Thyssen Industrie Ag

Franz Engelmohr

Josef Weber

A sorting apparatus for the material outlet of a machine for breaking-up scrap. The machine has a horizontally disposed hammer breaker rotor that is disposed in a housing, the bottom of which is trough-shaped. A material inlet that extends to the rotor and includes an anvil is produced at the downwardly rotating side of the rotor. An impact or deflection chamber having an outlet opening is disposed above the rotor. The housing has a curved inner surface portion in the bottom trough, and a further inner surface that adjoins the curved inner surface portion and is on the upwardly rotating side of the rotor. The further inner surface is provided with ribs that are disposed parallel to the direction of movement of broken-up scrap. The open distance between adjacent ribs is approximately equal to the greatest desired diameter of broken-up and compressed scrap pieces. Channels are formed between adjacent ribs for respective streams of broken-up scrap. A deflector rim is disposed above the ribs and extends parallel to the axis of rotation of the rotor. The deflector rim, in conjunction with the further inner surface of the housing, defines unobstructed openings for the upper ends of the channels, with these unobstructed openings being adjustable during operation of the machine.

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Franz Engelmohr