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Particle size Xaverage (mm) .<br />

Effect of peripheral hammer speed on particle size of meal and on milling performance (using a<br />

5.5kW motor and a screen of 5mm mesh size)<br />

3.5<br />

7000<br />

3<br />

2.5<br />

2<br />

1.5<br />

1<br />

0.5<br />

Xaverage (mm)<br />

Pmech (W)<br />

Poly. (Pmech (W))<br />

Linear (Xaverage (mm))<br />

0<br />

0<br />

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100<br />

Figure 4: With increase in peripheral hammer speed average particle<br />

size (x average) decreases and mechanical power (Pmech)<br />

requirement increases<br />

thirteenth second, as a result of the<br />

sudden opening of the bolt lock,<br />

real milling started and the<br />

mechanical torque measurable on<br />

the axis was increased and<br />

therefore also the mechanical<br />

power, as well as the electric<br />

power taken from the grid. After<br />

the fifteenth second, the first<br />

comminuted particles appeared at<br />

the output of the mill which were<br />

captured on a weighing scale.<br />

During the process of comminution,<br />

the particles in the work<br />

space warmed up from the initial<br />

11 °C to 14 °C.<br />

I used sieve analysis for the<br />

qualification of the meal produced<br />

and from the data obtained in this<br />

way I determined the average<br />

particle size belonging to the<br />

respective settings.<br />

The method described above<br />

was carried out with three<br />

repetitions per treatment according<br />

to the experimental plan using<br />

different peripheral hammer speeds.<br />

Experimental results show that<br />

by means of a continuously<br />

variable regulation of the number<br />

of revolutions, without any stop<br />

and change of screen plates, the<br />

same output particle size can be<br />

achieved as in the case of the<br />

Peripheral speed of hammer V per (m/s)<br />

6000<br />

5000<br />

4000<br />

3000<br />

2000<br />

1000<br />

Mechanical power Pmech (W) .<br />

traditional change of sieves.<br />

Figure 4 is an illustration of the<br />

effect of the increase in the<br />

number of revolutions of the<br />

hammer mill on particle size (×<br />

average) and on the mechanical<br />

power (P mech ) measured on the<br />

axis of the mill.<br />

The working number of<br />

revolutions (v per =80m/s) of the<br />

mill fitted with a 5.5kW motor was<br />

accompanied by an average<br />

particle size of 1.3 mm, while<br />

the slower hammer speed<br />

(v per =20m/s) was accompanied by<br />

a particle size of 2.5 mm. Within<br />

the range of these two numbers of<br />

revolutions, with a continuously<br />

variable regulation, a meal of any<br />

average particle size desired can<br />

be produced.<br />

Based on the results of the<br />

experiment, a linear relationship<br />

can be seen between the increase<br />

in the peripheral speed of the<br />

hammer and the increase in meal<br />

fineness. A greater number of<br />

revolutions also involves a greater<br />

impulse force in the case of the<br />

same geometry, thereby the<br />

comminution energy produced is<br />

also greater. [2]<br />

The continuously variable<br />

regulation of the number of<br />

revolutions is most easily carried<br />

out by using a frequency drive.<br />

A satisfactory growth of<br />

livestock requires as a minimum<br />

condition that feeds are available<br />

in the required quantity and<br />

quality. One of the parameters<br />

influencing quality is the average<br />

particle size of feed. The<br />

possibility to adjust particle size<br />

during comminution can open up<br />

new perspectives for the improvement<br />

of economic indicators of<br />

feed production. The continuously<br />

variable particle size output can be<br />

a new perspective field for the<br />

technological improvement of<br />

feed production.<br />

References<br />

[1] Fekete, L. (1995): Sertéstakarmányozás,<br />

Mezôgazda<br />

Kiadó, Bp. 146–149.p.<br />

[2] Fogarasi, L., Petrócki, K.,<br />

Judák, E., Korzenszky, P.<br />

(2008): (Comminution-kinetic<br />

and energetic foundation of<br />

automatic control of grinders),<br />

XXXII. Kutatási és fejlesztési<br />

tanácskozás az agrárgazdaság<br />

gépesítésérôl (2008. január)<br />

SZIE Gödöllô ISBN 963-611-<br />

438-2ö, ISBN 963-611-439-0<br />

[3] Korzenszky, P., Judák, E.<br />

(2005): Measurement Assembly<br />

for Energetic Analysis<br />

of Comminuters, Hungarian<br />

Agricultural Engineering,<br />

18/2005, (72–74. p) HU ISSN<br />

0864-7410<br />

[4] Korzenszky, P. (2007): Effect<br />

of Hammer Speed on Particle<br />

Size Distribution in Hammer<br />

Mills, Hungarian Agricultural<br />

Engineering 20/2007, 76. p.,<br />

(51–52. p.) HU ISSN 0864–7410<br />

[5] Schmidt, J. szerk. (1996): Takarmányozástan,<br />

Mezôgazda<br />

kiadó, Budapest, 288.p.<br />

[6] Wondra, B. (1995): Effect of<br />

particle size and pelleting on<br />

growth performance, nutrient<br />

digestibility, and stomach<br />

morphology in finishing pigs.<br />

J. Anim. Sci. 73: 757.<br />

16 Hungarian Agricultural Research 2009/3–4

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