Purifiers make use of the centrifuge force created as a result of fast spinning purifier consists of number of perforated discs

of inverted bowl shape, stacked one over the other (known as disc stack). Dirty oil enters from top and gets separated into clean oil and dirty component which come out of the respective places. The centripetal force shown in the picture is created by spinning the entire arrangement along the vertical axis with the help of a powerful motor.

The exact process which is going on between two adjacent discs is shown more clearly in the diagram below which shows the various forces acting on the oil and other impurities which makes the separation possible. Hence it can be noted that reducing the rate of flow will improve quality of purified oil but will make the process slower hence an optimum speed should be used.