A process for separating carpet fibers from carpet backing uses a grinder of the type having a rotor with a plurality of vertically spaced cutter discs and a fan disc below the cutter discs. Sections of carpet are fed into the grinder which grinds the carpet, separating the fibers from the backing and breaking the backing into relatively small particles. The grinder is connected with a series of ginning equipment for removing the ground backing from the fibers.

A process for separating carpet fibers from carpet backing uses a grinder of the type having a rotor with a plurality of vertically spaced cutter discs and a fan disc below the cutter discs. Sections of carpet are fed into the grinder which grinds the carpet, separating the fibers from the backing and breaking the backing into relatively small particles. The grinder is connected with a series of ginning equipment for removing the ground backing from the fibers.

A process for separating carpet fibers from carpet backing uses a grinder of the type having a rotor with a plurality of vertically spaced cutter discs and a fan disc below the cutter discs. Sections of carpet are fed into the grinder which grinds the carpet, separating the fibers from the backing and breaking the backing into relatively small particles. The grinder is connected with a series of ginning equipment for removing the ground backing from the fibers.

A process for separating carpet fibers from carpet backing uses a grinder of the type having a rotor with a plurality of vertically spaced cutter discs and a fan disc below the cutter discs. Sections of carpet are fed into the grinder which grinds the carpet, separating the fibers from the backing and breaking the backing into relatively small particles. The grinder is connected with a series of ginning equipment for removing the ground backing from the fibers.

A mill includes a generally vertical, rotatable shaft having at least one set of cutter blades driven thereby and a fan assembly mounted on the shaft below the cutter blades in position to receive output therefrom. The fan assembly includes a fan disc secured to the shaft and rotatable therewith. A plurality of fan blades is secured to the fan disc in a generally radial orientation. A terminal portion of the mill includes a gradually, radially expanding outer wall configured in a volute form. The expanded outer wall decreases wear and increases efficiency of discharge and airflow through the mill.

A pulverizer comprising: a housing having top and bottom ends, an inlet located towards the top end for receiving input material to pulverize and an outlet located towards the bottom end for discharging pulverized material from the housing, the housing including a housing sidewall defining an interior chamber and having a central housing axis: a rotatable shaft extending along the central housing axis: a plurality of rotor hub assemblies mounted to the shaft, each rotor hub assembly including a rotor hub and a plurality of rotor arms extending outwardly from the rotor for forming an airflow revolving about the central housing axis within the interior chamber, wherein at least one of the housing and of one or more of the rotor hub assemblies is selectively reconfigurable between a plurality of configurations to adjust at least one parameter of an output flow of the pulverized material at the outlet.

A crusher includes first and second crusher bodies defining a crushing gap. A hydraulic cylinder is coupled to one of the crusher bodies to adjust a width of the crushing gap. A pressure relief valve includes a pressure chamber communicated with the hydraulic cylinder. A pressure relief piston is movable between a closed position and an open position. The closed position blocks a fluid connection between the pressure chamber and a pressure equalization area exterior of the pressure relief valve. The pressure relief piston includes at least one piston pressure surface delimiting the pressure chamber in the closed position transversely to the actuating direction of the piston, wherein in the closed position of the pressure relief piston a projection of the at least one piston pressure surface in a projection plane transverse to the actuating direction of the pressure relief piston delimits only a part of the pressure chamber transverse to the actuating direction of the pressure relief piston.

A crusher includes first and second crusher bodies defining a crushing gap. A hydraulic cylinder is coupled to one of the crusher bodies to adjust a width of the crushing gap. A pressure relief valve includes a pressure chamber communicated with the hydraulic cylinder. A pressure relief piston is movable between a closed position and an open position. The closed position blocks a fluid connection between the pressure chamber and a pressure equalization area exterior of the pressure relief valve. The pressure relief piston includes at least one piston pressure surface delimiting the pressure chamber in the closed position transversely to the actuating direction of the piston, wherein in the closed position of the pressure relief piston a projection of the at least one piston pressure surface in a projection plane transverse to the actuating direction of the pressure relief piston delimits only a part of the pressure chamber transverse to the actuating direction of the pressure relief piston.

A mill system for reducing the material size of input material, the system including a plurality of strike plates, preferably of ceramic, embedded within an interior layer of a housing, wherein the interior layer includes tiles made preferably of ceramic; a rotor having one or more rotor blades; a driveshaft; and a motor; wherein the motor powers the drive shaft to rotate the rotor; wherein the rotor blades move input material against the plurality of strike plates.

A mill system for reducing the material size of input material, the system including a plurality of strike plates, preferably of ceramic, embedded within an interior layer of a housing, wherein the interior layer includes tiles made preferably of ceramic; a rotor having one or more rotor blades; a driveshaft; and a motor; wherein the motor powers the drive shaft to rotate the rotor; wherein the rotor blades move input material against the plurality of strike plates.