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Pulpwood Drop Feed Disc ChipperPulpwood Drop Feed Disc Chipper

High quality pulp chips from short log pulpwood.

Spout design provides very stable single / multiple log feeding.

The Nicholson Drop Feed Disc Chipper produces excellent pulp chips from short pulpwood logs.  This chipper will handle single and multiple logs from approx. 4 to 15 feet in length, with most material being in the 8 to 10 foot range.  Both hardwoods and softwoods are easily processed.  This chipper also provides a superb way to chip short useable segments cut from very crooked or damaged logs.

Nicholson Pulpwood Drop Feed Disc Chipper infeed configurations are belt, chain and live rolls.  Outfeed configurations are bottom discharge and top discharge.

Nicholson chippers are designed for decades of reliable multishift productivity and provide a wide range of important service and maintenance features:

  • Frontface / one-man knife change
  • Door provides easy access to knives
  • Fixed bottom anvil with two carbide edges
  • Easy change between knife types
  • Replaceable spout & disc wear plates
  • Optional knife babbitting fixture
  • Optional powered disc turner
  • Optional disc brake
     

Pulpwood Drop Feed Disc Chipper Specifications

Chipper Size
Disc Diameter
in. (mm)
Disc Thickness
in. (mm)
Max. Round In Spout in. (mm) No. of Knives Nominal r.p.m. Max. motor hp (kw) @ 300% pullout torque min. [1] Weight lb (kg) Chipper Only Wk2 in lb-ft2
T=Top Disch.
Belt Drive Direct Drive
75 * 74.7
(1897)
4.75
(121)
18.5
(470)
4,6,8,10 514 650 850 21300
(9700)
30800
37000T
85 * 85.3
(2167)
5.63
(143)
21.5
(546)
4,6,8,10,12 450 1000 1400 29000
(13200)
62000
74400T
96 * 96.0
(2438)
6.25
(159)
24.0
(609)
4,6,8,10,12 400 1400 1800 39470
(17903)
111000
133000T
117 ** 117.0
(2972)
8.5
(216)
29.3
(744)
4,5,6,8,10,12,15 330 1100 3000 65000
(29500)
332000
398000T

*  Cantilever bearing configuration
** Straddle bearing configuration
[1] Actual horsepower needed depends on type & quantity of material fed.

 

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