Canadian Biomass • Fall 2023 • New Products

A new Tilt Hitch is available for 20 and 30 Series Battle Ax excavator mulching heads from Loftness. It allows operators to hydraulically tilt the mulching head on the boom for greater versatility and enhanced productivity on the jobsite. When equipped with the Tilt Hitch, a mulching head can be tilted up to 45 degrees to the left or right, offering one of the highest ranges of motion in the industry. Other advantages include a light weight and low cost, thanks to its practical, simplistic design.

Tilting the mulching head allows an operator to fully expose the knives when cutting into trees. Additionally, trees can be held in place for faster mulching performance by tilting and positioning the head so that the shear bar rests against the tree to prevent it from wobbling. When ground mulching, the head can also be tilted in a way to keep material from ejecting out the back or to help pick material off the ground for further processing.

CharBoss, the world’s first mobile onsite biochar production system, has arrived. Air Burners partnered with the USDA Forest Service to boost the environmentally-friendly technology while adding power and speed to the new self-contained CharBoss. The fully assembled above-ground air curtain burner system is an advanced pollution-control device scientifically proven to eliminate wood waste 40 times faster than open burning and significantly reduces particulate matter, like black carbon smoke, to help mitigate climate change.

The CharBoss accepts whole trees, logs, root balls, slash piles, invasive shrubs, and other unwanted biomass debris. It burns one ton per hour, leaving behind 20 per cent biochar, a valuable carbon-rich residual to sell or return to the soil. The towable CharBoss is ideal for hard-to-reach remote areas, like forest thinning, land clearing, and disaster cleanup.

FAE introduces a new forestry mulcher for small skid steers: the BL1/SSL/VT for vehicles from 45 to 65 hp, which can shred vegetation, shrubs, and trees up to 10 cm/4 inches in diameter.

It can be used for vegetation maintenance along roadsides, railroad tracks, the banks of canals, rivers, lakes, managing and protecting wildlife habitats, maintaining vineyards and orchards, commercial and residential green areas and sports grounds.

The head it designed for high productivity, durability, and easy maintenance. The BL1/SSL/VT’s Variable Torque (VT) piston engine boosts mulcher performance compared to a fixed-cylinder engine, increasing torque when an extra boost of power is needed and minimizing rotor stalling. In the field, the mulcher always operates with the maximum torque needed, for exceptional performance while optimizing fuel consumption.

The BPE Series Wood Fiber Machine is a compact, robust and energy-efficient equipment that allows for on-site production of wood fibre. The patented technology applies high pressure to the raw materials, generating heat above 100 C, which produces and sanitizes fibre, meeting RHP standards.

With a production capacity of up to 12 cubic metres per hour, and an expansion ratio of up to 1:3, it consumes 30 per cent less energy per cubic metre produced than typical refiners, resulting in significant cost savings. Various wood by-products can be used, including white softwood chips, forest residue, and compost wood. The produced fibre maintains its volume when mixed and has excellent water dispersion capacity for root development.

Martin Engineering has introduced a new standard in wear liner technology. The Manufactured Canoe Liner is made from durable urethane molded around a rugged steel plate to absorb impact and abrasion from the punishing bulk handling environment. With the protective plate integrated directly into the urethane liner, the design delivers superior shielding of the skirt sealing system and chute wall from heavy, fast-moving cargo. The result is extended equipment life, longer periods of dust and spillage control, improved safety and less maintenance, reducing the overall cost of operation.

Flameless venting is a solution that is both, economical and effective. Manufacturers in just about every industry use varying flameless venting technologies depending on particular applications and requirements. The Q-Ball E presents yet another option with unique features to safely protect against the potential damage resulting from a combustible dust explosion.

With the Q-Ball E, a unique flame quenching filter is used to efficiently cool down flames. This prevents flames from escaping and minimizes the effects of the explosion pressure to an insignificant level. The typical increase in pressure and noise that accompanies an explosion within a building is reduced to an almost imperceptible minimum. Furthermore, the flame quenching filter acts as a particulate retention device so no hot embers are released into the surrounding area, thus protecting both employees and machinery.

The Hurst internal stack economizer is a factory-optional device that is designed to increase the operating efficiency of a boiler, cutting down on its operational costs over the lifetime of the boiler. Boilers operate by heating water to make steam, and using that steam for heating, processing or power generation. For the most part, a boiler is fairly efficient, but some heat loss may occur when the flu gasses resulting from combustion are vented. The spent gases after combustion are quite hot, often very hot, and when they are simply vented out the exhaust stack, this represents lost heat for the boiler system.

The Hurst stack economizer acts as a waste heat recovery device, ensuring that this available heat does not go unused. Instead, the heat is recovered to essentially preheat the boiler’s makeup water.

CPM showcased new technology at the 2023 LIGNA industrial trade fair in Hannover, Germany, from May 15-19.

CPM’s pellet Mill PM9950 concept model for the biomass production industry, specifically designed for high throughput at more than 10 tons per hour capacity on softwood. The new mill can handle the toughest industrial applications, from processing softwood like spruce and southern yellow pine as well as other woods including a combination of wood species.

Pellet Mill PM9950 will come equipped with oil lubricated rollers, which are designed to cope with high loads, extend bearing life and maximize uptime. CPM has been developing pellet mills since 1883, and pellet mills for the biomass industry for the last 30 years. The Pellet Mill PM9950 will be made available to customers in late 2024.

CPM’s new customer service portal, myCPM.com, offers simple click-to-order parts buying for CPM machines, together with order tracking, service requests and maintenance history – in one centralized, easy-to-use space. myCPM.com provides a personalized view of equipment owned by the customer, with relevant parts manuals automatically updated to reflect changes to customer equipment.