Industrial Case Studies

The Powerful XL Shreds Bulky Pallets
Franklin Miller introduces the powerful TASKMASTER XL pallet shredder. The XL effectively shreds entire pallets and nails to reduce bulk volume. As a result, it can help in maintaining a healthy workplace as well as reduce the expense of disposing of pallets. The TASKMASTER XL is supplied complete with stand, ...

Taskmaster® Shredder Featured on Latest Episode of Canna Cribs
Franklin Miller Inc.’s TASKMASTER® TM8500 industrial shredder was recently featured on the latest episode of Cannacribs, a series dedicated to showcasing success stories in the cannabis industry ...

Taskmaster Aids in Biomass Research
At CRBM Marine Biology Research Center in Quebec, Canada, researchers were in search of a grinder for a project involving marine biomass. A big part of this research project was focused on finding and extracting marine molecules that could fight against major diseases such as cancer (breast, lung, prostatic and ...

Crusher Provides Cool Solution for Freeze-Dried Mushrooms
When establishing a processing and freeze-drying system for an exotic mushroom customer, Van Drunen Farms in Momence, Illinois found themselves in search of a solution for a unique set of challenges.Van Drunen Farms specializes in processing high-quality ingredients through a multitude of processing methods and services, including freeze-dried, drum-dried, frozen ...

VULCANATOR® Reduces Full Rubber Bales to Granules; Minimizes Heat Rise
Size-reduction machinery manufacturer Franklin Miller Inc. has filled a necessary niche with its equipment designed for the rubber industry, most notably the VULCANATOR® brand granulator, which can reduce rubber without typical heat build up. “The machine employs a unique low friction, low-heat-rise design, eliminating the need of many granulators for ...

SCREENMASTER® CS Bar Screen to the Rescue at a Commercial Composting Plant
A commercial mushroom composting company in Pennsylvania needed help with a problem in their compost production process. The compost, made from hay, straw, horse manure, chicken litter, corn cobs and more, is processed on an eight-acre concrete slab, also called a wharf. The runoff from the rain and water used ...

Custom DELUMPER® LP 5-Shaft Crusher Fits in Tight Location
When a major global leader in agricultural products needed help reducing wet and sticky agglomerates in a very tight plant location, Franklin Miller was ready with a custom solution. The customer produces phosphate, nitrogen and potash, three critical crop nutrients and provides fertilizer to growers worldwide to make their crops ...

DELUMPER® Aids in Polymer Production
Steel Fire Equipment in Ontario, Canada needed help with their polymer production. The plant produces polymer for fire extinguishers. The pneumatic production system processes chemicals that often clump and sometimes even form into stone. They needed a crusher that could break up these chunks or the material would not flow ...

DELUMPER® Crusher Plays Important Role in Float Glass Production
Guardian Industries Corp.’s float glass plant in South Carolina was in search of a crusher to aid in their glass production process. They needed a unit that could break up the electrostatic precipitator material and prevent pneumatic transport plugs. Without the efficient breaking of these lumps, the process was interrupted, ...

The DELUMPER®: A Sweet Success at ADM
ADM Cocoa Plant in Hazle Township, Pennsylvania needed help with their cocoa bean production. The plant processes two and a half million pounds of cocoa beans each day, turning them into cocoa powder, cocoa butter, and chocolate liquor. The company needed a machine to process sugar with over-sized lumps that ...