A cardboard shredder provides a shredder for cardboard to facilitate recycling while reducing storage space needed before cardboard enters a recycling stream cutting out the middle man, thus the recycler receives uncontaminated cardboard since it is not mixed in with other materials. The manufacturer receives clean shredded cardboard for reuse, reducing headcount for the plant by reducing and eliminating their shredders being jammed with plastic. Thus, an improvement in efficiency and reduction in costs of material and water.

A kitchen waste processor includes a base including a basket which has a heater located therein. A driver rotates the basket which is pivotably supported by a support. A container is located in the basket and protrudes beyond the open top of the basket. A cover has a hole defined centrally therethrough, and a seal is located within the hole. A vacuum suction pipe or a blade shaft extends through the hole. A locking device is located between the container and the cover to seal the cover to the container. The container receives kitchen waste and bacteria therein. The heater heats the container while the container is driven by the driver to spin, so that the kitchen waste in the container is fermented under high temperature to transfer the kitchen waste into fertilizer.

Disclosed herein is a system for creating an injectable and flowable cold slurry, the system comprising a housing; a mount operatively connected to the housing configured to accept a container; a first motor configured to move the mount from a first position to a second position; a second motor; and a drive shaft in communication with the second motor, wherein the drive shaft is configured to rotate to cause an internal volume of the container to be transformed into the injectable and flowable cold slurry.

Disclosed herein is a system for creating an injectable and flowable cold slurry, the system comprising a housing; a mount operatively connected to the housing configured to accept a container; a first motor configured to move the mount from a first position to a second position; a second motor; and a drive shaft in communication with the second motor, wherein the drive shaft is configured to rotate to cause an internal volume of the container to be transformed into the injectable and flowable cold slurry.

A comminution apparatus for comminuting a solids-containing medium includes a rotatably mounted drive shaft, which can be coupled to a drive apparatus to drive a cutting apparatus, the cutting apparatus having a first cutting element, comprising a cutting edge, and a second cutting element, comprising a second cutting edge, wherein the first cutting element and the second cutting element are movable relative to one another in such a way that the relative movement brings about a shearing action between the cutting edge and the second cutting edge. The first cutting element is connected fixedly in terms of torque to the drive shaft and is movable on a first movement path relative to the second cutting element. The comminution apparatus is adapted for operation in a first operating mode and a second operating mode different from the first operating mode to comminute the solids-containing medium.

A comminution apparatus for comminuting a solids-containing medium includes a rotatably mounted drive shaft, which can be coupled to a drive apparatus to drive a cutting apparatus, the cutting apparatus having a first cutting element, comprising a cutting edge, and a second cutting element, comprising a second cutting edge, wherein the first cutting element and the second cutting element are movable relative to one another in such a way that the relative movement brings about a shearing action between the cutting edge and the second cutting edge. The first cutting element is connected fixedly in terms of torque to the drive shaft and is movable on a first movement path relative to the second cutting element. The comminution apparatus is adapted for operation in a first operating mode and a second operating mode different from the first operating mode to comminute the solids-containing medium.

A method of operating an apparatus for the comminution of a botanical feedstock wherein a blade that is positioned above a screen and the blade is rotated at a rate of rotation, wherein the trailing portion of the blade generates turbulence that induces upward movement of cut and partially cut feedstock from the upper surface of the screen to a plane of rotation of the cutting edge of the blade.

A method of operating an apparatus for the comminution of a botanical feedstock wherein a blade that is positioned above a screen and the blade is rotated at a rate of rotation, wherein the trailing portion of the blade generates turbulence that induces upward movement of cut and partially cut feedstock from the upper surface of the screen to a plane of rotation of the cutting edge of the blade.

A cane shredder input is optimized for any given load condition comprising a feeder upstream of the shredder to controllably deliver cane downstream from the feeder in order to reduce shredder drive load fluctuations. A “kicker” (26) with curved end knives gives full coverage across the width of the cane carrier, and is driven clockwise at about 175 rpm. A magnetic shredder and milling tandem protector pulls metal out of the cane above a backward inclined chute (27). The chute has a viewing window (28) and a cane height sensor (29). The backward directed chute aids in cane striking its front wall (30) and the working face of the chute height control device. A tooth feeder shredder rotor (31) is located in a shredder housing (32). The shredder housing (32) is a convolute in configuration. Sitting directly atop the shredder housing (32) is a tooth feeder (33), in this case having tooth feeder wheels (34) and (35). The feeder operates as a speed baffle to the shredder so that cane is delivered at an optimal rate. The throughput through the factory is based on the speed of the feeder.

A cane shredder input is optimized for any given load condition comprising a feeder upstream of the shredder to controllably deliver cane downstream from the feeder in order to reduce shredder drive load fluctuations. A “kicker” (26) with curved end knives gives full coverage across the width of the cane carrier, and is driven clockwise at about 175 rpm. A magnetic shredder and milling tandem protector pulls metal out of the cane above a backward inclined chute (27). The chute has a viewing window (28) and a cane height sensor (29). The backward directed chute aids in cane striking its front wall (30) and the working face of the chute height control device. A tooth feeder shredder rotor (31) is located in a shredder housing (32). The shredder housing (32) is a convolute in configuration. Sitting directly atop the shredder housing (32) is a tooth feeder (33), in this case having tooth feeder wheels (34) and (35). The feeder operates as a speed baffle to the shredder so that cane is delivered at an optimal rate. The throughput through the factory is based on the speed of the feeder.