Hippo hammer mills rapidly grind a wide variety of materials from grain, beans, herbs and fibrous roots to minerals, plastics, glass, bone and recyclables. Materials enter the milling chamber and are impacted by hammers rotating at high speed. Size reduction occurs until particles can exit through the holes of a perforated screen covering the discharge. Interchangeable screens offer hole sizes ranging from 0.6mm to 25mm.
As a result of hammer milling, in addition to particle size reduction some materials (glass bottles and lobster shells, for example) experience a high degree of bulk reduction, creating storage and transport efficiencies.
Milling chambers are constructed of high strength cast iron plates with bolted construction that eliminates common stress points to prevent cracking. After extended use, this method of construction allows fast, easy, on-site replacement of worn parts. Built for the demands of commercial and industrial grinding, Hippo hammer mills are fast, efficient and durable, and their low cost won't break your material processing budget.
In use across the U.S. and around the world, South-African made Hippo mills are available with horsepower ratings of 5 to 150 hp. The Hippo Mammoth hammer mill can be purchased with a 3-phase electric motor of 100, 125 or 150 horsepower. Some of the most common uses of the Hippo Mammoth hammer mill include grinding grains such as wheat and corn, grinding industrial hemp, and hemp waste disposal by grinding hemp to smaller size particles and blending with other non-hemp materials for mulch.
Hippo hammer mills feature rigid hammers with reversible, replaceable tips of long wearing, impact and abrasion-resistant Bennox steel. The screen is located in the bottom half of the hammer mill chamber, covering an arc of about 180°. Milled material exits the mill below the screen. For finer particle grinding and to aid the movement of finer particles thru the mill screen and away from the mill, a separate air transport system can be configured from the discharge of the mill. This air transport system is available as a separate purchase option and consists of enclosed duct work, a material handling blower fan driven by a separate electric motor, a material collecting cyclone, a rotary valve driven by an electric motor on the collecting cyclone, and a dust bag separator.
Stock interchangeable screens for the Hippo Mammoth hammer mill are available with hole sizes of 0.6, 0.8, 1.0, 1.2, 1.6, 2, 3, 5, 6, 10, 15, 20 and 25mm. The top half of the milling chamber swings open for full access to the hammers and screen, and screens can be changed out in just 30 seconds without tools.
Hippo mills are manufactured to high precision standards, with non-cast components cut by laser or plasma for excellent fit. High quality bearings are used, and lubricated with quality synthetic lubricant.
All Hippo mills are tested before shipping and are covered by a 1 year warranty against defects in materials and workmanship.
Free test grinding: Pleasant Hill Grain has extensive milling experience and can make recommendations for a wide range of grinding needs. We can also test mill samples of your materials; please call 866-467-6123 or email to make arrangements.
The price above is for the Hippo Mammoth hammer mill, 460V/3PH/100HP motor and motor starter.
Because of the range of setup options available, orders for Hippo hammer mills are taken by phone. Please call for a crating and shipping quote.
Hippo hammer mills grind herbs, spices, tubers and roots including allspice, angelica, anise, aniseed myrtle, annatto, artemisia, barberry, basil, bay leaf, fenugreek, caper, caraway, cardamom, carom seeds, cassia, catnip, cattail root, cayenne pepper, celery leaf, celery seed, chervil, chicory, chili pepper, chives, cicely, cilantro, cinnamon, clove, coriander seed, cudweed, culantro, cumin, curry leaf, curry plant, dill, elderflower, epazote, fennel, fenugreek, fingerroot, industrial hemp waste disposal, horseradish, hyssop, juniper berry, lime leaves, lavender, lemon balm, lemongrass, licorice, mace, marjoram, mint, mustard, nutmeg, oregano, paprika, parsley, pepper, peppermint, rosemary, safflower, saffron, sage, sassafras, savory, sorrel, spearmint, spikenard, star anise, sumac, szechuan pepper, tarragon, thyme, turmeric, vanilla, watercress, wintergreen, woodruff, wormwood, absinthe, yerba buena, yarrow, and more.
Additional millable materials include dry forms of: psyllium seed, riboflavin, rice, rice crinkles, safflower seed meal, sal ammoniac, salt, shellac, shives, shrimp, soap chips, flakes and powder, sodium carbonate, activated carbon and charcoal, almond hulls/shells, aluminum chloride, foil, ammonium nitrate and sulfate, asphalt, barium nitrate, barley malt and sprouts, beet pulp, borax, bran flakes, bread crumbs, brewer’s grain, grits and yeast, buttermilk, calcined diaspore, carbonate, calcium chloride and stearate, candy, caraway seed, carbon bricks, cardboard, casein, caustic soda, cellulose acetate, cellulose sponge, chalk, cheese, cheese whey, chicken litter, chicle, cholene chloride, cigarette filters, clay, coal, rubber, coca cake, coffee bean hulls, cork, cottonseed meal, cracker meal, diammonium phosphate, di-calcium phosphate, diatomaceous earth, dog food, flax seed, floor tile, gelatin capsules, glue, milk, graphite, grass, mulch, biomass feedstock, straw, stover, potting soil, gum arabic, hominy, horseradish, kalsomine, macaroni pasta noodles, malted milk balls, metamucil, milo, molding powder, mushrooms, navy beans, oat groats and hulls, sulphite, peanut shells and skins, peat moss, pecan shells, miscellaneous pellets, phonograph records, pills, pineapple pulp, plaster molds, plaster of paris, plastic foam, popcorn, potassium chloride, potassium sulfate, potatoes, sodium nitrate prills, sodium phosphate and sulfate, sorghum, spaghetti, starch, tablets, tankage, tapioca, antler, horn, urethane, terra cotta, tobacco stems, tomato pomace and flakes, tripoly phosphate, vermiculite, wheat, wheat germ, wheat gluten, wood flour, yeast, and more.
Free test grinding: Pleasant Hill Grain has extensive milling experience and can make recommendations for a wide range of grinding needs. We can also test mill samples of your materials; please call 866-467-6123 or email to make arrangements.
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