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Biomass characterization and conditioning (lab)
Cutting mill
Characteristics
- Cutting mill
Particularities
- Rotor made of tungsten carbide
- Variable speed : 100 to 3000 rpm
- Sample size: 5 liters maximum
- Interchangeable bottom sieves (1 mm, 2 mm, 8 mm)
Uses
Cutting mill is suitable for the grinding of soft, medium-hard, tough, elastic, fibrous, and heterogeneous mixes of products.
Technical specs
| Manufacturer | Retsch |
| Model | SM 300 |
| Motor | 3 kW |
| Sieve sizes | 1, 2 or 8 mm |
Pulveriser Thomas Wiley
Characteristics
- Laboratory hammer mill
Particularities
- Rotation speed of 800 rpm
- Sample size: 50 to 1000 g
- Interchangeable screens (1 mm, 3 mm, 5 mm, 8 mm)
Uses
The sprayer is used on sample biomass matrices devoid of foreign bodies in order to reduce their granulometry to determine their chemical properties.
Technical specs
| Manufacturer | Thomas Scientific |
| Model | 4 |
| Motor | 1.4 kW |
| Scree openings | 0.5, 1 or 2 mm |
Cryogenic mill
Characteristics
- Energetic cryogenic grinding by impact and friction with a frequency of 30 Hz
Particularities
- Cryogenic grinding, dry or wet, at room temperature
- Screw-on grinding bowls as a guarantee for loss-free grinding
- Clear user interface, 9 storable programs
- Programmable cooling and grinding cycles (10 s to 99 min)
Uses
Cryogenic grinding is used to reduce the size of a matrix composed of heterogeneous materials to determine their chemical properties.
Technical specs
| Manufacturer | Retsch |
| Type: | Cryomill |
| Input material | Hard, semi-hard, soft, brittle, elastic, fibrous |
| Grinding principle | Impact, friction at 196 ˚C |
| Initial particle size | < 8 mm |
| Final particle size | Approx. 5μm |
| Qty supplied / cycle | 20 ml |
| Vibration frequency | 5 – 30 Hz |
Pellet durability tester
Characteristics
- Predicts the number of fines produced by pellet handling
Particularities
- Variable agitation frequency
- Complies with the standard developed by Kansas State University
Uses
The Pellet Durability Tester identifies the Pellet Durability Index (PDI) to validate the product’s compliance with trade standards.
Technical specs
| Manufacturer | Seedburo equipment company |
| Model | PDT-S |
| Number of compartments | 2 |
| Capacity | 1100 g |





