Patent ID: 8758209
Filing Date: 2014-06-24
Classification: B04B,F16C

Abstract:
1. A separator comprising: a rotatable centrifugal drum having a vertical axis of rotation and an inflow line for a material to be processed by the separator; a drive spindle for the drum rotatably mounted via a mounting to a housing supported elastically on a machine stand section, the mounting including a housing having a first and a second bearing; a drive device including an electric drive motor having a stator and a rotor which is aligned with the drive spindle; a lubricant system configured to lubricate the mounting, the lubricant system including a lubricant circuit to convey lubricant and a lubricant collecting container, the entire lubricant circuit and at least the lubricant collecting container being arranged axially above the rotor; the lubricant being conveyed out of the lubricant collecting container directly through a lubricant duct formed in the housing and extending into a region of or above a neck bearing of the mounting; and wherein the entire mounting of the drive spindle being arranged axially above a bottom of the lubricant collecting container.