{"id":98,"date":"2018-02-13T13:41:07","date_gmt":"2018-02-13T13:41:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fallenleaftesting.co.uk\/geotech\/?page_id=98"},"modified":"2024-08-19T15:13:29","modified_gmt":"2024-08-19T14:13:29","slug":"drum-centrifuges","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/broadbent.nmstaging.co.uk\/geotech\/broadbent-genesis-products\/drum-centrifuges\/","title":{"rendered":"Drum centrifuges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;section&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;row&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.25.0&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; use_border_color=&#8221;off&#8221; border_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<h1>Drum centrifuges<\/h1>\n<p>Offering several advantages over the more traditional beam centrifuges, Broadbent Genesis Geotechnical drum centrifuges are developed from the innovative design patented by Emeritus Professor Andrew Schofield FREng, FRS, of Cambridge University Schofield Centre.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, Broadbent Genesis has developed the modular centrifuge &#8211; the world\u2019s first single-platform, multi-test environment incorporating an interchangeable beam and drum centrifuge. 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Visit our Special Projects section for more details.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider color=&#8221;#8a71b3&#8243; disabled_on=&#8221;on|on|off&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_css_before=&#8221; max-width: 70%!important;|| margin-left: 15%;&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_divider][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;1_2,1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/broadbent.nmstaging.co.uk\/geotech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/01\/H83120-06.04-wr.jpg&#8221; show_in_lightbox=&#8221;on&#8221; align_tablet=&#8221;center&#8221; align_phone=&#8221;center&#8221; 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