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A machine whose purpose is to shred or crush aggregate material into smaller pieces.

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Usage examples (8)
  • Motor-driven hammermill shredders will make short work of dry paper.
  • Soft, dry, brittle materials like leaves will be broken up but aren't processed as rapidly as in a hammermill.
  • Unsuccessful attempts to improve this condition included operating at an elevated furnace temperature, and reducing the particle size of the groundnut shell by passing it...
  • One is the hammermill -- a grinding chamber containing a rotating spindle with steel tines or hammers attached that repeatedly beats and tears materials into smaller and...
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