Krauss-Maffei Vertical Basket Centrifuge VZU

Innovative, effective, practical centrifugal separation technology. The new vertical basket centrifuge has been developed for the effective and reliable processing of pharmaceutical intermediates and a wide variety of fine and specialty chemicals.

It offers a host of advantages and an attractive price/performance ratio:

  • Easy maintenance, thanks to a service-friendly design.
  • Efficient product discharge through a single, large discharge opening.
  • Minimal product hold-up through elimination of dead zones.
  • Uniform cake formation during feeding due to dynamic feed device.
  • Reduced space requirement through vertical design.

Special Features
Designed for multi-product plants, easy inspectability, 100% product discharge, ideal for cleanroom installation.

Main Applications
Amino acids, antibiotics, crop protection chemicals, fine chemicals, pharmaceutical intermediates, vitamins.

Krauss-Maffei vertical centrifuge VZU | centrifugal separation equipment

Operating Principle:

Filtration, sometimes sedimentation


Operating Mode:
Batch-type

Basket Diameter:
1000, 1250, 1600 mm

Basket volume:
250 - 1000 liters

Filter area:
1.6 - 5 m2

Solids content:
>3% bw

Average particle size:
5 - 500 µm

Solids throughput:
Up to 7 t/h

Wash efficiency:
Excellent

Solids recovery:
Nearly 100%

Materials of construction:
Stainless Steel, nickel-based alloys, titanium, special materials



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