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Air-assist systems are designed to improve the throughput of hammermills.  A hammermill grinds up wood, more wood can be ground up by pulling air through the hammermill.  A plenum mounted above a conveyor is located below the hammermill.  Most all material falls into the conveyor, air and some dust are pulled to either a bin vent directly above the plenum or a remote filter. The bin vent uses either bags or cartridges for the filter media. The bin vent pulls air from a conveyor or bin with the help of a fan located on or near the bin vent.  The air from a bin or conveyor can be dusty, the filter media captures the dust and the compressed air cleaning system forces dust to fall back into the conveyor or bin.

Air-assist systems are designed to improve the throughput of hammermills. A hammermill grinds up wood, more wood can be ground up by pulling air through the hammermill. A plenum mounted above a conveyor is located below the hammermill. Most all material falls into the conveyor, air and some dust are pulled to a remote filter.

Hammermills or hogs generate a large mass flow of wood. The material is conveyed via a low pressure system to a primary cyclone with an airlock below the cyclone.  Most all of the material from the hog or hammermill is discharged out through the airlock below the cyclone. usty air travels from the cyclone to a fan at ground level, the fan then pushes the dusty air through an abort gate and into a remote filter.  The remote filter’s cleaning system collects the dust and allows clean air to discharge to atmosphere.  The dust is pulled from the filter and transported back to the primary cyclone.  All material ends up discharging out of the airlock below the cyclone.

In an abort event, process air is directed away from the primary filter and into the piping after the filter.  A fan is located after the filter and would normally pull air and dust into the filter. When the abort gate drops and re-directs air around the filter, the fan will continue to operate and clean out all piping from the machine center(s). An optional back draft damper can be placed directly after the filter.