Hammer Mills & Chippers

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Hammermill is used in the pelleting process to take raw chips which are many different sizes and turns them into smaller more consistent size particles. In the hammermill hammers or flails strike the material over and over until it is small enough to fit through a screen. A large amount of air is also moving through the hammermill and it drags the material small enough to make it through the holes in the screen away to the next process. While the hammermill can take small branches and chunks of wood, it is not designed for that task. You should run large pieces of wood through a chipper before you run them through the hammermill. Another option is to buy a combination chipper/hammermill which can do both tasks in one pass.

This little Hammermill is something new for me. I don't have any experience with it yet. I don't have any access to reasonably priced sincle phase motors to use on it. But I think it will be more usefull for the small garage or back yard tinkerer making pellets for his or her own use. 

    This mill will grind approximately 50 to 100 Kgs/hr (110 to 220 lbs/hr) of wood chips or small pieces into consistently small sawdust that will work well to make pellets. 

    This mill weighs 80 Kgs (175lbs)with the motor and 50 Kgs (110 lbs) without.   The motor is rated at 1.1 KW (1.5 HP) of 3 phase electrical power . Dimensions are 66*48*93 MM (26 X 19 X 37 In)

I think this hammermill is a good candidate for a single phase motor. If you have one laying about.