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- noun A
machine forshredding orcrushing aggregate material , consisting of adrum containing a vertical or horizontal rotatingshaft or drum on whichhammers are mounted. - verb transitive To shred or crush by means of a hammermill.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Unsuccessful attempts to improve this condition included operating at an elevated furnace temperature, and reducing the particle size of the groundnut shell by passing it through a 4 mm-square mesh hammermill.
Chapter 10 1976
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They ground the pods with corn in order to take up some of the excess honey that is in the back of these pods so that they'd grind well, and they ground them in a hammermill, and the burrs were running far enough apart so that he assures me that very few of the seeds, if any, were ever cracked.
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These are much more substantial machines that combine both a big hammermill shredder with a side-feeding chipper for limbs and branches.
Organic Gardener's Composting Steve Solomon
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One is the hammermill -- a grinding chamber containing a rotating spindle with steel tines or hammers attached that repeatedly beats and tears materials into smaller and smaller pieces until they fall out through a bottom screen.
Organic Gardener's Composting Steve Solomon
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Flailing within a hammermill or chipping limbs of two or more inches in diameter focuses a great deal of force; between the engine noise and the deafening din as dry materials bang around the grinding chamber, ear protection is essential.
Organic Gardener's Composting Steve Solomon
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Motor-driven hammermill shredders will make short work of dry paper.
Organic Gardener's Composting Steve Solomon
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Soft, dry, brittle materials like leaves will be broken up but aren't processed as rapidly as in a hammermill.
Organic Gardener's Composting Steve Solomon
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The net loss generated by AAP was primarily the result of one-time expenses in the third quarter related to its grand opening press event , repair expenses on the hammermill shredder, and start-up costs associated with installing the UNTHA Recycling Technology URT materials recovery system.
unknown title 2011
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The 2009 Electric has a heavy duty hammermill for heavy duty jobs and tilting tub with easy access for service and maintenance.
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A PT Tech torque limiter protects the motor and hammermill from overloads, jams and costly repairs.
hernesheir commented on the word hammermill
On the farm, a machine that mills grain into coarse flour to be fed to livestock. Some farmers process whole ears of dried corn in a hammermill to feed to their cattle.
February 12, 2010
bilby commented on the word hammermill
A pleasing confluence of m with a trill finish. Mighty fine.
February 12, 2010