An impact crusher for grinding and separating solid material has a base, a rotor on the base having an upright shaft defining an upright rotor axis about which the rotor is rotatable, and a drum fixed on the base, spacedly surrounding the rotor, and formed by a pair of generally semicylindrical drum shells fitted together at a plane including the rotor axis. An array of axially extending and angularly substantially equispaced replaceable ribs is provided on an inner surface of the drum. A plurality of impact hammers are angularly substantially equispaced around the rotor and orbitable past the ribs on rotation of the rotor.

An impact crusher for grinding and separating solid material has a base, a rotor on the base having an upright shaft defining an upright rotor axis about which the rotor is rotatable, and a drum fixed on the base, spacedly surrounding the rotor, and formed by a pair of generally semicylindrical drum shells fitted together at a plane including the rotor axis. An array of axially extending and angularly substantially equispaced replaceable ribs is provided on an inner surface of the drum. A plurality of impact hammers are angularly substantially equispaced around the rotor and orbitable past the ribs on rotation of the rotor.

A dry, one pass processing method for obtaining pre-process liberated fractions from a corn or other cereal kernel, the method comprising: moisturizing (S1) the corn bran layer by a mist of small droplets of water, comminuting (S2) the corn kernel with a comminution reactor comprising a spinnable shaft and two or more processing chambers, separated by segmented plates, wherein each processing chamber comprises one rotor discs attached to the shaft and one or more vortex generators placed in a side wall apex corner of the processing chambers, wherein the corn kernel is fed into the comminution reactor and small and large bran sections, whole and broken germ, soft endosperm, and medium and large hard endosperm fractions are liberated from the corn kernel by means of a chaotic non-linear flow of the corn kernel and the liberated products generated in the processing chambers.

A discharge arrangement (120) for a comminution reactor assembly (100). The discharge arrangement (120) comprises a main chamber (202) extending along a main axis (124). The main chamber has an inlet (121) arranged to be fluidly connected to a comminution reactor (110) and an outlet (122) arranged opposite from the inlet (121) along the main axis (124) and closeable by a common material take-out valve (204). The main chamber (202) is arranged to support a fluid-material stream (123) along a helical path about the main axis (124) from the inlet (121) towards the outlet (122). The discharge arrangement (120) further comprises an airduct (206) arranged extending into the main chamber (202) at an acute angle (a) with respect to the main axis (124). The airduct (206) comprises an aperture arranged facing the outlet (122). Thereby, a portion (125) of the fluid-material stream (123) changes direction from the helical fluid-material stream (123) about the main axis (124) from the inlet (121) towards the outlet (122) to a helical flow inside the airduct (206).

A discharge arrangement (120) for a comminution reactor assembly (100). The discharge arrangement (120) comprises a main chamber (202) extending along a main axis (124). The main chamber has an inlet (121) arranged to be fluidly connected to a comminution reactor (110) and an outlet (122) arranged opposite from the inlet (121) along the main axis (124) and closeable by a common material take-out valve (204). The main chamber (202) is arranged to support a fluid-material stream (123) along a helical path about the main axis (124) from the inlet (121) towards the outlet (122). The discharge arrangement (120) further comprises an airduct (206) arranged extending into the main chamber (202) at an acute angle (a) with respect to the main axis (124). The airduct (206) comprises an aperture arranged facing the outlet (122). Thereby, a portion (125) of the fluid-material stream (123) changes direction from the helical fluid-material stream (123) about the main axis (124) from the inlet (121) towards the outlet (122) to a helical flow inside the airduct (206).

A shredder having a substantially tubular casing, which is closed upward by a cover and downward by a base. The shredder also includes a rotating shaft, which is internal and coaxial to the casing, with multiple supporting elements being keyed on the shaft, each element for supporting a number of shredding elements. The shredding elements have circular trajectories with a circumference that at least partially increases from the upper part toward the lower part of the shredder.

A shredder having a substantially tubular casing, which is closed upward by a cover and downward by a base. The shredder also includes a rotating shaft, which is internal and coaxial to the casing, with multiple supporting elements being keyed on the shaft, each element for supporting a number of shredding elements. The shredding elements have circular trajectories with a circumference that at least partially increases from the upper part toward the lower part of the shredder.

A revolutionary and totally unique apparatus relatively quickly and easily configurable and reconfigurable into more than 829,440 different combinations reduces the particle size of organic and inorganic materials, including components of hemp cultivars and kenaf stalks, from inches to microns in less than one second by gently pulling the structures apart along natural fracture planes and lines of cleavage rather than compressing the material to failure, while simultaneously liberating particles of complex multiphase materials one from the other using selective differential fragmentation, all without agglomeration. Strong shearing forces induced by thousands of incrementally-stepped, pulsed shock waves, vortexes of air, rapid pulsatile pressure changes, and piezoelectric effects at different levels in the apparatus combine to cause the material's elastic limits to be exceeded flowing through user-definable processing chambers characterized by alternating processing rotors and segmented divider plates embedded in hinged outer doors.

The invention relates to a device (10; 50) for mechanically comminuting materials, including a vertically extending comminuting chamber (14) having an upwardly extending supply side (15) and a downwardly extending discharge side. The comminuting chamber is enclosed by an circular cylindrical and/or conical downwardly expanded comminuting chamber wall (12), and in which at least one rotor (16, 18) rotating about a vertical rotor axis (R) is arranged, which is provided with striking tools (38) that extend radially into the comminuting chamber, at least during operation. The rotors (16, 18) are held in a stationary manner with respect to a support base (20) of the device, and the comminuting chamber wall is supported on the support base. According to the invention, the comminuting chamber wall is held in place by way of a lifting device in the direction of the rotor axis (R) in a height adjustable manner relative to the support base (20). The lifting device (36) has a working position, in which the lower edge of the comminuting chamber wall (12) is arranged close to the support base (20) or to a part connected thereto, and a maintenance position, in which the lower edge (32) of the comminuting chamber wall (12) is vertically raised above at least one of the striking tools (22, 24). The invention allows easy maintenance and an uncomplicated exchange of the striking tools of the comminuting device.

The invention relates to a device (10; 50) for mechanically comminuting materials, including a vertically extending comminuting chamber (14) having an upwardly extending supply side (15) and a downwardly extending discharge side. The comminuting chamber is enclosed by an circular cylindrical and/or conical downwardly expanded comminuting chamber wall (12), and in which at least one rotor (16, 18) rotating about a vertical rotor axis (R) is arranged, which is provided with striking tools (38) that extend radially into the comminuting chamber, at least during operation. The rotors (16, 18) are held in a stationary manner with respect to a support base (20) of the device, and the comminuting chamber wall is supported on the support base. According to the invention, the comminuting chamber wall is held in place by way of a lifting device in the direction of the rotor axis (R) in a height adjustable manner relative to the support base (20). The lifting device (36) has a working position, in which the lower edge of the comminuting chamber wall (12) is arranged close to the support base (20) or to a part connected thereto, and a maintenance position, in which the lower edge (32) of the comminuting chamber wall (12) is vertically raised above at least one of the striking tools (22, 24). The invention allows easy maintenance and an uncomplicated exchange of the striking tools of the comminuting device.