Industry Blog 2025-08-27

What Is A Drum Wood Chipper?

2025-08-27

In the wood processing industry, drum wood chipper is a common and important equipment. It mainly processes logs, branches, stumps, wood trimmings, etc. into uniform wood chips. The processed wood chips can be used for paper making, artificial board, biomass pellets, biomass fuel and other processing. Today I have not seen a detailed analysis of the structure of the drum wood chipper composition, working principle, advantages and features.

 

Drum Wood Chipper Structure Composition

The core components of drum wood chipper include feeding port, cutting drum, blade, screen, discharge port, control system and so on.

  1. Inlet: The wood raw material is sent to the inlet through the conveyor belt. Usually it is inclined design or horizontal structure. Ensure that the raw materials enter the cutting and crushing area smoothly and evenly.
  2. Cutting drum: the core part of the whole equipment. It is made of a large cylindrical drum. A variety of blades are attached to the surface. When the drum rotates at high speed, the blades cut and crush the wood.
  3. Blades: usually made of high strength alloy steel, with high strength, wear-resistant and sharp. The blades are mainly responsible for cutting the wood into pieces.
  4. Screen: At the bottom of the crushing area, there is a screen with corresponding aperture. It is used to control the size of wood chips. If the size is not up to the standard, the wood pieces will be cut again for the second time.
  5. Outlet: The processed wood chips will be sent out through the conveyor. Finished wood chips are sent to the finished product area.

 

Working Principle Of Drum Wood Chipper

Drum wood chipper is to feed the wood to the drum inside the machine, which is driven by the electric motor to rotate at high speed. The raw wood material is cut into uniform wood chips under the continuous friction between the drum and the customised props. The cut wood chips can be used to make biomass pellets, biomass feedstock, wood processing plants, paper, boards and other industry sectors. The whole cutting process does not require human intervention and has a high degree of automation. Cutting efficiency and raw material hardness are closely related.

 

Structural Features Of Drum Wood Chipper

The main machine structure is made of high strength alloy steel, and the impact resistance can reach industrial grade standard. The machine body is sturdy and durable, not easy to be damaged.

The interior of the wood chipper is made of customised knives, which are made of advanced grinding technology, with good cutting effect and long service life.

The cutting module is equipped with multiple sets of tungsten steel knives arranged in diamond shape, and the contact pressure of the cutting edge is adjusted by hydraulic system.

The whole equipment integrates a variety of safety protection devices such as rotational speed monitoring, emergency stop, protective net, safety door, power failure protection and so on. Ensure the personal safety of the operation process.


What Is A Drum Wood Chipper?

 

Drum Wood Chipper Application Areas

  • Biomass pellet fuel: using flake wood as raw material can improve pellet calorific density and combustion stability.
  • Forestry operation: it can process the collected branches, trunks, stumps and other irregular wood into flakes. Convenient for subsequent sales and transport.
  • Paper industry: the wood chipper processes raw materials such as bark and wood into pulp raw materials. The flake material output from the equipment can directly enter the fibre separation process.
  • Panel processing: The chipped wood unit optimises the uniformity of the plywood laminate structure. It can be used to make furniture, doors, windows and other interior materials.

 

Wood Chipper Common Problems And Maintenance

Blade Wear: Regularly check and overhaul the sharpness of the blades, if there is a dull blade it will lead to uneven wood chips or overloading of the machine.

Material clogging: If the feed is too fast, the raw material is high humidity. It will lead to clogging screen, need to stop the machine to clean up.

Bearing lubrication: the cutting drum bearings need to be regularly filled with the right amount of lubricant to avoid damage from overheating over a long period of time.
 

Precautions For Use Of Drum Wood Chipper

During the operation of the equipment, the operator must wear protective devices. Such as goggles, protective gloves, etc.

During the feeding process, it is forbidden to put hands and tools into the feeding mouth. Avoid accidental injury.

After stopping the machine, it is necessary to wait for the cutting drum to stop completely before carrying out inspection and regular cleaning.


Drum Wood Chipper For Sales
 

In short, the story drum wood chipper is to cut the wood into slices through the high-speed rotating blade. It has the advantageous features of simple structure and high productivity. If you want to buy wood chipper or charcoal making machine. Welcome to contact us. Looking forward to your enquiry.

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