A machine for comminuting laminated glass members, such as automotive windshields and architectural glass, comprises infeed rollers feeding the member over a breaker bar, where an impactor assembly breaks the glass into small fragments and the plastic disposed between layers of the glass member into larger fragments, so that a size-based separation may be employed. The speed of the infeed rollers is controlled responsive to the thickness of the glass member.

A system and method for processing hemp plants is disclosed. The process is capable of processing whole Cannabis plants for producing multiple useful products. A pair of hammermills are used in series in order to produce an extractable Cannabis material for obtaining cannabinoids, such as CBD and a fiber product. The hurds contained in the Cannabis plant material are controlled and fractionated during the process for allowing high throughput.

A system and method for processing hemp plants is disclosed. The process is capable of processing whole Cannabis plants for producing multiple useful products. A pair of hammermills are used in series in order to produce an extractable Cannabis material for obtaining cannabinoids, such as CBD and a fiber product. The hurds contained in the Cannabis plant material are controlled and fractionated during the process for allowing high throughput.

Improved free-swinging hammermill hammer configurations are disclosed and described for comminution of materials such as grain and refuse. The hammer configurations of the present disclosure are adaptable to most hammer mill or grinders having free-swinging systems. The configurations as disclosed and claimed are non-forged and incorporate a saddle or hammer mouth. The merging of a hammer and saddle improves strength to reduce or maintain the weight of the hammer while increasing the amount of force delivered to the material to be comminuted. The improved configurations incorporate comminution edges having increased hardness for longer operational run times. The improved configurations improve installing, removing, and cleaning hammer components within the hammermill. The improved configurations may incorporate hammermill rod hole of varying shapes and sizes and saddles of varying shapes and sizes or the use of non-planar hammer bodies that have a recessed or protruding surface.

Improved free-swinging hammermill hammer configurations are disclosed and described for comminution of materials such as grain and refuse. The hammer configurations of the present disclosure are adaptable to most hammer mill or grinders having free-swinging systems. The configurations as disclosed and claimed are non-forged and incorporate a saddle or hammer mouth. The merging of a hammer and saddle improves strength to reduce or maintain the weight of the hammer while increasing the amount of force delivered to the material to be comminuted. The improved configurations incorporate comminution edges having increased hardness for longer operational run times. The improved configurations improve installing, removing, and cleaning hammer components within the hammermill. The improved configurations may incorporate hammermill rod hole of varying shapes and sizes and saddles of varying shapes and sizes or the use of non-planar hammer bodies that have a recessed or protruding surface.

A system and method for processing hemp plants is disclosed. The process is capable of processing whole cannabis plants for producing multiple useful products. A pair of hammermills are used in series in order to produce an extractable cannabis material for obtaining cannabinoids, such as CBD, and a fiber product. The hurds contained in the cannabis plant material are controlled and fractionated during the process for allowing high throughput.

A system and method for processing hemp plants is disclosed. The process is capable of processing whole cannabis plants for producing multiple useful products. A pair of hammermills are used in series in order to produce an extractable cannabis material for obtaining cannabinoids, such as CBD, and a fiber product. The hurds contained in the cannabis plant material are controlled and fractionated during the process for allowing high throughput.

Methods for increasing the extractable rubber content of non-Hevea plant matter that entail the use of particular forms of hammer milling and/or roller milling in an increase in the amount of rubber that can be extracted from the resulting plant matter such as by organic solvent extraction or aqueous extraction are provided. In certain embodiments, the methods are for increasing the extractable rubber content of guayule plant matter, and entail the use of particular forms of hammer milling in combination with roller milling and flaking to increase the amount of rubber that can be extracted from the guayule plant matter such as by organic solvent extraction or aqueous extraction.

Methods for increasing the extractable rubber content of non-Hevea plant matter that entail the use of particular forms of hammer milling and/or roller milling in an increase in the amount of rubber that can be extracted from the resulting plant matter such as by organic solvent extraction or aqueous extraction are provided. In certain embodiments, the methods are for increasing the extractable rubber content of guayule plant matter, and entail the use of particular forms of hammer milling in combination with roller milling and flaking to increase the amount of rubber that can be extracted from the guayule plant matter such as by organic solvent extraction or aqueous extraction.

A method and apparatus for a hammer mill's worn discs. The disc can be refurbished by removing a peripheral portion of the disc and placing a ring on the peripheral rim left on the disc. The ring preferably has a tapered, radially inwardly facing surface that abuts the peripheral rim of the disc to form annular gaps on both sides of the disc/ring junction. Molten metal, such as during a welding process, is placed in the annular gaps to form annular beads that mount the ring to the disc effectively as if the ring, beads and disc were one integral piece. The disc/ring combination is preferably heat-treated to metallurgically improve the disc in order to prepare the disc's peripheral edge, which is made up of the ring, for impacts during use.