Abstract: An attachment for a stand mixer includes an ice block-receiving chamber having an inner cavity and a lower side defining an output opening and a blade in a fixed position along a portion of the opening and partially extending into the inner cavity. The attachment for a stand mixer further includes a plunger mounted with respect to the ice block-receiving chamber so as to be moveable into the inner cavity toward the lower side along an axis and to be rotatable around the axis, the blade having an edge that extends axially away from the axis and a drive shaft having an input end coupleable to a power output of the stand mixer and a drive end mechanically coupled with the plunger to drive rotation thereof about the axis.

Abstract: The invention relates to a crusher for mineral materials or recycled materials, in particular rotary impact crushers or jaw crushers, having a crusher unit (10), which has a movable first crusher body (11), in particular a rotor or a crusher jaw, wherein a second crusher body (14), in particular an impact rocker or a crusher jaw, is assigned to the first crusher body (11), wherein a crushing gap (15) is formed between the crusher bodies (11, 14), wherein a movable assembly of an overload triggering device (30) is coupled to the first or to the second crusher body (11, 14), wherein the movable assembly has a cylinder (25) of a hydraulic cylinder (20) or a piston (23) guided in the cylinder (20), wherein the movable assembly is designed to permit a motion of the coupled crusher body (11, 14) increasing the width of the crushing gap (15) in an evasive motion, wherein a pressure chamber (24) is formed in the hydraulic cylinder (20), which pressure chamber is delimited by a piston (23), and wherein the overload tr

Abstract: Methods for decomposing PFAS in a solid are provided. The method comprises combining a solid comprising PFAS with a co-milling agent to form a mixture of PFAS and the co-milling agent, and milling the mixture in a ball mill.

Abstract: A commercial-scale oil-bearing material expeller press having an oil-bearing material inlet, an oil-bearing material press cake outlet and an oil outlet in a temperature-controlled barrel; said barrel housing a compression screw; said compression screw having a central shaft and a plurality of continuous or discontinuous screw flights wherein there are one or more compression zones along the direction of travel of said oil-bearing materials from said oil-bearing material inlet to said oil-bearing material outlet, wherein said central shaft increases in diameter in said direction of travel; and wherein at least said barrel is adapted to be cooled in a plurality of cooling zones.

Abstract: The invention relates to a reliable cutting set system for a meat mincing machine. The mutually matched coding (14, 24) between knife pins (10) and the cutting set element (20) prevents an incorrect installation of the cutting set element (20) after a cleaning process or during the initial assembly, thereby increasing the operational safety. The invention allows a detection of the correct cutting set element (20) of a cutting set system and thus an unambiguous allocation of the cutting set element to a knife pin (10) of a cutting set system.

Abstract: In at least one embodiment, a bale feeder assembly is provided comprising a housing having side walls and a feed assembly disposed between the side walls. The feed assembly has a proximal end and a distal end, and is structured to move a bale of material. The bale feeder also has a movable platform connected to the proximal end of the feed assembly to move the bale along the housing, and wherein the movable platform is rotatable between a generally horizontal position and a generally perpendicular position relative to the housing. The bale feeder also has a shredder disposed adjacent the distal end of the feed assembly to shred the bale, the feed assembly being disposed at an angle such that the proximal end is in a plane spaced below a plane the distal end is disposed in and the feed assembly with the movable platform is capable of moving a bale of material or a portion of a bale of material towards the shredder for shredding.

Abstract: A shredding machine includes an outer housing including a main portion and a door. The outer housing defines an interior space. A shredding engine positioned above the interior space includes a shredding motor and a plurality of interleaved cutters. A material passage is configured to receive material to be shredded and direct the material to be shredded to the plurality of interleaved cutters. A collection bin is constructed of transparent material and removably received inside the interior space, the collection bin being open at a top end and defining a central vertical axis. An interior lighting element is operable to emit light in the visible spectrum into the collection bin. During operation of the shredding engine, the collection bin is configured to rotate within the outer housing about the central vertical axis and the interior lighting element is energized to illuminate shredded material as it falls into the collection bin.

Abstract: Methods for the retrieval of aggregates from waste construction material by grinding in a ball mill or on a compressive grinder, which are useful in the recycling of waste construction material, especially in the recycling of concrete or mortar. Also, cleaned aggregates obtained from waste construction material by grinding and their use on the production of new construction materials.

Abstract: Grinding mechanisms for food waste disposers, and food waste disposers having grinding mechanisms are disclosed herein. The grinding mechanisms include a stationary grinding ring that includes a plurality of grater teeth, and a rotating shredder plate that includes at least one lug. The at least one lug may have at least a portion that is movable with respect to the top surface of the rotating shredder plate, or may be fin shaped.

Abstract: A system for mounting and/or demounting a liner element to a mill shell of a mill, wherein the system includes one or more liner lifting elements each structured and arranged to be fastened in a respective liner element through-hole such that the one or more liner lifting elements protrude out from the front side of the liner element to define associated lifting portions for allowing an engagement with a lifting tool. The system further includes one or more fastening bolts for fastening the liner element to the mill shell. A method for mounting and demounting a liner element to a mill shell of a mill is also disclosed.

Abstract: A bending system for bending a golf club head includes a clamping assembly, configured to clamp the golf club head. The bending system also includes a position sensing device, selectively attachable to a golf club. The position sensing device includes a sensor array comprising an accelerometer and a gyroscope. The bending system further includes an electronic controller, configured to determine at least one of a lie or a loft of the golf club head, when the position sensing device is selectively attached to the golf club and the golf club head is clamped by the clamping assembly, based at least partially on sensor data received from the accelerometer and the gyroscope.

Abstract: The embodiments described herein are directed to a cutting apparatus incorporating anti-pinching and anti-snag structures called anvils in conjunction with cutting means such as a cutting chain or series of circular saw blades. In one embodiment, the cutting apparatus may be incorporated into a cutting head connected to a vehicle by an articulated boom for use as part of an overall limb-cutting apparatus for use in utility or public easements that can prune hundreds of limbs quickly in a single plane, and then process the tree limbs efficiently.

Abstract: A rotatable tool-assembly for processing wooden panels and the like, of the type comprising at least a first and a second disc blades that are adapted to be fitted on a same spindle, one beside and coaxial with the other; said first and said second disc blades being both provided with a central discoidal body and a cutting toothed crown that comprises a plurality of protruding teeth at least one of which has the front edge covered by a cutting insert; the cutting toothed crown of the first disc blade being structured so as to be able to mesh in an angularly rigid manner with the cutting toothed crown of the second disc blade and vice versa.

Abstract: A crusher includes first and second crusher bodies defining a crushing gap. A hydraulic cylinder is coupled to one of the crusher bodies to adjust a width of the crushing gap. A pressure relief valve includes a pressure chamber communicated with the hydraulic cylinder. A pressure relief piston is movable between a closed position and an open position. The pressure relief piston includes at least one piston pressure surface delimiting the pressure chamber in the closed position transversely to the actuation direction of the piston, the pressure relief piston including a surface area at an end facing away from the pressure chamber, which surface area delimits the chamber area transverse to the actuating direction of the piston to transfer a closing force to the pressure relief piston in a closing direction of the closed position when pressure is applied in a chamber area.

Abstract: A system and method for an engaging tool. Removing debris, trees and clearing land and paths requires the use of specific tool and machinery. To grind, break and shred wood, the machines must be fitted with proper attachments and engaging tools. One tool includes a front a front face and a back face connected by two opposing side faces and an opposing top face and base face. The front face has a concave shape and an outer channel which extends inwardly into the front face. The front face also has a tube a tube extending outwardly from said front face. The tube is located within the outer channel.

Abstract: A process for producing a particulate recyclate from quartz composite by comminuting quartz composite moldings composed of a polymer matrix with inorganic and/or organic filler particles embedded therein, wherein precomminuted pieces of molding are comminuted in a hammer mill to form particles that form the recyclate.

Abstract: The invention relates to a crusher unit (10), in particular an impact crusher, having an impact rotor (11), having at least one swivel-mounted impact rocker (20), wherein a crushing gap (15) is formed between the impact rotor (11) and the impact rocker (20), wherein the impact rocker (20) can be swiveled along an adjustment path by means of at least one gap-adjusting means (30) to set a gap width of the crushing gap (15), wherein the impact rocker (20) is mounted such that its weight force acts in the direction of a reduction of the crushing gap (15). For a high degree of operational safety, the crushing gap can be readjusted during operation in that at least one retaining device (50) is provided, which uses a retaining force to flexibly counteract a swiveling of the impact rocker (20) in the direction of the impact rotor (11). The invention also relates to a method for setting the crushing gap (15) of a crusher unit (10).

Abstract: A method for using dry milling to prepare nanoparticle and microparticle powders of a biologically active material are described. The nanoparticle and microparticle powders have desirable powder handling characteristics such as good content uniformity that make them suitable for commercial manufacture of drug products.

Abstract: A machine for forming RFID antennas includes a support structure provided with a support for an RFID substrate, and a plurality of forming pegs having vertical axes fixed with respect to the support and arranged above it to define a predetermined path for a wire configured to form the RFID antenna The machine has a wire feeding system that has a wire guide element and a handling assembly, a pair of grippers arranged at the ends of the path and operable to assume a closed position, in which the wire is blocked, and an open position, in which the wire is released, and a movable structure carried by the support structure and provided with a thrust element movable vertically between an upper position in which it allows the wire to be wound around the pegs and a lower position in which it deposits the formed antenna on the substrate.

Abstract: A cone crusher head, system, and crusher including the cone crusher head and system. A conical mantle radially extends from an interference fit section and has a head diameter Dch. The conical mantle has a wear part support surface and a shaft support surface. The interference fit section has a nominal interference fit diameter Dif. The conical mantle has an armpit groove for receiving a slip ring. The armpit groove is covered by the conical mantle with an armpit thickness La. Fretting wear is reduced by dimensioning the crusher head so that a ratio of the head diameter Dch to the nominal interference fit diameter Dif is most 2.5; and a ratio of the head diameter Dch to the armpit thickness La is at least 10.5.