Improvement of the Design of the Mill for Production of Wood Flour from Harvest Residues in Logging Conditions
The article considers the prospects for the development of the forestry complex, associated with the rational use of wood resources. The production of wood flour is considered as a way to solve the problem of the complex use of wood waste from the logging industry. As a result, the aim of the research is to improve the design of the cross mill for obtaining wood meal from felling residues in the conditions of logging operations. To achieve this goal, a number of problems were solved: using the experimental method, the influence of the design and technological parameters of the knife equipment on the quality indicators of the obtained wood semi-finished product was determined; using the analytical method, the main design parameters of the working bodies were determined. As a result of the research, the design of the working bodies of the cross mill was proposed, which allows obtaining wood flour from felling residues with the required granulometric characteristics.