A method for processing strands of optic fiber in which a box containing one or more pairs of wheels either crush, cut or bend and break the strands of optic fiber before being transported to a separator. The separator can be positioned to deposit material onto a conveyor belt, into a storage container or into a separate structure known as a step-cleaner. The box can contain a pair of cutting and anvil wheels, a pair of drive wheels or a pair of wheels featuring teeth that cut, crush or bend the strands of optic fiber prior to a suction force removing them from the box and transporting them to the separator. A step cleaner contains one or more rotating wheels with tines that agitate and move the cut, broken or crushed fibers. The suction force is created by a blower operably connected to a passage that communicates with the separator.

A coconut material comprising short fibers having a length in a range of 0.5 to 25 millimeters. A method to produce short fibers includes processing coconut husks to separate coir material comprised of pith and fiber from the husks, separating short coconut fibers having a length in the rage of 0.5 to 25 millimeters from the coir material, and packaging the short coconut fibers. The method may include softening the short fibers.

A medical waste treatment system, comprising: (1) A main treatment unit comprising: a waste receiver cover comprising a UV lamp; a waste shredding unit comprising a shredding bin and at least two rotating shredding blades; a compression unit to push the medical waste towards the shredding blades; a separator to allow the passage of shredded medical waste of a predefined shape and diameter; and a disinfectant delivery unit comprising a plurality of nozzles. (2) A disinfection unit which comprises a disinfectant mixing bin and a mixing unit. (3) A main liquid management unit comprising a disinfectant delivery unit that comprises a plurality of nozzles interconnected to the main treatment unit. (4) A separator unit to separate the liquid from shredded waste; and a centrifuge to further remove liquid from the shredded waste.

A method and system providing for comminution and concurrent flash freezing of botanical biomass. The botanical biomass is introduced into a pneumatic loop where it is subject to comminution and a cryogenic process within said pneumatic loop and subsequently discharged from said pneumatic loop.

Grinding aid compositions comprising hydrolyzed starches, such as dextrin, maltodextrin or corn syrup solids. The grinding aid compositions are typically added to various mineral ore slurries prior to grinding operations to affect the rheology characteristics of the mineral ore slurries.

Herein described is a machine (10) for processing scrap (R) comprising: a container body (15) which defines a volume for receiving the scrap (R) and which comprises an opening (30) for the inlet of the scrap (R), provided in the container body (15), for access to the reception volume (20), a press (45) suitable to press the scrap (R) and at least partially housed in the reception volume (20), and a shear (70) for cutting the scrap (R) at least partially housed in the reception volume (20). In particular, the inlet mouth (125) is obtained in an upper portion of the container body (15), the press (45) is positioned at a lower height with respect to the inlet opening (30) and the shear (70) is positioned at a lower height with respect to the press (45).

Methods are provided for beneficially reusing a paint-saturated filter aid, such as paint-saturated alkaline earth metal carbonates, as a substitute in applications requiring virgin alkaline earth metal carbonates. The paint-saturated filter aid is prepared by re-milling paint-saturated filter aid to a predetermined size to produce re-milled particles suitable for reuse in a variety of applications, including flooring, concrete, and the like. Also provided are flooring materials including re-milled particles of a paint-saturated filter aid characterized by one or more of: a median particle size (D50) of about 1 to about 50 microns; less than about 5% of the re-milled particles being retained on a 200 mesh screen; or a top cut size (D90) of about 5 to about 300 microns.

A material processing device has a rotor coupled to a rotatable shaft, and a rotor control system. The rotor control system comprises a rotor control mechanism with a first engagement member that is engagable with a second engagement member coupled to the shaft. The rotor control mechanism is operable into and out of an engaged state in which the first and second engagement members are engaged with one another. In the engaged state, the rotor control mechanism is operable in a locking mode in which the first engagement member is fixed in position to prevent rotation of the shaft, or in a rotation mode in which the first engagement member is movable to rotate the shaft. The material processing device may be a crusher, a shredder or a milling machine.

Apparatus for processing organic material is disclosed which breaks down the inedible components of fruit and vegetables (core, skin, pips, pithy material) into an edible substance with a cream-like consistency. The apparatus includes a piston in a barrel for pressurizing the material and forcing it through a passage having a number of end-to-end sections which are at right angles to one another. There is an impact surface at the end of each section on which the flowing material impacts. The sections can be between a sleeve having sections of different diameters and a bobbin the outer surface of which is stepped to match the inner surface of the sleeve.

The invention describes an installation, which serves for obtaining humate materials from mineral coal base material, and is provided with raw material depository (1), and a suitable mixer (5) for mixing of the raw material and the reagent, and where a dryer (3) for drying the raw material is attached to the raw material depository, and through a transporter (4) a mixer (5) is attached in order to mix the mineral coal base material with the solid state alkali reagent, furthermore there is a solid alkali feeder equipment (5a) and through a transporter (6) an ozonizing chamber (9) is attached to mixer (5), where the chamber (9) has an ozone inlet hole (78) attached to the ozone generator (8), and there is a mechano-chemical activator (10) attached to the outlet hole (79) of the chamber (9).