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How Hammer Mill Can Help You Crush and Granulate Agricultural Waste?

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Agricultural waste is a common by-product of farming activities. It includes crop residues, animal manure, wood chips, straw, and other organic materials that are often discarded or burned. However, these wastes can also be valuable resources for various purposes, such as animal feed, fertilizer, biofuel, and bedding. To utilize agricultural waste effectively, you need to process it into suitable sizes and shapes. That&#;s where a hammer mill comes in handy.

A hammer mill is a machine that can shred or crush materials into smaller pieces by the repeated blows of little hammers. The basic principle is simple: a hammer mill is essentially a steel drum containing a vertical or horizontal rotating shaft or drum on which hammers are mounted. The material is fed into a hopper and then impacted by the hammers, which are attached to the shaft. The material is then expelled through screens or grates of a selected size.

Hammer mills have numerous applications in the agricultural sector. They can be used to mill grains into coarse flour for livestock feed, to produce fruit juice, to defiberize pulp, to grind wood chips and straw into mulch or pellets, and to crush large rocks into smaller ones for landscaping or construction. Hammer mills Manufacturers can also help you turn agricultural waste into useful products, such as:

Cattle Feed Making Machine: A cattle feed making machine is a device that can produce nutritious and balanced feed for cattle from various raw materials, such as corn, soybean, wheat bran, rice husk, grass, alfalfa, etc. A hammer mill is an essential part of a cattle feed making machine, as it can grind the raw materials into fine powder or pellets, which are easier for the cattle to digest and absorb. A hammer mill can also adjust the size and moisture content of the feed according to the different needs of different cattle breeds and stages.

Wood Chipper Machine: A wood chipper machine is a device that can cut wood logs, branches, twigs, and other biomass materials into small chips or flakes, which can be used as fuel for boilers, stoves, furnaces, or power plants. A hammer mill is often used as a wood chipper machine, as it can not only chop the wood materials into uniform sizes, but also crush them into finer particles for better combustion efficiency. A hammer mill can also process various types of wood materials, such as hardwood, softwood, bark, leaves, etc.

Pellet Machine Manufacturers: A pellet machine is a device that can compress biomass materials into solid pellets or briquettes, which have high density and calorific value. Pellets or briquettes can be used as fuel for heating or cooking, or as animal bedding or litter. A hammer mill is indispensable equipment for pellet machine manufacturers, as it can prepare the raw materials for pelletizing or briquette. A hammer mill can reduce the size and moisture content of the biomass materials, and also mix them with binders or additives if needed.

As you can see, a hammer mill is a versatile and useful machine that can help you crush and granulate agricultural waste into valuable products. If you are looking for a reliable and efficient hammer mill machine for your farm or business, you can contact us at Ecostan India Pvt Ltd. We are one of the leading manufacturers of hammer mill machines in India, and we offer customized solutions for your specific needs. We have a wide range of models and capacities to suit your requirements and budget. Contact us today and get a free quote!

Source: Hammermill &#; Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hammermill.

Hammermill and roll crusher maintenance and operation

Corrugations

Roll corrugations must be selected according to the materials to be processed and the finished product requirements. Coarser grooving provides longer life and higher capacities but will produce coarse or thicker finished products. Finer corrugations lead to finer products but will reduce capacity and wear out faster. Reviewing roll corrugations as grinding requirements change is an often-overlooked aspect of roll crusher grinding. 

Roll speed differential

Roll speed differential is the difference in rotational speed between the two rolls in a pair and is one of the biggest reasons roll crushers produce a grind with a lower standard deviation than hammermills. The differential creates a shearing effect between the rolls that cuts the material rather than squishing it. Using a higher differential will reduce the amount of fines produced, improving the standard deviation. The differential ratio is limited by the size of the sheaves that can fit within the guard of the rollermill. Sheaves are the pulleys on the roll shafts that are connected via belts to spin the rolls at the designated speeds. If the pulleys are too large, they will contact either the other pulley on the paired roll shaft or the frame/guard of the machine. The most common roll speed differential in roll crusher grinding is 1.5:1. 

Roll parallel and roll tram

To maximize roll life and achieve consistent end-to-end performance, each pair of rolls must be parallel and tram, which means level with each other on a horizontal plane. If the rolls operate out of parallel, they will grind the material fine at one end and coarse at the other and will also wear unevenly. The same is true for rolls out of tram. Normally the tram adjustment will only be set when the operated rolls are changed or in some significant upset condition (such as lost elevator buckets and bolts appearing in the nip of the rolls). 

When the rolls are not parallel or tram, material tends to "drift&#; in the nip of the rolls toward the more open end(s). This excess material may begin to &#;pile up&#; in the nip of the rolls and cause accelerated wear. Trying to make a fine grind when out of parallel or tram may cause the &#;close&#; end (or center of the rolls if out of tram) to make metal to metal contact. You can routinely check the roll parallel by using a feeler gauge when the machine is open or by taking samples from each end of the rolls to compare grind sizes. 

Balance between roll pairs

In double- or triple-pair machines, it is necessary to balance the work being done between the pairs of rolls to avoid premature wear on one of the roll pairs. When properly managed, each pair of rolls will wear at approximately the same rate. By using a &#;staggered&#; corrugation on the fast and slow rolls (with coarser grooving on the fast roll) all four (or six) rolls will be ready for recorrugation at the same time. Changing all rolls at once is usually the most efficient use of the time and effort required to make a roll change. 

Rolls must be operated in a way to avoid having the material pile up in the nip when the mill is running at full capacity. This is not normally a problem when the rolls are in good condition, as the corrugations will easily pull in the material and the motor load will limit the throughput. As the corrugations, in the top rolls especially, become dull, they will lose their effectiveness at pulling the grain in, and material may begin to pile up in the nip. This condition must be avoided since the material slipping in the roll nip will greatly accelerate roll wear. If the mill capacity decreases, or if the motor load does not go up when the feeder speed is increased, it is very likely that the material is not passing through the top pair of rolls. To maximize capacity and extend roll life, open the top pair of rolls slightly and/or reduce the feed rate to eliminate accumulation in the nip of the top rolls. If the finished product is too coarse, close the bottom rolls to obtain the desired finished particle size (Figure 5).

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