Gear let mill that can be taken right to the biomass pile. This one tonne/hour sys- tem comes complete with chipper, dryer, cooler, and bagger, and is designed to fit on a low-bed flatbed trailer. Precision en- gineering ensures that strict pellet stan- dards are met, providing market-ready product. Marketing for this production plant is from Winnipeg, Manitoba. Com- plete information is available from the Canadian/U.S. distributor, Hole-In-One Enterprises. [email protected] F News portable pellet mill or wood pellet making, Hole-In-One Enterprises offers a new portable pel- produce saWdust WitHout tHe saW To meet the growing demand for mi- nuscule wood fibre, Bandit Industries has developed technology that allows a quarter-inch or less sawdust-type mate- rial, called bio-sawdust, to be produced from debarked roundwood in a single pass. Benefits of this new system in- clude good fuel efficiency, high produc- tion levels in pellet mills, and the po- tential for expansion into biofuel and bioelectricity production. When producing bio-sawdust, the chipping operation generally yields better than 95% acceptable material (quarter-inch or less) in one pass. Similar results are achieved in regrind applications when processing chips and hogged material. Using a diesel-powered Beast, up to three tons of material can be produced per gallon of diesel fuel consumed. The wood fibres are cut, not fractured. Pellet opera- tions in British Columbia receiving material from the Beast are reporting a 10 to 12% increase in production at the pellet mills compared to material from other grinders. www.banditchippers.com, 1-800-952-0178 to produce uniform chips 0.25 inches (6 to 7 mm) long and 0.08 inches (2 mm) thick. Wood chips need to be a consistent peterson cHips for sHort-fibre apps G rowing numbers of specialized biomass applications require short-fibre, thin wood chips. These include the wood pel- let industry, co-firing with coal, and certain gasification processes. Peterson’s 5900 chipper and 5000H model delimber de- barker chipper can now be readily adapted thickness for uniform process control in a digester or dryer. Short fibre length is important if the chips will be further reduced in a hammermill. If low bark and ash are a requirement, the Peterson 5000H can achieve less than 1% bark content in many conditions. The Peter- son 4800 stand-alone flail debarker can also be paired with the 5900 disc chipper for low-bark applications. www.peterson- corp.com,1-541-689-6520 vermeer grinders produce cHips T AD INDEX Acrowood Corp Beltran Technologies, Inc Brunette Industries Buhler, Inc Comact, Inc Dieffenbacher 30 CanadianBIOMASS 17 5 22 6 18 11 he new fuel chip attachment from Vermeer changes the action of a Ver- meer HG6000 or HG6000TX horizontal grinder’s cutting drum from ripping and shredding to chipping. This gives the op- erator the ability to move into the biomass wood chip market without tying up capital European Biomass Conference and Exhibition First Union Rail Ground Worx Doppstadt Hurst Boiler Ideal Combustion Jansen Boiler 25 7 31 Keith Mfg Morbark Ponsse North America Teaford Canada 2 Wellons FEI Corp 19 West Salem Machinery 12 World Bioenergy 21 10 32 15 26 26 28 JANUARY/ FEBRUARY 2010 resources in a separate machine. The at- tachment requires about four hours to install and is compatible with the Ver- meer Series II Duplex Drum. The cutting mechanism is removed from the drum hammers, and a series of 10 rings, which provide depth control, are mounted to the outside of the drum and secured to the existing drum hammers. A total of 20, 5 x 3.5-inch (12.7 x 8.9-cm), double-sided knives are then attached to the rings in a staggered pattern. Operators can select specialized screens and adjust the intake speed to help fine-tune the material size, shape, and quality. www.vermeer.com
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