What is a Disc Chipper?

Disc chipper, also called disc wood chipper, it’s one kind of wood chipper designed to process wood into wood chips. Suitable for chipping logs(after peeling), small-diameter logs and branches(diameter less than 200mm) etc into high quality industrial wood chips with uniform length, flat incision and uniform thickness. It’s named disc chipper because its cutting knives mounted on discs.
It is a special equipment for preparing high-quality wood chips, widely used by paper making plant, particleboard factories, fiberboard factories and wood chip production bases.

Wood chippers can be divided into two categories according to their mechanical structure: disc chippers with cutting knives mounted on discs and drum chippers with cutting knives mounted on cylindrical drums.

What Does a Disc Chipper Do?

A disc chipper cuts and chops large blocks of wood into smaller wood chips and pellets. Plenty of items can be churned through the disc chipper.

The list of items is extensive but can include branches, twigs, leaves, organic debris, and cardboard and paper. A large industrial-grade disc chipper is also capable of churning large tires into debris.

How Much Does a Disc Chipper Cost?

The ultimate cost of the disc chipper is entirely dependent on the type of disc chipper. The other determining factors include the volume and the function based on your requirements.

The complete assembly of a disc chipper is priced between US $300 to $400000. The price tag is naturally higher for a disc wood chipper with better specifications and dealing with a large volume of raw material.

Since even the simplest of disc chipper comes with a hefty price tag, it is wise to go for a rental disc wood chipper initially. This will give you a fair idea of the utility of the machine. Eventually, it will help you reach a decisive conclusion.

How Does a Disc Chipper Work?

All the different types of wood chippers have varying work principles.

Components in a Wood Chipper

1. The disc wood chipper comprises a flywheel with mounted blades in slots.
2. The anvil is present right below the disc, and the upper and lower casings encapsulate the disc.
3. The wood chipper cutting disc serves as a hub for the cutting knives.
4. The wooden chipper disc resembles a flywheel.
5. The hydraulic-powered wheels serve to draw the raw material closer to the disk.

Raw Material in a Disc Chipper

The raw material is inserted in the disc chipper through the feeding port. The motor-powered disk contacts the wood raw material at a perpendicular angle and turns it into wooden chips.

Usually, a chute is present which serves as an outlet for the wooden chips. The outlet port or the discharge port works on the principle of airflow for the chips’ withdrawal from the disc chipper.

The perpendicular positioning of the rotating disk is attributed as the cause of cutting the precision of blades. The feedstock is not directly processed into wooden chips. Instead, the large feedstock or raw material is first processed to large form and then broken down into wood chips.

Working Capacity of a Disc Chipper

The working capacity of a disc chipper is highly dependent on the type and size of the disc chipper.