Dual feed wood chip destructuring device

摘要

A chip destructuring system combines two chip destructuring devices which are positioned back to back and fed from a single flow of chips. The chips flow into a splitter which directs the chips into a right handed and left handed auger mounted on a common shaft. The right handed auger meters wood chips into the nip of a first destructuring device, while the left handed auger meters chips into the nip of a second destructuring device. A pair of baffles hinged at an apex form the splitter. Each baffle makes up one side of the splitter and controls the flow of chips to either the right or the left augers. The baffles may also be adjusted to hang vertically and allow the flow of chips to bypass the augers and the chip destructuring devices.