Brentwood Recycling Systems -
The Brentwood Refiner is a high speed hammermill developed for secondary size reduction of preshredded material.
Normally the refiner is only used to mill wood waste, tree and garden waste, or paper.
The refiner can be supplied as a separate piece of machinery able to operate on its own or as part of a Brentwood Shreddermill Waste Plant.
Refiners, are placed after a pre-shredder, and are designed to refine the product produced by the shredder to the size required, whether it be for composting, potting mixes or just for finer mulch.
Because the product has already been through the shredder it has been reduced to small pieces and is already split and broken so the work necessary to reduce it to final sizing is less than direct milling of the unshredded material.
Consequently, the life of the flails in the refiner are extended many times and life factors up to 300 hours have been experienced prior to turning even once. Flails can be turned four times before necessary rebuilding by hardfacing.
If the refiner is fitted to a shreddermill plant, the operator has the option to divert material away from the refiner. This may be necessary when shredding materials not suitable for refining or not requiring further size reduction. A deflection plate can be pivoted in or out to direct material into or away from the refiner. If material is directed away from the refiner, electrical interlocks operate to prevent the refiner from being started.
