The family of baffle centrifuges are continuous filtering centrifuges. Both the baffle ring and screen baffle centrifuge can achieve very low residual moistures when separating granular solids by causing particles to bounce against baffle type obstructions inside the filtering bowl. This action releases occluded liquids from the solids. Although baffle centrifuges are relatively expensive and restricted to operations with certain types of solids such as polymers, their use can prove advantageous when other alternatives are unsuitable.
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