There are five key styles of hammer mills:
1) Industrial gravity discharge mills have a rectangular box and swinging hammers attached to a rotating shaft for size reduction.
2) Pneumatic discharge mills are similar but use air assistance to evacuate materials and have thinner hammers and ribbed liner plates.
3) Full circle screen mills have nearly 300 degree screen coverage for higher throughput. Their screens are thinner for processing lighter materials.
4) Horizontal in-feed mills feed materials into the side rather than top for processing long materials without pre-grinding.
5) Lumpbreakers have stationary hammers attached to a slow shaft that pass between combs, rather than screens,
There are five key styles of hammer mills:
1) Industrial gravity discharge mills have a rectangular box and swinging hammers attached to a rotating shaft for size reduction.
2) Pneumatic discharge mills are similar but use air assistance to evacuate materials and have thinner hammers and ribbed liner plates.
3) Full circle screen mills have nearly 300 degree screen coverage for higher throughput. Their screens are thinner for processing lighter materials.
4) Horizontal in-feed mills feed materials into the side rather than top for processing long materials without pre-grinding.
5) Lumpbreakers have stationary hammers attached to a slow shaft that pass between combs, rather than screens,
There are five key styles of hammer mills:
1) Industrial gravity discharge mills have a rectangular box and swinging hammers attached to a rotating shaft for size reduction.
2) Pneumatic discharge mills are similar but use air assistance to evacuate materials and have thinner hammers and ribbed liner plates.
3) Full circle screen mills have nearly 300 degree screen coverage for higher throughput. Their screens are thinner for processing lighter materials.
4) Horizontal in-feed mills feed materials into the side rather than top for processing long materials without pre-grinding.
5) Lumpbreakers have stationary hammers attached to a slow shaft that pass between combs, rather than screens,
There are five key styles of hammer mills:
1) Industrial gravity discharge mills have a rectangular box and swinging hammers attached to a rotating shaft for size reduction.
2) Pneumatic discharge mills are similar but use air assistance to evacuate materials and have thinner hammers and ribbed liner plates.
3) Full circle screen mills have nearly 300 degree screen coverage for higher throughput. Their screens are thinner for processing lighter materials.
4) Horizontal in-feed mills feed materials into the side rather than top for processing long materials without pre-grinding.
5) Lumpbreakers have stationary hammers attached to a slow shaft that pass between combs, rather than screens,
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Hammer mills are just one type of machinery among the larger category of size reduction equipment which also includes: shredders, jaw crushers, ram-fed grinders, roll mills, ball mills and more. Among hammer mills, there are several styles to choose from. However, for each the functionality remains basically the same: • Material is fed into the grinding chamber • Contact with moving hammers, and the mill’s interior component, as well as particle on particle collisions reduce the material’s size • Material remains in the grinding chamber until is able to pass through the screen or grate.
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Industrial Gravity Pneumatic Discharge Full Circle Screen
Discharge Hammer Mills Hammer Mills Hammer Mills Industrial style hammer The grinding mechanism of The nearly 300 degree mills have the simplest this group is quite similar screen coverage of the and most recognizable to the industrial hammer rotor translates to a greater design. A rectangular steel mills. However, pneumatic area for the material to exit box houses a shaft to mills typically have thinner the grinding chamber. As which swinging hammers hammers, and the interior a result, in comparison to are attached. As the shaft walls of the grinding other mill styles, the full rotates at high speed, chamber feature a ribbed circle screen hammer mill the hammers flail out and liner plate. This plate has has the highest throughput impact the material. In a “washboard” affect, to horsepower ratio. addition to the hammers, working in unison with the Important to know: To size reduction also occurs hammers, and particle achieve the nearly full form particle on particle on particle impact to coverage of the rotor contact, and impact with reduce the material being requires the screen to be the interior of the grinding processed. somewhat pliable, and chamber. What sets the pneumatic therefore relatively thin. Important to know: mills apart is the use of air Because of this, the full Replaceable steel liner assistance to evacuate the circle screen hammer mill plates protect the mill’s material from the mill and is best suited for light, easy interior from wear caused convey it to storage. to grind materials that do by processing abrasive Important to know: In not require initial grinding materials. addition to aiding in the against a breaker plate. Ideal applications: glass, discharge of light or low Ideal applications: corn, coal, coke, dry chemicals, density materials, the grains, grasses, planer metals, resins, aggregates, pneumatic suction can shavings, sawdust ceramics increase throughput up to 400% over gravity discharge hammer mills. Ideal applications: wood chips, wood shavings, biomass, paper, carpet, meat and bone meal
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Horizontal In-Feed Lumpbreakers
Hammer Mills Of all hammer mills styles, The unique quality of the the lumpbreaker is the most horizontal in-feed hammer unique. Instead of swinging mill is that material is fed hammers attached to a into the side of the mill, shaft spinning at high instead of the top. This speed, the lumpbreaker design makes horizontal has stationary hammers mills ideal for long, attached to a slow moving linear, or otherwise large, shaft. As the shaft rotates, geometric materials to be the hammers remain rigid processed without a pre and pass between steel Ready to learn more? grind. Horizontal in feed combs attached to the wall grinders include both trim of the grinding chamber. scrap grinders and pallet Lumpbreakers do not grinders. use screens to control the finished particle size. Click here to request As with the prior hammer mill styles, the horizontal Instead, the configuration of spacing between the mills use heavy duty screens covering the hammers and combs, along a quote discharge area to with the hammer size, and determine the finished rotor speed determine the particle size. finished particle size. 61 Depot Street, Buffalo, Important to know: The open NY 14206 Important to know: The style and design of the hammers in-feed, fixed hammers, on the horizontal mills and slow shaft speed allow the lumpbreaker to accept www.hammermills.com grasp and aggressively pull the material into the a certain amount of head info@hammermills.com grinding chamber. load, making it suitable for: large, blocky materials, de- Ideal applications: trim agglomerating, de-lumping, 1-800-447-4634 scrap, truss plant scrap, and returning materials to a 716-855-1555 2x4s, whole pallets, pallet flowable consistency. scrap Ideal applications: sugar, cement, dry chemicals, agglomerated powders
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