Patent ID: 7537559

Claim:
A self-dumping separator having a vertical axis of rotation and having a drum with solids discharge openings, into which drum a disc stack made up of a plurality of conical discs is inserted, said discharge openings are disposed at the largest diameter of the drum, a centrifuge feed being introducible via an inlet pipe and a distributor into a centrifuge space that is enclosed by the drum, at least two or a plurality of fins being arranged in an annular solids space that is arranged radially outside the disc stack, such that the clearance between the fins and the inner wall of the drum is at least three millimeters, wherein a splitter disc is arranged in the drum and in that the diameter (D A ) of the fins is greater than the diameter (D S ) of the splitter disc above the disc stack by at least 2 mm but maximally 25 mm, and the fins are combined into a ring-shaped preassembled insert by connecting elements.