SIZE REDUCTION & DENSIFICATION DIRECTORY 2015 Size reduction and densification - two of the most widely established and used forms of solid biomass pre-treatment. Reducing bulk volume and increasing bulk density means a more uniform product, better payloads and enables longer transport distances. Depending on the downstream application, size reduction is, as the term implies, reducing the over all size of a variable feedstock to produce a more uniform size-specific product, say converting roundwood or billets into micro-chips. Or it can be an issue of increasing the surface area for a better reaction, say in a biogas plant, or converting wood pellets to a powder for combustion. Densification on the otherhand, for pellets or briquettes, is about increasing the bulk density of size reduced material by compressing particles together. There are many manufacturers and suppliers of these types of equipment and the purpose of this directory is to provide an overview. To qualify companies have to be engaged in export and/or have subsidiaries in other regions, the country shown is where it is headquartered. Although comprehensive the listing is not exhaustive neither is it an endorsement. COMPANY COMMENTS COUNTRY WEB Aimo Kortteen Konepaja Oy (Murska) Manufactures modular pellet production plants for sawmills, furniture factories or cattle feed production Finland www.murskabiopacker.fi Amandus Kahl GmbH & Co.KG Designs and builds machines, turnkey production factories for the conditioning and compacting of different Bioenergy International No 82, 6-2015 45 products, and equipment for pellets production Germany www.amandus-kahl-group.de Andritz Feed & Biofuel Complete process systems for industrial biomass pelleting. Total process solutions from raw material (i.e. wood logs, chips, sawdust, straw, agricultural byproducts) intake to ready pellets including debarker, chipper, dryer, grinders and pellet mills Denmark www.andritz.com Anyang Gemco Energy Mashinery Co. Ltd (AGICO GROUP) Provides several types of equipment for biomass preparation, complete plants for biodiesel as well as pellets, briquets or charcoal China www.agitc.cn, www.gemcomachine. com Arjes GmbH Solutions for wood processing equipment and recycling machines and shredders Germany www.arjes.de AS Hekotek Offers turnkey pellet factories, debarking and chipping lines for low quality logs Estonia www.hekotek.com Asket Technology for straw, reed canary grass processing: Tomasser shredding, biomasser briquetting Poland www.asket.pl Astec Industries Co. Designs, manufactures and markets a complete line of continuous and batch-process hot-mix asphalt facilities, and soil remediation equipment USA www.astecinc.com B. Maier Zerkleinerungstechnik GmbH Dieffenbacher Group Supplier of single machines and turnkey solutions for the size reduction of wood and biomass including drum chippers, crushers, knife ring flakers, hammermills, prallfiners, conveyors, cleaning units, and separating and fractioning systems Germany www.maier-dieffenbacher.de Bandit Industries, Inc Manufactures chippers and recyclers for the transformation of biomass material into valuable feedstocks for fuel applications. Grinds grasses, pallets, wood and more into any size product, even down to dust USA www.banditchippers.com Beaver Korea (KB E&I Co.,LTD) Provides biomass pellet producing equipment such as sawdust producer, wood log providing feeder, debarker Korea www.biobeaver.net Beijing Aoke Ruifeng New Energy Co.,Ltd Designs and manufactures pellet and briquette equipment, biomass boilers, and residential stoves China www.bjakrf.com/en Beijing Panda Pellet Machinery Co., Ltd. Specialised in designing, manufacturing, installing and commissioning complete pellet lines China www.pelletwood.com.cn Bioenergy Machinery Sdn Bhd. Manufactures wood pellet equipment. Provides machinery, training and marketing for local customers Malaysia www.greenbioenergy.net Bliss Industries LLC Manufactures a complete line of hammermills (5-600 hp), counter flowcoolers (1-100 tph), pellet mills (80-500 hp) and crumblers for residential and commercial pellet production USA www.bliss-industries.com BMH Wood Technology Turnkey supplies of bulk materials, handling systems for energy generation, solid waste treatment and recycling as well as pulp & paper industries Finland www.bmh.fi Briklis Spol. s r.o. Producer of briquetting presses for wood waste and complete drying lines Czech Republic www.briklis.cz Bruks Holding AB Develops, manufactures and markets complete fuel handling systems for the wood-processing industry around the world Sweden www.bruks.com Brunette Machinery Co. Machinery and material handling systems for the biomass industry: whole log chippers, microchippers, grinders, log decks, rotary debarkers, conveyors, and vibratory equipment Canada www.brunettemc.com BS Bollareto Implants Manufactures machinery for biomass recovery. Assists companies that want to reprocess their products into powder, fibers and flocs Italy www.bsbollaretoimpianti.it Bühler AG Offers technology for wood pellet projects (equipment for drying, grinding, pelleting, cooling, bagging, loading, automation) and for biomass cofiring projects (vertical and horizontal hammermills) Switzerland www.buhlergroup.com Büttner Energie- und Trocknungstechnik Manufacturer of industrial drying systems, energy plants, pellet plants Germany www.buettner-dryer.com C.F. Nielsen A/S World-wide supplier of briquetting solutions with mechanical briquetting presses ranging from 200 to 5 000 kg/hour for pressing biomass and other types ofwaste materials Denmark www.cfnielsen.com Caravaggi S.r.l. Manufactures bio-shredders, chippers and a full range of machines for special applications Italy www.caravaggi.com Carmanah Design & Manufacturing Inc. Provides technology and equipment to optimise fibre utilisation Canada www.carmanahdesign.com Caterpillar Products and work tools for different industries e.g forestry (harvesters, wood extraction machines, processing, loading and reforestration), mining and construction Switzerland www.cat.com Cellwood Machinery AB Conditioning of biomass to a suitable size for pelletising or pyrolysis. Can be done in a wet state to increase dryer efficiency. Treatment of sludge, slaughterhouse and organic waste for increased digester performance and gas yield Sweden www.cellwood.se CherkassyElevatorMash BRONTO Manufacturer of extruders, briquettes and pellets machines, extrusion line, oil presses, conveyers, handling systems Ukraine www.bronto.ua Chinese Academy of Agricultural Mechanization Sciences Provides straw balers, cotton stalk harvesters, straw cutting-rubbing equipment, biomass gasification technology and equipment, and resource utilisation technology for farm and livestock wastes China www.caams.org.cn Continental Biomass Industries, Inc. CBI Manufactures a complete line of grinders, shredders, chippers, flail debarkers and attachments that produce pulp chips, fuel chips and ground wood fuel from trees, forestry debris, demolition debris and industrial waste USA www.cbi-inc.com 4JF3FEVDUJPO%FOTJGJDBUJPO%JSFDUPSZ www.prodesa.net www.teccon.at
Bioenergy no 6 October 2015
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