An apparatus for the comminution of a botanical feedstock includes a vessel, a screen positioned in the vessel above a first feedstock outlet and spaced from the top of the vessel, and a blade rotatably mounted above and generally parallel to the screen. The blade has a leading side, a trailing side, and a radial blade length. At least a portion of the leading side has a cutting edge and at least a portion of the trailing side has a downwardly extending trailing portion. The downwardly extending trailing portion has a lower edge having a plurality of discontinuities along a radial length of the trailing portion. The cutting edge is spaced from the upper surface of the screen by a first distance and a lowermost portion of the lower edge is spaced from the upper surface of the screen by a second distance.

An apparatus for the comminution of a botanical feedstock includes a vessel, a screen positioned in the vessel above a first feedstock outlet and spaced from the top of the vessel, and a blade rotatably mounted above and generally parallel to the screen. The blade has a leading side, a trailing side, and a radial blade length. At least a portion of the leading side has a cutting edge and at least a portion of the trailing side has a downwardly extending trailing portion. The downwardly extending trailing portion has a lower edge having a plurality of discontinuities along a radial length of the trailing portion. The cutting edge is spaced from the upper surface of the screen by a first distance and a lowermost portion of the lower edge is spaced from the upper surface of the screen by a second distance.

An apparatus is configured to apply a treatment agent to an agricultural byproduct. The apparatus includes a fragmenting chamber where the agricultural byproduct is fragmented into particles. An initial amount of a treatment agent is applied to the byproduct in the fragmenting chamber. Particles of a desired size flow through a screen from the fragmenting chamber to a recovery zone. A second amount of the treatment agent is applied to the particles in the recovery zone. A regulator regulates the amount of the treatment agent applied to the particles in the fragmenting chamber and the amount of treatment agent applied in the in the recovery zone. The regulation may be based on one or more feedback mechanisms.

The invention relates to a disintegrating device including a comb system (I), wherein the disintegrating device is formed by at least one disintegrating roller (1), rotatably mounted in a machine frame, with at least one disintegrating tool (2) arranged thereon, wherein the disintegrating device has at least one counter blade (3) that cooperates with the disintegrating tool (2), and including at least one base comb (II) on which the at least one counter blade (3) is arranged, and on which at least one sieve element (41) can be arranged as a component of a sieve device (4), wherein the sieve device (4) at least partially includes the disintegrating roller (1) in the intended application. According to the invention, the sieve element (41) is spring-mounted on the base comb (II).

A device for processing feed material, with a housing enclosing a processing space in which a rotor rotatable about the axis of rotation is arranged. The rotor has a rotor disk at which circumference a plurality of axially disposed impact plates is arranged uniformly distributed. A coaxially arranged processing path surrounds the impact plates while maintaining a working gap. Via a material inlet, the device is fed in the axial direction with feed material centrally ending in the processing space, which upon deflection in the region of the rotor disk is fed in the radial direction to the working gap. To ensure complete and gentle processing of the feed material while maintaining its original taste, smell and color, the processing path is part of a basket rotating about the rotational axis.

A cradle system for a fragmenting machine, where the cradle system holds fragmentation stock against a drum. A frame holds a screen that can be selectively released from the frame without modification, such that the screen can be placed in different positions on the frame and aligned in different orientations on the frame. A wear plate can be selectively released from the frame without modification, such that the wear plate can be placed in different positions on the frame and aligned in different orientations on the frame.

A material processing machine having a reducing system for material reducing operations is disclosed. The reducing system comprises a rotor having processing tools to reduce the material within a reducing chamber. A colorizer system includes a manifold positioned adjacent a screen defining a plurality of apertures for directing colorant from a colorant source through the apertures towards the reducing system. The material reducing operations may comprise a two-stage reducing operation with selectively interchangeable screens that incrementally reduce the material to provide substantially uniform colorizing and material size.

The invention relates to a crushing device with a comb system (I), wherein the crushing device consists of at least one crushing roller (1) rotatably mounted in a machine frame with at least one crushing tool (2) arranged thereon, wherein the crushing device comprises at least one counter blade (3) which cooperates with the crushing tool (2), wherein the comb system (I) comprises at least one base comb (II) on which the at least one counter blade (3) is arranged and on which at least one screening element (41) can be arranged as a component of a screening device (4), wherein the screening device (4) during intended use at least partly encloses the crushing roller (1) and the screening element (41) is spring-mounted with a suspension (6) on the base comb (II).

The invention is characterized in that the suspension (6) comprises an end position limit (B).

A shredder includes a shredder box having first and second opposite end walls, and first and second opposite side walls that extend between the first and second end walls. The shredder further includes a shredder rotor positioned within an interior of the shredder box, an access door that is pivotally moveable, and a control system for monitoring various parameters to operate the shredder. A side access region is defined between the first and second end walls when the access door is in the open position. The side access region provides access to the shredder rotor and includes an open region defined between the first and second end walls at the second side of the shredder. The open region has an open top which is free of obstructions extending between the first and second end walls.

An impact reactor for comminuting material to be comminuted, comprising a cylindrical casing, a bottom, wherein the casing, the bottom and the cover enclose an impact reactor chamber, wherein a rotor is arranged in the impact reactor chamber, wherein the rotor is provided with impact elements, wherein at least one feed opening is provided for feeding material to be comminuted into the impact reactor chamber, and wherein at least one removal opening is provided for removing comminuted material and/or gaseous comminuted products from the impact reactor chamber, wherein the feed opening and/or the removal opening are closable.