Abstract: A method for producing butter employs a buttering machine having an inlet, a buttering cylinder with a beater operated with a drive power by a beater drive, and an outlet. Supplied cream is separated into butter grains and buttermilk in the buttering cylinder. The method involves measuring or predefining a characteristic value of the cream or the produced butter, detecting an actual value of the current drive power of the beater, determining a setpoint value for the drive power of the beater as a function of the characteristic value, and adjusting the beater drive to this setpoint value.

Abstract: A self-dumping separator having a vertical axis of rotation and having a drum (1) into which a disc stack (3) made up of a plurality of conical discs (4) is inserted, a centrifuge feed being introducible via an inlet pipe (6) and a distributor (7) into the centrifuge space (2), which is enclosed by the drum (1), at least two or more fins (17) being arranged in an annular solids space (15) that is arranged radially outside the disc stack (3), the clearance between the fins (17) and the inner wall of the drum (1) being at least three millimeters.

Abstract: A self-dumping separator having a vertical axis of rotation and having a drum (1) into which a disc stack (3) made up of a plurality of conical discs (4) is inserted, a centrifuge feed being introducible via an inlet pipe (6) and a distributor (7) into the centrifuge space (2), which is enclosed by the drum (1), at least two or more fins (17) being arranged in an annular solids space (15) that is arranged radially outside the disc stack (3), the clearance between the fins (17) and the inner wall of the drum (1) being at least three millimeters.