HAMMER MILL

About HAMMER MILL

DESCRIPTION  Hammer mill consists of Pivoted hammers mounted on a horizontal shaft Crushing takes place by impact between the hammers and anvil plate The hammers delivers heavy blows to the feed material while it is in suspension driving it against an anvil plate until it is fine enough to pass through the opening of the mesh fitted in the bottom of the Mill The present Hammer Mill has sturdy housing that contains 4 Nos of T shaped hammers pivoted to a disc which is fitted with the shaft of the mill turning about the horizontal axis The shaft is directly coupled to a motor The housing contains a semicircular teethed liner or anvil plate on the top of it A glass window to see through in the Mill is fixed on the front cover which can be opened to change the sieve Different mesh sizes are provided to get different product size A hopper with feed opening and adjustment is provided in the Mill The crushed material is collected in a receiver provided in the setup This mill can accept a feed size of 65mm or less EXPERIMENTATION   To study the operation of a Hammer Mill