Chip separator for separating clusters of chips

A system for disentangling clusters of chips in a mixture of chips and fluid, the system comprising:

• a collection tank comprising:
• a body;
• a cover coupled to the body;
• and
• an intake disposed on and extending through the body, the intake configured to be fluidly coupled to a trough such that the mixture of chips and fluid enters the body through the intake;
• and
• a chip separator configured to be disposed at least partially within the body of the collection tank such that the chip separator is disposed proximate the intake, the chip separator comprising:
• a horizontal plate having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface;
• a motor assembly operably coupled to the first surface of the horizontal plate;
• a plurality of rods that operably couple the horizontal plate and the motor assembly, wherein when each rod of the plurality of rods rotates in a first direction, the motor assembly moves away from the collection tank, and when each rod of the plurality of rods rotates in a second direction opposite the first direction, the motor assembly moves toward the collection tank;
• 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 comprising:
• a base plate;
• and
• a plurality of pulverizer attachments operably coupled to the base plate,
• and
• wherein, the motor assembly is configured to rotate the pulverizer such that the plurality of pulverizer attachments of the pulverizer separate the clusters of chips disposed in the collection tank.