Two-Stage Scrap Grinder Gets Upgrade.New features on the two-stage Shuttle Granulator from Maguire Products Inc., Aston, Pa., are said to improve scrap feeding, prevent jamming, and make better granulate gran·u·late v. gran·u·lat·ed, gran·u·lat·ing, gran·u·lates v.tr. 1. To form into grains or granules. 2. To make rough and grainy. v.intr. with fewer fines. They appear on the S-20 model with 20 x 30 in. cutting chamber and S-30 with 30 x 30 in. chamber. A pneumatic pneumatic /pneu·mat·ic/ (noo-mat´ik) 1. pertaining to air. 2. respiratory. pneu·mat·ic adj. 1. Of or relating to air or other gases. 2. hold-down plate now holds bulky parts or purgings against the rotor knives and the shredder chips them up. With the plate, material shreds faster and more evenly and doesn't fly out of the chamber. The shuttle moves scrap back and forth over the rotor knives. It now has a pneumatic drive that is simpler and smoother than the former rack-and-pinion. A hydraulic cylinder Hydraulic cylinders (also called linear hydraulic motors) are mechanical actuators that are used to give a linear force through a linear stroke. Operation Hydraulic cylinders get their power from pressurized hydraulic fluid, which is typically oil. absorbs the shock of jams and reverses shuttle direction. Below the shredder, chips are blown into the hopper of a Maguire Radial radial /ra·di·al/ (ra´de-al) 1. pertaining to the radius of the arm or to the radial (lateral) aspect of the arm as opposed to the ulnar (medial) aspect; pertaining to a radius. 2. Granulator. Model S-20 costs $20,000; S-30 runs $25,000. |
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