Equipment Spotlight Spotlight on Hammermills The newest hammermill technology available for Canada’s wood pellet industry By Staff Report T he CPM expansion of the wood pellet industry in Canada has caused hammermill manufacturers to expand their product offerings to the North American market. As a result, there are more options for pellet mill equipment than ever before here in Canada. Here is a look at the newest in hammer-mill innovation and technology available for the Canadian wood pellet industry. traditional hammer mill. The system does not require an aspiration system, explo-sion suppression, bagging houses or cy-clones. There are no noise protection mea-sures needed, the mill is smooth running in a very silent operation. www.cpm.net the market, the ED-4460-TF hammermill with 7,200 sq. in. of screen area. Bliss In-dustries has the ability to provide a wide range of mill sizes, tip speeds and drive power to meet the customer needs in any size of pellet operation. AMANDUS KAHL The HM Series 44” Hammermill features a screen area of 1,920 by 5,760 square inches and an HP range of 100-500. This rugged, high-efficiency hammermill fea-tures a high-density frame that’s designed to minimize noise and vibration. This hammermill also features the air-swept teardrop design and Champion’s patented regrind chamber. The HM Series Ham-mermill’s one-piece, full-access doors mounted on unique pivoting arms allow the doors to move completely out of the way during service. BLISS INDUSTRIES www.akahk.de The KAHL Pan Fiberizer provides opti-mum crushing and grinding of wet wood chips and torrified biomass. This grinding process is appropriate for wet raw and dry torrified material, and is an alternative to a The Fiberizer is extremely cost effective due to the fact that it uses shear force to grind and cut the fibre instead of the high speed-high impact principle applied in traditional hammermills. Thus, the energy required and the wear costs are less in comparison with old style hammermills. WEST SALEM MACHINERY www.westsalem.com WSM’s Super Shredder features a large 48” diameter rotor in lengths up to 88”. The large size allows use of a single shredding/milling ma-chine in the largest capacity ap-plications, eliminating the need for multiple size reduction ma-chines. The unique hybrid Super Shredder combines the efficiency of a high speed hammermill with the durability of a mill duty grinder/mill for continuous production. MARCH/APRIL 2016 www.bliss-industries.com Bliss Industries, LLC is a leading man-ufacturer of size reduction equipment. Bliss maintains a reputation of manu-facturing the most efficient, reliable and well-built equipment in the industry. Bliss offers one of the largest hammermills on 22 Canadian BIOMASS
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