Many companies often choose to expand their production by purchasing chippers, chip screeners and chip packers in order to produce the best and most diverse chip products possible. In this article, you will learn what we can do with wood chips, which are the most valuable wood chip products you can sell, and what equipment is needed to produce them.
Wood chipping process
For some it is just ordinary wood waste, left over from sawing wood, while for others it is a valuable product obtained by shredding special trees, both barked and unbarked, branches, stumps, roots and others.
The process of making wood chips is called chipping. Any type of wood and its part can be chipped, but in order to sell it successfully, it is necessary to look at the relevant market and the requirements of the buyers. There are several types of wood chips, such as wood chips (from recycled and also untreated wood residues and scraps), forest wood chips (from forest areas), sawing residue chips (from sawing wood) and coarsely ground logging chips.
Use of wood chips and products
Chips are mainly used as solid fuel and as raw material in the wood pulp production process. Fuel wood chips can be divided into different quality categories based on uniformity, ash content and absence of impurities and debris, ranging from paper wood chips, fiber wood chips, whole tree wood chips and urban wood fuel. However, chemical pulp manufacturers require the chips to be clean, without bark, in relatively uniform pieces and with as little damage to the wood fibers as possible.
Most commonly associated with wood chips is horticultural mulch for landscaping. However, it can be recycled into a playground covering material that is very effective in cushioning falls and protecting children. It is also used in bioreactors for denitrification, restorative ecology and as a substrate for growing mushrooms and even smoking meat for richer flavor nuances.
Woodworking machines for the production of chips
To get wood chips, you need a wood chipper – one that is powerful enough and meets your requirements. Shredders fall into several categories:
- Wood chipper with screw or high torque (safe and easy to use);
- Cylinder chipper (large and uneven chips, energy efficient);
- Wood chipper with disc (chips of constant shape and size).
No one wants to buy high-priced wood chips that also contain other unnecessary wood parts, such as sawdust. To sort the wood chips, you will need to purchase a screening system that will separate the wood chips from sawdust and excess pieces.
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