last, the separated liquid discharged from the outlet. The disc is utilized to shorten the settling distance of solid particles or droplets, enlarge the settlement area of the drum, and improve the production capacity of the separator. The solids accumulated in the drum are removed from the drum by manual after the machine stop, or out of the drum in the case of a dregs machine without stopping.