A cantilever centrifuge has a support (104), a conveyor (100) cantilevered from the support, a substantially cylindrical solid bowl (102) also cantilevered from the support and extending about the hub (108), and a solid first conical bowl section (110) cantilevered from an end of the solid bowl opposite the support. The first conical bowl section tapers inwardly towards an axis of the conveyor and the bowl, in a direction away from the solid bowl and the support. A second conical bowl section (114), generally in the form of a screen or basket, is connected at one end proximate to a free or downstream end of the first conical bowl section opposite the solid bowl. The second conical bowl section is connected indirectly to the support and tapers outwardly from the rotation axis in a direction away from the free or downstream end of the first conical bowl section. In a specific embodiment, the second conical bowl section surrounds the first conical bowl section and extends away from the downstream end of the first conical bowl section towards the machine support.