Find the right new and used industrial centrifuge for sale with The Commercial Trader. Whether you’re separating solids from liquids in wastewater treatment, clarifying oils and fats, dewatering sludge or polishing fine chemical products, we connect you directly with trusted UK and international sellers so you can source the right centrifuge quickly, at competitive prices.
Browse new and used industrial centrifuges across every major format, including decanter centrifuges, disc stack separators, basket centrifuges, tubular bowl and screen scroll designs. Use our filters to narrow by condition, year and manufacturer – and contact sellers directly to confirm bowl diameter, G-force, feed capacity and product contact materials for your process.
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An industrial centrifuge is a machine that uses high-speed rotation to separate substances of different densities. Centripetal force – often thousands of times stronger than gravity – drives denser material outward against the bowl wall, while lighter liquid phases collect closer to the axis.
Centrifuges separate solids from liquids, clarify liquids, split two immiscible liquids, or dewater slurries. They’re used across chemical manufacturing, food and beverage processing, pharmaceutical production, wastewater treatment, oil and gas, dairy, and recycling.
Well-specified and regularly maintained industrial centrifuges routinely operate for 20-30 years. Bowl bearings, drive belts, seals and scroll wear parts typically require periodic replacement – often every 2-5 years depending on duty – but the main bowl and casing can serve for the machine’s entire working life. Dynamic balancing, lubrication and proper clean-in-place (CIP) practices are the biggest drivers of longevity.
Centrifuges deliver continuous, high-throughput separation that’s difficult to match with gravity-based methods like settling tanks or filter presses.
Centrifuges hold their value well, and a well-maintained used unit is often the best way to add process capacity:
Horizontal solid-bowl decanters are the workhorse of sludge dewatering, chemical crystal separation and edible oil processing. A rotating scroll inside the bowl conveys solids out while clarified liquid flows in the opposite direction. Decanters handle high solids concentrations (typically 2-70% by volume) and continuous feeds.
Disc stack (or disc bowl) separators achieve very fine separation using stacks of conical discs to reduce settling distance. They’re the standard for dairy (cream/milk separation), beverage clarification, edible oil polishing and blood fractionation. Self-cleaning designs eject accumulated solids automatically.
Batch-operated basket centrifuges suit pharmaceutical APIs, specialty chemicals, crystals and fibrous products where gentle handling and washing are critical. Peeler centrifuges offer automated discharge; bottom-discharge and top-discharge designs serve different product characteristics.
Tubular bowl centrifuges generate the highest G-forces (up to 60,000 G) for ultra-fine separation in biotech, essential oils and lab-scale applications. Screen scroll (pusher) centrifuges dewater crystalline solids continuously, commonly seen in salt, sugar and chemical crystal processing.
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