A load out lump breaker system includes a load out chute operably associated with a material storage bin, a screen hopper for screening lumps of material from downloaded materials, a mill for breaking up lumps of material, a mill diversion chute operably associated with the screen hopper, a discharge chute for transport of material from the mill, a plurality of gates and sensors for coordinating the switching of operations between load out and lump break up, and a controller programmed to switch and synchronize operations between load out and lump break up operations.

A load out lump breaker system includes a load out chute operably associated with a material storage bin, a screen hopper for screening lumps of material from downloaded materials, a mill for breaking up lumps of material, a mill diversion chute operably associated with the screen hopper, a discharge chute for transport of material from the mill, a plurality of gates and sensors for coordinating the switching of operations between load out and lump break up, and a controller programmed to switch and synchronize operations between load out and lump break up operations.

A rock processing machine is disclosed for crushing and/or grain size-dependent sorting of pourable rock material. The rock processing machine comprises a rock processing device having a crushing crusher device and a sorting screen, at least one camera system in whose field of view in the operation of the machine a surface of the pourable rock material is located, and a data processing device configured to process image data of the camera system via an artificial neural network. The data processing device is configured to ascertain at least one image area portion in image data recorded and transmitted by the camera system as an image object and to classify the ascertained image object by using the artificial neural network with respect to at least one object property from among a group of object properties comprising: object shapes; object sizes; object types; and/or object materials.

A system for comminuting solid waste material including a shredding device disposed within the casing and comprising parallel first and second shredding stacks that include first and second parallel shafts rotatably mounted between an upper shredding device housing and a lower shredding device housing and a rotating screening drum disposed within the casing and mounted between an upper screening drum housing and a lower screening drum housing, the rotating screening drum configured to permit fluid to pass therethrough while capturing solids on an outer surface for delivery to shredding device, an upstream portion of the rotating screening drum disposed upstream of an upstream portion of the shredding device. The upper shredding device housing and the lower screening device housing are separate members from the upper screening drum housing and the lower screening drum housing to permit interchangeability of different sizes of these components to meet system needs.

A separator having a separator housing, a separator wheel arranged inside the separator housing and having an axis of rotation (X), and a guide vane assembly arranged in the separator housing, an annular space being provided between the guide vane assembly and the separator housing radially (R) perpendicular to the axis of rotation (X) and a separation zone being provided between the guide vane assembly and the separator wheel, and the guide vane assembly having a plurality of vertical guide vanes. In order to increase separation performance, at least one deflecting element is arranged between at least two adjacent vertical guide vanes and has at least one downward-pointing curved and/or bent portion.

A separator having a separator housing, a separator wheel arranged inside the separator housing and having an axis of rotation (X), and a guide vane assembly arranged in the separator housing, an annular space being provided between the guide vane assembly and the separator housing radially (R) perpendicular to the axis of rotation (X) and a separation zone being provided between the guide vane assembly and the separator wheel, and the guide vane assembly having a plurality of vertical guide vanes. In order to increase separation performance, at least one deflecting element is arranged between at least two adjacent vertical guide vanes and has at least one downward-pointing curved and/or bent portion.

A method and apparatus for grinding a particulate material is disclosed. The method may include providing a system including a roller mill apparatus and a hammermill apparatus, operating the roller mill apparatus and the hammermill apparatus, adjusting a feed rate of particulate material to the roller mill apparatus until power consumption by operation of the roller mill apparatus achieves a target power consumption for the roller mill apparatus, and adjusting a gap between mill rolls of the roller mill apparatus until power consumption by operation of the hammermill apparatus achieves a target power consumption for the hammermill apparatus. The system may include roller and hammermill apparatus with sensing and controlling apparatus configured to operate the roller and hammermill apparatus according to the methods disclosed.

A method and apparatus for grinding a particulate material is disclosed. The method may include providing a system including a roller mill apparatus and a hammermill apparatus, operating the roller mill apparatus and the hammermill apparatus, adjusting a feed rate of particulate material to the roller mill apparatus until power consumption by operation of the roller mill apparatus achieves a target power consumption for the roller mill apparatus, and adjusting a gap between mill rolls of the roller mill apparatus until power consumption by operation of the hammermill apparatus achieves a target power consumption for the hammermill apparatus. The system may include roller and hammermill apparatus with sensing and controlling apparatus configured to operate the roller and hammermill apparatus according to the methods disclosed.

A waste treatment device for separating recyclable material from other waste comprising: —a first substantially cylindrical cavity inside which the waste to be treated is introduced; —a shaft, rotating about its axis, in the centre of the cylindrical cavity; —screening meshes which separate the cylindrical cavity from a second underlying cavity inside which waste material is collected; —hammers attached at a first end to the shaft so as to be able to rotate in a plane perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the shaft. The hammers are provided with a respective scraper terminating in an edge remaining directed in a direction substantially parallel to the axis of the rotating shaft and projecting longitudinally beyond the end of the hammer so as to pass at a nominal minimum distance from the screening mesh. A related mounting method for a waste treatment device is also disclosed.

A waste treatment device for separating recyclable material from other waste comprising: —a first substantially cylindrical cavity inside which the waste to be treated is introduced; —a shaft, rotating about its axis, in the centre of the cylindrical cavity; —screening meshes which separate the cylindrical cavity from a second underlying cavity inside which waste material is collected; —hammers attached at a first end to the shaft so as to be able to rotate in a plane perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the shaft. The hammers are provided with a respective scraper terminating in an edge remaining directed in a direction substantially parallel to the axis of the rotating shaft and projecting longitudinally beyond the end of the hammer so as to pass at a nominal minimum distance from the screening mesh. A related mounting method for a waste treatment device is also disclosed.