E hoʻokomo ʻia ka mea i hoʻokaʻawale ʻia i loko o ka puʻuwai o ka mea hoʻokaʻawale, ʻo ia hoʻi ka pahu. Ma ke kahua ikaika centrifugal ikaika, ʻo ka mea (hybrid wai) e hele i ka ʻāpana hoʻokaʻawale i loko o ke kaula disk, ma ka lawe ʻana i nā lua kuʻuna o ka disk ma ke ʻano he mea hoʻokaʻawale, e neʻe ka wai i ka umekaumaha kikoʻī kiʻekiʻe (ʻāpana kaumaha) i waho o nā lua kū ʻole. ma ka pā diski, a e hōʻiliʻili ke koena kaumaha ma kahi e hoʻonoho ai i ke koena, a e kahe ke koena kopa i ka pauma centripetal nui. ʻO ka wai ma lalo o ka umekaumaha kikoʻī (māmā māhele) e neʻe i loko a i luna ma ka pā disk, a laila hui pū. i ka pauma centripetal liʻiliʻi. E hoʻokaʻawale ʻia ka māhele kaumaha a me ka māmā e ka pauma centripetal liʻiliʻi a nui.Hoʻohana nui ʻia ka disc separator no ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻana a me ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana i ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻana o ka wai-paʻa a i ʻole ka wai-wai-paʻa o nā mea paʻa ma waena o 1-15% a me nā granules solid-plase me ka nui o ka nui ma mua o 0.5μm, e like me:(1) Nui nā ʻano ʻaila: ʻaila, ʻaila mea kanu, ʻaila holoholona, ʻaila iʻa, ʻaila kumu, a me nā aila wahie a me nā lubricants, etc.
(2) ʻOihana Kemika: ʻO nā mea hoʻoheheʻe hoʻomaʻemaʻe maloʻo, wai galvanized, alumini sulfate solution, hui wai ʻaila tar, PVC, pp, PE, ka hana kiʻiʻoniʻoni kālā a me ka catalyst a me ka hoʻihoʻi hou ʻana o ka magnet ore.
(3) Inu: Hoʻomaʻamaʻa i nā wai huaʻai a me nā huahana waiū Ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻana i ka pia
(4) Laʻau Laʻau: Wehe i nā lāʻau lapaʻau, mycelium, glucose, insulin, antibiotic, vitamina
(5) Nā lāʻau lapaʻau Kina (6) ʻO ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻana a me ka wehewehe ʻana i nā mea kanu
(7) ʻO ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻana a me ka wehewehe ʻana i nā wai fermentation i ka wā e hoʻoheheʻe ʻia ana
(8) Metallurgy (9) Biotechnology (10) Etc...