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...Decreasing the energy consumption of grinding
Thursday, 24 May 2012 10:13
The energy efficiency of grinding can be increased by a novel grinding stone design. The new design comprises two zones: a pre-fatiguing zone and a shearing zone. Pre-fatiguing of wood was found to be a mean to reduce the energy consumption of grinding. Energy saving potential is up to 30%. Ari Salmi from VTT studied this in his doctoral thesis work.

