Discretizers that exhibit improved solid additive laden fluid flow emanating from the discretizers and methods of using same, particularly for making fibrous structures are provided.

A device for breaking glass articles, such as bottles, the device comprising an inlet to receive an article. A conduit links the inlet with a glass-breaking chamber, and the chamber houses a glass-breaking member, said glass-breaking member being rotatably mounted for rotation in a vertical plane, and to impact a bottle as a bottle enters the chamber. A motor is linked via a horizontally rotating axle to rotate the glass-breaking member. An obliquely mounted crusher plate is located such that as the glass-breaking member rotates and impacts a glass article, which is forced against the crusher plate by the glass-breaking member to aid breakage of a glass article. A collector is included in which broken glass is retained ready for removal from the device. An intermediate collector is also included to temporarily retain broken glass, including a release valve allowing broken glass to pass from the intermediate collector to the collector, via an aperture therebetween.

A bale shredder may comprise a bale hopper defining an interior bale chamber for receiving a bale to be shredded, a bale shredding assembly to shred a bale in the chamber including a shredding rotor having a plurality of flails to contact a bale in the bale chamber, and a passage for receiving material shredded by the shredding rotor. In embodiments, a conveying assembly may facilitate material flow through the passage with a moving conveying surface. A collecting auger assembly may collect material ejected by the shredding rotor through the passage and may include an auger with an auger shaft rotatable about a rotation axis. In embodiments, a discharge assembly with a discharge rotor configured to receive the shredded material from the collecting auger assembly and expel the material through a discharge opening, and the discharge rotor may rotate on the auger shaft of the collecting auger assembly.

The invention relates to the method and device for milling and separation into fractions of solids and granular materials in a controlled airflow. The device for milling and separation of solids and granular materials consists of a round milling chamber with a system of pneumatic separation comprising of a vertical cylindrical body that has an uploading slot for solids and granular materials and unloading channels for the milled products of light, medium and coarse fractions. A rotating disc and a conical divider are located inside the vertical cylindrical body. The rotating disc has removable hammers and removable blades of different sizes and configurations. The system of pneumatic separation consists of a milling chamber, an air slugcatcher, channels for the milled material, and a chamber of higher pressure. Such a construction of the device allows to obtain products of the highest quality, and to improve the separation by dividing the material into three fractions: light, medium and coarse.

A chip separator configured to disentangle clusters of chips in a collection tank is disclosed. The chip separator includes a horizontal plate having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, a motor assembly coupled to the first surface of the horizontal plate; and a pulverizer operably coupled to the motor assembly and disposed away from the second surface of the horizontal plate by a distance. The pulverizer includes a base plate and a plurality of pulverizer attachments operably coupled to the base plate. The motor assembly is configured to rotate the pulverizer such that the plurality of pulverizer attachments of the pulverizer disentangles clusters of chips disposed in the collection tank.

Provided is a non-belt automatic mechanized sampling system for a train, including: a working platform provided with a slide rail; a sampling mechanism slidably arranged on the slide rail and configured to collect materials from the carriage of the train; an integrated sample preparation component including a discharging mechanism and a feeder, a crusher, a constant mass dividing machine and a sample retention barrel arranged from top to bottom. The feeder transports the material to the crusher. The crusher crushes the material and transports the crushed material to the constant mass dividing machine. The constant mass dividing machine divides the crushed material into samples to the sample retention barrel, and the discarded material to the discharging mechanism. The discharging mechanism transports the discarded materials to the carriage.

A chip separator configured to disentangle clusters of chips in a collection tank is disclosed. The chip separator includes a horizontal plate having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, a motor assembly coupled to the first surface of the horizontal plate; and a pulverizer operably coupled to the motor assembly and disposed away from the second surface of the horizontal plate by a distance. The pulverizer includes a base plate and a plurality of pulverizer attachments operably coupled to the base plate. The motor assembly is configured to rotate the pulverizer such that the plurality of pulverizer attachments of the pulverizer disentangles clusters of chips disposed in the collection tank.

Discretizers that exhibit improved solid additive laden fluid flow emanating from the discretizers and methods of using same, particularly for making fibrous structures are provided.

A rotary impact separator is provided for separating a material. The rotary impact separator includes a body portion comprising one or more walls. The one or more walls define a substantially hollow chamber, an inlet opening, a first outlet opening, and a second outlet opening. The rotary impact separator includes an impact device extending at least partially into the hollow chamber. The impact device includes a shaft that extends within the hollow chamber. The shaft rotates within the hollow chamber. One or more blades are attached to the shaft and contact the material. A diverter is attached to an interior surface of one of the one or more walls. The diverter extends along the shaft and projects from the interior surface toward the shaft. Methods for recovering two or more co-products from a material are provided.

The invention relates to the method for milling and separation into fractions of solids and granular materials in a controlled airflow. The device for milling and separation of solids and granular materials consists of a round milling chamber with a system of pneumatic separation comprising of a vertical cylindrical body that has an uploading slot for solids and granular materials and unloading channels for the milled products of light, medium and coarse fractions. A rotating disc and a conical divider are located inside a vertical cylindrical body. The rotating disc has plates (hammers) and removable blades of different sizes and configurations. System of pneumatic separation consists of a milling chamber, an air slugcatcher, channels for the milled material, and a chamber of higher pressure. Such construction of the device allows to obtain products of a highest quality, and to improve the separation by dividing the material into three fractions: light, medium and coarse.