Read All About: Centrifuges

What is a Centrifuge?

Centrifuges are machines used in laboratories, medical facilities, and industries to separate suspended material from the mediums they are mixed with. This is done by spinning closed containers of the mixture very quickly around a fixed, central point. The centrifugal force generated by this motion forces the denser material in the suspension against the walls of the container, effectively separating it from the solution. These devices are used to separate solids from fluid suspension mediums.

How They Work
 

The core principle of centrifuge operation is centrifugal force. If a bucket half-filled with water is spun quickly in a circle, over the head and back down to the ground, centrifugal force created by the rotation of the bucket forces the water towards the bottom. This is what keeps the water in the bucket even when it's upside down.

Most centrifuges harness this force in a similar way, and consist of a casing with a lid and a driven central rotor. The rotor spins at high speed and the centrifugal force causes any matter in the solution denser than the liquid to be forced against the outer walls of the tubes, separating it from the fluid in the process.

Centrifuges at Perry

Used Ferrum Type DSZ-0-800 316L SS
Basket Centrifuge, Stock # L0771-078A

Perry Process are stockists of used centrifuges for use in the chemical, pharmaceutical and food industries and can save you up to 70% when compared to the cost of a new unit. 

We have over 600 used centrifuges in stock from manufacturers including; Krauss Maffei, Dorr Oliver, Basco, Rousellet, Carr, Tolhurst, Alfa Laval, Humbolt Weday, Sharples, Heinkel, Ellerwerk, Broadbent, Ferrum, Westfalia, Andritz, Comi Condor and Carl Padberg.

The types of centrifuges we have in stock include: stainless steel, batch or continuous centrifuges, solid bowl or perforated basket centrifuges, peelers, pushers, conical decanters and separators.

Perry has been buying & selling used process plant & equipment worldwide for over 80 years.  

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