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What benefits does a wood chipper bring in optimizing production costs?
In the production process, how to save costs while still ensuring efficiency is always a question that makes many factory owners have a headache. Especially in the wood processing industry, taking advantage of raw materials and optimizing operations is the key factor to reduce costs.
At this time, the wood chipper is not only a supporting device but also a solution to help businesses optimize production costs clearly. So specifically, what benefits does a wood chipper bring , and why are more and more establishments investing in this equipment? Let’s find out in the following article.
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What is a wood chipper? Applications in industrial production
What is a wood chipper?
Wood chipper machine is an industrial equipment specialized in cutting and chopping all kinds of wood, branches, wood chips, small tree trunks, etc. into wood chips or sawdust of uniform size. This type of machine uses a sturdy chipping blade system, combined with an automatic or semi-automatic feeding mechanism, helping to process input materials quickly and effectively.
Wood chipper machines today have many capacity lines from small to large, from finished wood chipper lines serving households, handicraft workshops, to industrial chipper lines specialized for pellet mills, paper production, MDF or biomass burning systems.
Application of wood chipper in industrial production
- In the biomass pellet industry: Wood chipper plays a pre-processing role to create fine chips with suitable length and moisture, serving the grinding and pelletizing process. Thanks to the chipper, businesses can proactively source raw materials, reducing dependence on purchased wood chips.
- In paper and pulp processing: Paper mills need clean, uniform, and standard-sized wood chips. High-quality wood chipper machines help ensure the quality of input materials, thereby improving pulp cooking efficiency and reducing loss.
- In the production of MDF, HDF, OSB boards: Wood chips are used to create the core layer of the board. The use of industrial chipper helps to adjust the exact size, meeting the strict standards of the board pressing line.
- In the production of organic fertilizers – biochar – biochar: Wood chipper processes raw materials such as tree branches, cashew shells, rubber shells, etc. before putting them into the drying – carbonization furnace. This helps increase thermal efficiency and reduce energy consumption in the following stages.
- In industrial boiler combustion (biomass fuel): Factories using biomass boilers need a source of clean, dry, uniformly sized wood chips. Wood chipper helps to proactively provide a stable and economical fuel source.
What benefits does a wood chipper bring in optimizing production costs?
Reduce labor costs, increase labor efficiency
Instead of having to hire a lot of workers to chop, cut and process raw materials by hand, the wood chipper helps to completely automate this process. Only 1-2 operators are enough to keep the machine running continuously, with productivity many times higher than manual operations. This helps to significantly reduce monthly fixed labor costs, while limiting the risk of work accidents.
Take advantage of cheap, easy-to-find materials
Wood chipper can process a variety of raw materials: from tree branches, acacia tops, miscellaneous wood to bark, scrap wood from carpentry workshops. Thanks to that, businesses can make the most of local wood resources or purchase them at a cheaper price than buying commercial wood chips on the market. This helps to save input costs significantly.
Reduce loss during processing
Sharp chipping blades and optimized machine structure help to create wood chips of uniform size, reducing the amount of unusable wood chips and dust. As a result, the raw material recovery rate increases, reducing losses during the production process and helping to fully utilize the input wood source.
Save electricity and machine maintenance costs
Modern wood chipper machines are designed with energy-saving motors, durable blade systems and intelligent automatic mechanisms. Thanks to that, the machine operates stably, rarely breaks down and does not require regular maintenance. This not only reduces electricity costs but also significantly saves on repair and replacement costs.
Improve output product quality
Wood chips after being chopped by machine have uniform size, clean and less impurities, very suitable for use in producing pellets, paper, or for export. Thanks to stable output quality, businesses can easily sell products at better prices, increasing competitiveness and profits.
Analysis of investment efficiency of wood chipper through financial index
Investing in a wood chipper brings clear financial efficiency, especially in wood, pellet or biomass processing factories. Thanks to the ability to process mixed wood, tree branches, cheap scrap wood, businesses can reduce input material costs by 20-35% compared to buying commercial wood chips.
In addition, the machine operates stably, with high productivity, requiring only 1-2 people to operate instead of 4-6 people like the manual method, helping to reduce labor costs by tens of millions of VND per month. In terms of investment efficiency, with a cost of 300-900 million VND depending on capacity, the wood chipper usually has a payback period of 10-15 months.
After this stage, the savings in raw materials, personnel, electricity and maintenance will directly translate into profits. This is a valuable investment option for businesses that want to optimize costs, improve production capacity and achieve sustainable growth.
Factors affecting the cost-effectiveness of choosing a wood chipper
When investing in a wood chipper, to optimize production costs, businesses need to consider many factors, not just the initial purchase price. Below are important points that directly affect efficiency and operating costs:
- Suitable capacity: The machine needs to meet the correct daily raw material output. Choosing the wrong capacity can easily cause overload or waste electricity.
- Input material type: Mixed wood, branches or scrap will require different blade and chipping chamber structures. The more suitable, the higher efficiency and less wear.
- Output chip size: Each industry has its own standards for wood chips. Failure to meet the required size can affect the quality of the finished product and the selling price.
- Equipment durability: Machines with sturdy structures and durable blades will have less damage, reduce maintenance costs and prolong service life.
- Energy consumption: Energy-saving machines will significantly reduce long-term operating costs, especially for factories that operate continuously.
- Automatic and safe features: The machine has an automatic shut-off system, overload protection, and automatic feeding, which will operate more stably and reduce the risk of accidents.
- After-sales service: Choose a unit with quick technical support and available spare parts to ensure uninterrupted production.
Carefully evaluating these factors helps businesses invest effectively and save costs in the long term.
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