Milling apparatus
AssigneeG.T.F. S.r.l.
InventorsJay Fournier, Joshua Manninen, Michael Nicolas
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Abstract
A milling apparatus which uses air pressure zones to pulverize material into smaller components. The pressure zones are created by a lobe-lined chamber defined within a housing containing a rotating plate affixed with vanes. When material is fed into the chamber through an inlet, the rotation of the vanes pushes material from high-pressure zones to low pressure zones causing the product to pulverize into smaller components before exiting the chamber through an outlet. Changing the shape of the lobes, adjusting the shape and types of the vane tips, and inserting ramps into the chamber customizes the efficiency of the milling apparatus on different products.
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An apparatus for pulverizing wet or dry material into relatively smaller components, wherein the apparatus comprises:
- a housing defining an enclosed chamber, wherein the chamber has at least one inlet through which material may enter the chamber and at least one outlet through which material may exit the chamber, and wherein the interior of the chamber is circumferentially arrayed with at least one lobe that extends inwards from the chamber walls towards the center of the chamber, wherein the at least one lobe has a first side that extends with a shallow slope from a base of the at least one lobe to a top of the at least one lobe, and a second opposite side that extends with a sharp slope down to the base of the at least one lobe, wherein the base of the at least one lobe is at the same distance as the chamber walls from the center of the chamber;
- a rotatable shaft crossing from one side of the chamber to the other side;
- at least one rotor assembly coupled to the rotor shaft, wherein each rotor assembly includes a plate or series of plates, wherein said plates have a series of vanes affixed which extend across the plates and terminate in a vane tip;
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- a motor operatively connected to the rotatable shaft and adapted to spin the rotor assembly.
An apparatus for pulverizing wet or dry material into relatively smaller components, wherein the apparatus comprises:
- a housing defining an enclosed chamber, wherein the chamber has at least one inlet through which material may enter the chamber and at least one outlet through which material may exit the chamber, and wherein the chamber's interior is circumferentially arrayed with at least one lobe that extends inwards towards the center of the chamber;
- a rotatable shaft crossing from one side of the chamber to the other side;
- at least one rotor assembly coupled to the rotor shaft, wherein each rotor assembly includes a plate or series of plates, wherein said plates have a series of vanes affixed which extend across the plates, wherein each vane has an adjustable or removable tip at the edge of the plate;
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- a motor operatively connected to the rotatable shaft and adapted to spin the rotor assembly.
An apparatus for pulverizing wet or dry material into relatively smaller components, wherein the apparatus comprises:
- a housing defining an enclosed chamber, wherein the chamber has at least one inlet through which material may enter the chamber and at least one outlet through which material may exit the chamber, and wherein said chamber has a ramp leading to the inlet, wherein the ramp has a first shallow end pointing opposite to the rotor assembly's direction of rotation, and a second relatively higher end pointing in the direction of the rotor assembly's direction of rotation, and wherein the chamber's interior is circumferentially arrayed with at least one lobe that extends inwards towards the center of the chamber;
- a rotatable shaft crossing from one side of the chamber to the other side;
- at least one rotor assembly coupled to the rotator shaft, wherein each rotator assembly includes a plate or series of plates, wherein said plates have a series of vanes affixed which extend across the plates and terminate in a vane tip;
- and a motor operatively connected to the rotatable shaft and adapted to spin the rotator assembly.
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