Process and equipment for cutting material

Abstract From the Canadian patent

A process for cutting of material includes the continuous loading therefrom into a generally cylindrically or conically shaped vessel which is rotating around its longitudinal axis in which is mounted, a fast rotating knife shaft its knives which are provided with one or several cutting edges reach near to the inside wall of the vessel. The material to be cut loaded into the vessel in axial direction deposits a layer on the inside wall of the vessel in consequence of the centrifugal force, which is tretaed by the knives and is displaced in axial direction to the discharging end of the vessel where the cut material is continuously taken away. The equipment include a material feeding device, …