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Fig. 10 Schematic of breakage tester
Fig. 11 Photo of breakage tester in laboratory
The breakage tester enables to adjust various parameters such as roller speed,
product mass flow, distance of the particles falling on the rolls, the gap sizes between
the rolls, and the feed particle size. The effect of the gap size on the applied breakage
force and resulting breakage function was investigated systematically in order to
guarantee the breakage of each particle within the feed particle fraction but excluding
multiple particle breakage. The aim is the identification of an optimal gap size to
G. Fragnière et al.
Fig. 10 Schematic of breakage tester
Fig. 11 Photo of breakage tester in laboratory
The breakage tester enables to adjust various parameters such as roller speed,
product mass flow, distance of the particles falling on the rolls, the gap sizes between
the rolls, and the feed particle size. The effect of the gap size on the applied breakage
force and resulting breakage function was investigated systematically in order to
guarantee the breakage of each particle within the feed particle fraction but excluding
multiple particle breakage. The aim is the identification of an optimal gap size to