Hot Forging Technology Applied To Grinder Wear Parts
In the wood processing industry, the tub and horizontal grinders are some of the most common pieces of equipment. Both pieces of equipment are used for the same thing, but their application varies based on several factors, including the required ground and feedstocks for animal feed and many other needs.
The major difference between these two wood grinders is basically in their application. There are two main types of tub grinders in the market, with agricultural tub grinders being some of the most common. Their use is in grinding bulk agricultural feedstocks. These grinders are smaller in size compared to large industrial grinders.
The industrial tub grinders are used in the forestry industry for the processing of wood waste, yard waste, and other wood wastes. They are for feedstock that requires reduction to composite and other products. Industrial grinders also produce finer end products and can provide a range of finished product specs.
Horizontal offers more control over the wood processing process by enabling the operator to produce a range of chip sizes. Whether the ground wood is for landscaping mulch, fuel, or animal bending, horizontals can achieve small particles.
On the other hand, tub grinders use gravitational force to feed materials into the rotor. This can be a problem when dealing with lighter feedstocks, as they tend to float. This can sometimes affect the feed rate. The horizontal grinders offer a better feed rate due to the consistent feedstock delivery.
On safety, tub grinders have a problem hurling objects because of the exposed rotor. Although horizontal grinders have the same problem, it is easy to manage their safety concerns. These are just some of the most common differences between the tub and horizontal grinders.
Grinder Wear Parts
One common thing with these grinders is the wear parts. They both use the same wear parts for wood grinding. The major grinder wear parts, including fixed hammers, swing hammers, tips, teeth, inserts, cutter bars, and wear plates and other accessories.
The manufacturing of these wear parts is the most critical factor as it determines a range of things. This is where their quality features forms, grinder performance, productivity, among other things. There are many forming technologies used that ensure the quality of grinder wear parts. But hot forging is one of the most widely used.
Advantages of hot forging grinder wear parts
There are many advantages that come with hot forging grinder wear parts. They include wear resistance, high workpiece strength, tight forging grain size, achieving intricate shapes, increased ductility, hardened and good wear resistance, fast batch processing speed, etc.
With hot forging’s tight forging grain size, it makes the grinder wear parts harder and stronger. The grain of the hot forged metal takes the shape of the forgings, making forged wear parts harder and stronger. These properties enhance the wear resistance features of the wear parts.
The hot forging process is also ideal for producing intricately shaped grinder wear parts. Because of workpieces heating to molten form, it is very easy to produce even the most intricate grinder wear parts. The heating of the billet to molten form also makes the blanks fast to forge. This is why hot fording offers fast batch processing speed, making it ideal for mass production of forgings.
The cost of the hot forging grinder wear parts is lower than machining and casting. The amount of time and energy to hot forge is less than casting. These are some of the reasons why hot-forged grinder wear parts are more affordable. These are the advantages that are making hot forging popular with grinder wear parts production.
Contact Cxin Forging
Cxin Forging focuses on the production and processing technology of hot forging, warm extrusion, and cold forging. We have been offering the cold and hot precision forging of aluminum alloy, carbon steel, stainless steel, and other metal materials for over 10 years. Cxin Forging can also provide customers with CNC machining centers and brazing, surfacing welding, and other processing services. Cxin Forging provides grinder wear parts forging services. We are also providing hot forging production and processing services for many tub and horizontal grinder brand manufacturers in China, Europe, and the United States. Contact us today for all your grinder wear parts forging needs.