Simple Centrifuge
Clean waste vegetable oil (WVO), bio diesel, lube oils, and even hydraulic oil in your garage
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Photo Gallery - This gallery represents the work over several years. Some designs have been replaced and/or updated as time progressed. Most images contain a date stamp visable on the large version. Please note the date when viewing. We are always experimenting with new concepts and designs. If you have any questions about any photo please contact us.
Total photos in gallery 1081 - Latest photo update 2013/05/10 10:19:28
Asterisk(*) indicates new photos in the past 30 days
Adapter 56C to 56J ( 15 )
Algae Recovery ( 42 * )
Bacterial fermentation ( 1 )
Balancer Mandrels ( 8 * )
Bearing replacement ( 23 )
Botry Culture ( 2 )
Building a gantry ( 16 )
Chestnut Extract ( 9 )
Coconut Oil ( 8 )
Construction ( 43 )
Contaminated diesel ( 2 )
Craig's Machine ( 31 )
Custom motor shaft ( 23 )
Experimental Motor ( 19 )
Explosion proof motor ( 3 )
Feed Cone ( 29 )
Foundry ( 5 )
Foundry 2 ( 18 )
Gear pump ( 2 )
Grinding fluid ( 19 )
Grinding fluid 2 ( 14 )
Heaters ( 9 )
History ( 11 )
Homemade Diesel ( 7 )
Homemade diesel 2 ( 41 )
Homemade Diesel 3 ( 15 )
How it works ( 3 )
Keyless Bushing ( 11 )
Lab Centrifuge ( 16 )
Lab Centrifuge 2 ( 18 )
Lock motor shaft ( 6 )
Magnesol removal ( 6 )
Microwave heater ( 7 )
Misc. Mods ( 4 )
Mitsubishi 4x4 on WMO ( 10 )
New Feed Tube ( 7 )
New Rotor 2013 ( 24 * )
New rotor design ( 16 )
Oil and Contaminants ( 37 )
Oil Skimmer ( 8 )
Our Shop ( 37 )
Peristaltic Pump ( 29 )
Renderings ( 8 )
Retrofit rotor for WVOD ( 17 )
Rework Mount ( 10 )
Rotor fins ( 22 )
Seal ( 5 )
Sea Weed ( 4 * )
Sediment removal ( 16 )
See thru lid - Building ( 16 )
See thru lid - Testing ( 28 )
Tanks ( 9 )
Tanks - Complete System ( 13 )
Tap drain ( 10 )
Tests by fuelfarmer ( 22 )
Turn key machine ( 38 )
Two part rotor ( 30 )
Ultrasonic filter cleaning ( 8 )
Updates ( 26 )
Users Machines ( 34 )
Vacuum pickup ( 3 )
VW on WMO ( 7 )
Water trap ( 5 )
Wine Clarification ( 4 )
WVO Heat Tests ( 7 )
WVO Tests ( 14 )
Gear pump
For the past few years we have been testing an oil pump we purchased from a furnace manufacturer. It was designed to deliver 4 gallons per hour at very low pressure. Recently we started experimenting with metering pumps as a way to guarantee a constant flow through the centrifuge. It was decided to replace the stock 550 rpm gear motor with a 150 rpm motor to see if we could get the flow down to 1 gallon per hour. Turned out to be very simple and is working as expected. Normally I don't recommend running contaminated oil through a gear pump but we haven't had any issues with these low speed pumps. Pump is a Suntec A2RA-7737
I was a little worried by the size difference between the gear motors. The new motor is smaller and does 150 rpm. It's an off the self motor so I did have to disassemble it and reverse the coil so it would run in the ccw direction. This is the pump in action. No reduction in rpm was found running uncoupled vs pumping oil. Even at this slow rpm the pump primed and pumps as normal.  
I was a little worried by the size difference between the gear motors. The new motor is smaller and does 150 rpm. It's an off the self motor so I did have to disassemble it and reverse the coil so it would run in the ccw direction. This is the pump in action. No reduction in rpm was found running uncoupled vs pumping oil. Even at this slow rpm the pump primed and pumps as normal.  
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PO Box 916
Morton, WA 98356