An apparatus includes first and second conveyor structures with first and second conveyor surfaces. The conveyor surfaces face each other and are arranged to define a comminuting space in the apparatus. The apparatus brings the conveyor surfaces in movement in the direction from a first end of the conveyor structures towards a second end of the conveyor structures, and the two conveyor surfaces are placed to face each other. The conveyor surfaces are additionally placed in a convergent manner so that the gap between the conveyor surfaces narrows in the movement direction of the conveyor surfaces. The advancing movement of the conveyor surfaces brings about compression in material being comminuted. The conveyor surfaces are in a double-converging so that in addition to the convergence in the movement direction, the conveyor surfaces are additionally convergent in the transverse direction in relation to the movement direction, the comminuting space thus also being double-converging.

An apparatus includes first and second conveyor structures with first and second conveyor surfaces. The conveyor surfaces face each other and are arranged to define a comminuting space in the apparatus. The apparatus brings the conveyor surfaces in movement in the direction from a first end of the conveyor structures towards a second end of the conveyor structures, and the two conveyor surfaces are placed to face each other. The conveyor surfaces are additionally placed in a convergent manner so that the gap between the conveyor surfaces narrows in the movement direction of the conveyor surfaces. The advancing movement of the conveyor surfaces brings about compression in material being comminuted. The conveyor surfaces are in a double-converging so that in addition to the convergence in the movement direction, the conveyor surfaces are additionally convergent in the transverse direction in relation to the movement direction, the comminuting space thus also being double-converging.

The invention relates to a method for grinding and drying a material or material mixture (M), using a cyclone device (10) which communicates with an outlet line (52) for gas (G) and material (M) processed in the cyclone device (10), wherein at least a portion of the gas (G) and material (M) in the outlet line (52) are returned into a lower opening (14) of the cyclone device (10) for further cyclone treatment. The invention relates also to an apparatus.

The invention shows and describes a vibration mill for at least two grinding beakers performing vibrations in the horizontal position, with at least one multi-part pendulum drive, wherein the pendulum drive has at least one eccentric shaft mounted to rotate about a vertical eccentric axis, and at least two rockers each mounted so as to be capable of vibrating about a vertical vibration axis and connected by means of couplers to the eccentric shaft, said rockers holding the grinding beakers. The pendulum drive further has a motor unit coupled to the eccentric shaft as a drive for the eccentric shaft and optionally further components, wherein a rotary movement of the eccentric shaft via the couplers can be converted into a vibrating movement of the rockers. According to the invention, the centre of gravity of the pendulum drive in a horizontal centre of gravity plane is substantially equidistant from both vibration axes.

Methods and apparatus for comminution of solid materials. Solid materials are introduced into a first pressure vessel. A working fluid is provided in the first pressure vessel at an operating pressure and an operating temperature. The working fluid is allowed to permeate into the solid materials. The working fluid may permeate into the solid materials while in a supercritical fluid phase. The working fluid is rapidly expanded to thereby create fractured solid materials from the solid materials. Rapidly expanding the working fluid may comprise causing a transition of the working fluid from a supercritical phase with a first density to a subcritical vapour phase with a second density.

The present invention discloses a same-cavity integrated vertical high-speed multistage superfine pulverizing device and method for walnut shells. The same-cavity integrated vertical high-speed multistage superfine pulverizing device for walnut shells includes a double-channel sliding type feeding device and a same-cavity integrated vertical pulverizing device. The same-cavity integrated vertical pulverizing device includes a material lifting disc and a same-cavity integrated vertical pulverizing barrel. A first-stage coarse crushing region, a second-stage fine crushing region, a third-stage pneumatic impact micro pulverizing region and a fourth-stage airflow mill superfine pulverizing region are disposed in the same-cavity integrated vertical pulverizing barrel. Walnut shells falling through the double-channel sliding type feeding device are uniformly lifted by the material lifting disc to a wedge-shaped gap of the first-stage coarse crushing region to be coarsely crushed, and coarsely crushed materials are finely crushed by the second-stage fine crushing region through a two-stage wedge-shaped direct-through gradually reducing gap. The third-stage pneumatic impact micro pulverizing region performs high-speed collision on finely crushed walnut shell particles, and walnut shell fine particles are carried by a high-speed airflow and are collided and violently rubbed to be pulverized. The microparticle grading is realized by the fourth-stage airflow mill superfine pulverizing region by using arc-shaped blades, and microparticles conforming to a particle size condition are attracted out through negative pressure attraction.

Method 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 method includes 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. The material as it emerges from each section impacts on the impact surface at the end of each section and changes direction and flows into the next section of the series.

In order for contaminants (50) that are in particular liquid or highly viscous or solid and impact in an operating portion (40b) of one or 2 processing shafts (40.1, 40.2) that rotate adjacent to each other not to reach bearings (2) of the shafts (40.1, 40.2) which are arranged axially outside of the processing portion (40b) which could damage the bearings a wiping device (6) is arranged there between which is additionally axially shielded by a bearing plate (3) and a splash guard plate (4) wherein the wiping device provides that contaminants (50) that reach the wiping section (40a) are wiped off at this location and cannot move further through the bearing plate (3) to the bearing (2) that is arranged outside of the bearing plate (3).

Coconut crumb can serve as an infill material on synthetic turf fields in the place of tire crumb. The crumbs are less than 10 mm big and have smooth corners and edges. The process of producing the coconut crumb involves successive grinding or milling processes that reduce the inner hard shell of the coconut to particles of an appropriate size for infill, while screening out the unwanted material from being included in the infill.

A system and method of processing bone is disclosed. A tissue separator is utilized to separate tissue comprising at least one of muscle, periosteum and connective tissue from bone in a safe, sterile and efficient manner. In one aspect, the particle reducer can include an impeller positioned with respect to a cutting surface on a drum. At least one of the impeller and the drum is rotated by a power source such that harvested tissue frictionally engages the cutting surface. In another aspect, a source of pressurized fluid can be directed at tissue to separate bone from non-bone tissue.