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Bioenergy Products
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A family business that cares
Long traditions, superior expertise
Everyone at Saalasti crushes, mills, presses,
dries, grinds and screens biomass. Making
boiler fuel is in our blood. Saalasti has over 70
years’ experience in heavy machinery and over
30 years in converting forest-based biomass into
power plant fuel. We supply both individual machines and
entire processing stations, with our after-sales services
ranging from equipment inspections to contractual main-
tenance.
Playing fair and square
Saalasti is a family business,
now in its third generation. This
means that serving customers is
warm instead of cold business
for us. Our customers appreciate
our laid-back way of dealing with
them. We are easy to reach and
understand – we do not use “law-
yer language”. And you can even
contact our managing director.
There has been a lot of positive
feedback from customers for a job
well done. But maybe even more
valuable for us is the feedback we
have received when things have
not gone as originally planned.
We always fix things and never
leave a job unfinished.
Creating something new
We believe in hard work. We have
focused our resources on our ar-
eas of expertise and trained highly
skilled engineers and mechanics
to work in our company. This is
why many of our staff are eager to
create new technologies and steer
the world towards sustainable
development. Jointly, we enabled
the development, design and
manufacture of completely new
products for the customer’s ben-
efit. The hard work has paid off,
as many of our primary products
have become long time market
leaders in their applications.
Long-term customer
relationships
When the service life of our ma-
chines are commonly measured
in decades rather than years, it
is a proof that choices we have
made have passed the test of time.
When customers return to buy
Saalasti products and services
it is the appreciated sign of their
satisfaction of which we are
grateful for.
All our products are designed, tested,
manufactured and finally given test runs
at our home base in Finland before
they are released to the world markets.
Every successful delivery
demands a co-ordinated effort
by many people. We invest in
meaningful work and the well-
being of our clients and staff.
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Serving the customer
Rebuilding wear parts by welding is a cost
effective way to compensate for wear.
Saalasti has extensive experience about
hard facing metallurgy.
Even though Saalasti has a very good
track record in in predicting the service
life of the main components and avoiding
unexpected breakdowns by combining
the data recorded during an In-Service
Inspection and Saalasti’s ample databank
info, it is reassuring to know that Saalasti
has all parts – and including the main
components – in stock at all times.
Contact
sales@saalasti.fi Tel. +358 9 2511 5555
service@saalasti.fi Tel. +358 406 795 795
Our aim is a satisfied customer for the service main warehouse in Espoo, Finland. periodic calls from inspections pers and crushers, we rebuild the
A variety of wear and spare parts and operating life analysis to con- rotors, crusher bars and grates
life of our products. That time is measured in packages are also available for dif- tractual full maintenance. and replace wear parts. Saalasti
decades. We start serving the customer already ferent operation circumstances. also has part-swapping programs
Parts and rebuilding that ensure very short delivery
before a sale. Afterwards, we continue by In-Service Inspection Saalasti servicemen are the most times. And if rebuilding is no more
cooperating in operation and maintenance. An in-Service Inspection involves experienced in rebuilding wear possible Saalasti has all wear and
taking measurements, check- parts. We offer rebuilding of all spare parts ready for dispatch
ing the condition and thereafter wear parts for our products, either from its home base in Finland and
Sales lay-out planning services to op- adjusting of the equipment to opti- on site or at our own workshop, its consignees’ storages abroad.
Our salesmen are engineers with timize feeding, logistics and raw mize performance. The In-Service where parts are always rebuilt to To contact us, send an email
a business touch. When they material storage to ensure that the Inspection for example of a bark the original dimensions and toler- to our team sales@saalasti.fi or
agree about a contract with a future plant will be an economic press is recorded in a written in- ances of a new part. For example, service@saalasti.fi. We serve
customer, we start a long rela- success. spection report that includes over the rebuilding of a dewatering you in Finnish, Swedish, English,
tionship. Our sales work focuses 100 items to give detailed infor- press typically includes resurfac- Spanish, French or Russian. Or
on making Saalasti the most Maintenance mation on where maintenance ing the press rolls, re-welding visit our multi-lingual web pages
economic choice by minimizing Preventive maintenance based and adjustments is required. the feed chutes and screws, and at www.saalasti.fi to find our local
lifecycle costs. Actually, that proc- on measurements taken during replacing wear parts. For chip- agent in your country.
ess has started already on the an In-Service Inspection makes it Contractual maintenance
drawing boards of our designers possible for us to be almost 100% To complement In-Service Inspec-
who have dimensioned the main successful in predicting incipient tions, we offer contractual mainte-
components for 250 000 hours of faults and avoiding unexpected nance with different levels of con-
use and chosen wear parts that down time. Should any equipment tent. We are well prepared to offer
combine fast changing times and failure nevertheless occur, we co-operative maintenance service
robustness with reasonable costs. are usually able to immediately that best meets each client’s
Even more importantly, every- dispatch help with the necessary needs and is customized to meet
thing is designed to work with our spare parts. local conditions. For bark presses,
In-Service Inspection – a service Our skilled service personnel for example, we offer semi-annual
of Saalasti that keeps the opera- will quickly and cost-efficiently put and/or annual in-service inspec-
tors up to date about the wear the equipment back into operat- tions at fixed or quoted rates. The
and conditions of the inspected ing condition. The most wear and scope of service can range from
machine. During the sales proc- spare parts for our equipment are
ess we also offer free of charge always held in stock at Saalasti’s
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Saalasti Chipper
Product models Capacity Raw materials Other information
Rotor
diameter width (09, 12, 18) 150–600 I-m3/h (P63) Stemwood, baled or loose A high-capacity chipper.

Saalasti Feeder
forest residues, sliced
SC 12 18 H stumps, waste wood,
Loading of material straight into
processing.
woody construction waste.
Infeed direction Different chipper blades and
Horizontal feed chipper-crusher H Horizontal cutter bars for different materials.

In 2001, Saalasti delivered its first horizontal- Naturally, we are also happy Construction components are made to process
to help with overall and logistic The feeding unit of the crusher industry standards, which ensure
feed chipper-crusher to process baled residues planning, using our solid experi- compresses the biomass and then great availability in demanding
at the Alholmens Kraft power plant in Pietarsaari, ence. We design reliable biomass forwards it, in a controlled man- conditions.
Finland. This Saalasti Chipper H was the world’s processing systems with safe and ner, to be processed by the rotor. Many of the standard com-
smooth truck traffic and loading The rotor is equipped with cutter ponents, as well as all wear and
first ever high-capacity stationary chipper. Because with minimum waiting times. bars that are suitable for the par- spare parts, are available straight
of the high capacity, the equipment was powered by the ticular raw material and capable from our own stock. As a safety
Scope of delivery of processing it to the required feature, the crusher is equipped
power plant itself, instead of diesel fuel. And containing just The chipper usually comes with particle size. with shear pins that break and
a few easily replaceable wear parts, the machine produced a robust biomass belt conveyor Both the length of the biomass release the anvil and the grate if
the most affordable hog fuel on the market. This was a feeder, equipped with a metal de- feeder and the wall height in the large pieces of metal or rock enter
The rotor is of solid steel construction with
tector and capable of withstanding loading area are adjustable. In ad- the machine, overloading it.
good starting point for us to expand our range of plant site the load of big logs being dropped dition, the feeder can be tunnelled
easily replaceable chipper blades for the
Deliveries cost-efficient, high-capacity chipping of
located fixed horizontal-feed chippers. onto it. On request, we can sup- in different ways according to the
roundwood or with robust cutter bars to
ply an entire biomass processing noise and dust control require- We have delivered horizontal- process even material like stumps.
system including also the outfeed ments. feed chipper-crushers to Finland,
conveyors, shelter and overhead Maintenance is easy and Sweden, Poland, France, Spain,
crane, lubricating equipment, mo- easily predictable, with access to Scotland, Chile and Brazil.
A versatile crusher their operating life. Typical raw tors, power and automation, and the most important maintenance
for different needs materials are logs, wood from thin- dust control system. The entire items available at the press of a
The Saalasti Chipper H is suitable ning, loose or bundled slash, tree crusher system is installed above button. All crusher components The Multitool rotor makes it possible without
for power plants, biomass termi- tops and stumps, and wood waste. ground, with no water or sewage are designed by Saalasti and the rotor change to use different blades or
nals and other high-volume appli- Moreover, the particle size can be issues to think about, which helps manufactured by experienced cutter bars. This ensures the correct particle
cations where correct particle size changed at any time from P100 to keep the facility clean. Finnish subcontractors. Standard size and capacity regardless of the material.
and reliable operation are a neces- down to P32, to meet the custom-
sity. To match its name -chipper- er’s changing needs. More capac-
crusher- the machine is equipped ity can be provided by increasing
with a Multitool™ rotor with differ- the motor power.
ent chipper blades or cutter bars
for different types of biomass. This Working together
is an important asset in the long We work together with the cus-
run, as plants do not usually proc- tomer, starting with a needs
ess the same materials throughout assessment and layout planning.

The Saalasti horizontal-feed chipper comes

ready assembled, with the service platforms
included. This ensures short installation
times at customers’ premises.
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Saalasti Crush
Saalasti PreCrush
Stump processing and Saalasti PreCrush
In the 2000s, stumps started to gain more and
more ground in the production of bioenergy.
Embracing the challenges of processing piles
of stump-derived material and unsliced stumps,
Saalasti was the first in the world to introduce a
stump crusher equipped with a pre-crusher. The separate
pre-crushing and sand control unit that followed was also
the first of its kind in the world.
Stump crusher
Stumps and loose forest residues
are irregular in shape and form
high piles on the feeder, with a lot
of empty space inside and cannot
be effectively fed into a regular
crusher. The Saalasti horizontal-
feed crusher is available with an
optional pre-crusher.
The entire piece of equipment
can be made up to 2.4 m wide to
allow two trucks to feed in large
quantities of stump material and
loose forest residues simultane-
ously. The Saalasti Crush is truly a
high-capacity crusher for process-
ing stumps, while being versatile
to be used to process any other
tree-derived raw material.
A separate pre-crusher
Fine sand stuck to stumps ends
up in the flue gases and starts to
cause wear on the power plant
boiler, while coarse sand causes
similar damage to other equip-
ment in the system. Up to 15 % of
the weight of stumps can be sand
and gravel, which is why some
power plants require a sand con-
trol system in order to use stumps
as raw material. As a response to
this challenge, Saalasti delivered
the first separate pre-crusher in
2011, to a customer in France
who had acquired a Saalasti
Crush 1218 H horizontal-feed
crusher the year before. The pre-
Product models Capacity
Rotor
diameter width (18, 24)
SC 12 24 H
Infeed direction
H Horizontal
crusher was installed in front of the
existing horizontal-feed crusher to
separate sand from stumps before
they are processed, stored and
fed into the boiler. The system al-
lows pre-crushing and de-sanding
of stumps while at the same time
loading stemwood onto the con-
veyor between the two stations, to
be processed in the main crusher
together with the cleaned stumps.
Construction
A pre-crusher replacing a regu-
lar feeding unit consists of two
rotors that are capable of effec-
tively processing stumps before
final crushing. It also decreases
the amount of sand entering the
main crusher, significantly reduc-
ing crusher wear. The separate
Saalasti PreCrush consists of a
coarse crushing unit followed by
screening in multiple steps. This
ensures that soil is separated
Raw materials
200–350 I-m3/h (P63) Stumps and other wood
material.
before final crushing, minimizing
the amount of valuable biomass
ending up in the reject. Moreover,
the system is energy-efficient and
dust-free.
Deliveries
We have delivered stump crush-
ers with a pre-crusher to Finland,
Spain and Scotland. The first
separate Saalasti PreCrush was
delivered to France.
Other information
A high-capacity crusher for
processing both sliced and
unsliced stumps with sand,
with gravel removal control
as an option.
Saalasti Feeder can handle big logs. The
biggest logs processed by the pictured
feeder, in France, are 900 mm in diameter.
The system is used for simultaneous
processing of stemwood and stumps.
Pre-crushed stumps on their way to an
SC1218H feeder and a boiler. Most of the
soil has been separated, which reduces
system wear.
Split stumps ready for processing. Root tips
can be more than a meter apart.
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Saalasti Chipper
Saalasti Crush
Horizontally fed biomass processing installations

Saalasti Oy on vuonna 1945 perustettu

perheyritys, joka on maailman johtavia
biopolttoaineiden käsittelyyn tarkoitettujen
laitteiden valmistajia. Lähes 70 vuoden
kokemuksella raskaista koneista ja yli 30
vuoden kokemuksella bioenergiatuotteista
voimme taata asiakkaillemme ensiluokkaista
tekniikkaa, luotettavuutta ja helppoutta.

With Saalasti Crush 1212 H and 630 kW, it is possible to easily process some 200 000 tonnes per year. Often, the processing stations are fed from two sources at the same Samples for moisture content and particle size
time. Here, the truck has loaded sliced stumps, and the front-end loader testing can be taken with an automatic sample-
is feeding in pre-crushed biomass. Saalasti Crush 1224 H is processing taking device. Here, the sample is discharged
this all. to a plastic drum and marked with a supplier
identification tag. The compact device is also
All Saalasti Crush H
easy to install afterwards.
models are heavily
built and guaranteed
for continuous oper-
ation. Many users
process biomass
both day and night.

From the inside, the

processing stations
are clean and well
equipped for mainte-
nance. Service plat-
Thinning wood being fed directly from the forms and handrails
truck using a timber truck crane. Saalasti are built-in features.
Crush 1224 H and 30m-long Saalasti Saalasti Crush 1212 H.
Feeder in action.

An installation with a chipper and a crusher, one Saalasti Crush 1224 H predominantly for stumps and one Saalasti Chipper
1218 H for logs and other biomass. Both delivered with Saalasti Feeder, dust removing system, lubricating unit and sample-
taking device. Electrohydraulic cranes have been installed in the ends of the biomass feeders. Typical installation with storage
and truck-loading facilities.
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Saalasti Cutter
Vertical-feed, high-capacity crusher
Early in the 2000s, Saalasti started to explore
the possibilities of using vertical-feed crushers
for processing eucalyptus bark. It soon became
clear that eucalyptus requires a specifically de-
signed machine, as a regular crusher would not
deliver optimum performance. The biggest Saalasti Cut-
ter V models can process all the bark from one debarking
line without screening.
Construction
Saalasti Cutter V is the most
versatile of Saalasti’s vertical-feed
biomass processors. It combines
an extremely high capacity and a
large variety of options for config-
uring machine operation.
The machine comes with
a Multi-tool™ rotor that can be
equipped with chipper bars for
energy-efficient cutting of pure bio-
mass, reversible bars for maximum
ease of maintenance, or crusher
bars for processing biomass mixed
with large quantities of rock and
sand. Depending on the applica-
tion, the bars are arranged indi-
vidually, stepwise or in rows.
The machine includes safety
features to minimize damage in
case of large pieces of metal or
rock are fed in. As the machines
handle large tonnage each hour,
the safety features have been
designed to allow fast re-settings.
Like all Saalasti machines
also Saalasti Cutter machines are
Product models Capacity Raw materials
Rotor dia (09,12) width (06,09,12,15,18,21)
SC 12 12 V
Infeed direction
V Vertical
delivered as fully assembled units
for fast on-site installations.
Special expertise
Saalasti is paying special at-
tention to the type of processed
material to achieve results in
terms of the required particles
size and shape distribution. The
Easy Release processing technol-
ogy developed by Saalasti lets
the material out in correct particle
and avoids it becoming fuzzy or
excessively ground.
This ensures that, even with
the most demanding raw mate-
rial, the processed particles retain
their clear shape, facilitating an
easy transfer of material on the
conveyors and into the boiler.
30–300 I-m3/h (P63) Bark, wood waste,
screening reject.
Maintenance
Maintenance is even faster than
with Saalasti’s smaller all-purpose
crushers. In Saalasti Cutter V
models, the hydraulic maintenance
aid system has been expanded
to cover all main components. In
addition, the these models feature
a number of special add-on solu-
tions like a fast stop brake to keep
maintenance time at a minimum.
Deliveries
We have delivered Saalasti Cutter
V machines to Spain, Portugal,
Chile, Malaysia and China.
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Other information
Processing of demanding
materials and barks are
challenging applications,
each requiring different
cutter bars and/or knives.
A Saalasti Cutter 1212 V has in this
application replaced a drum chipper
that exploded and sent heavy metal
parts flying through walls.
When continuous 24-h operation is
necessary, a twin installation with a
flip-flop gate enables servicing while
the other machine operates.
Most often, the single Saalasti Cutter V
machines are operating alone and far
away from a control rooms. The high
reliability and limited tool change over
down time makes the need for a stand-by
unit unnecessary.
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Product models Capacity Raw materials
Rotor
dia (09,12) width (06,09,12,15)
Saalasti Crush
SC 12 12 V
Infeed direction
Vertical-feed all-purpose crusher V Vertical
At the beginning of the 1990s, Saalasti became aware of the lack of a suitable Applications
Saalasti Crush V is a real universal
crusher for processing woodroom bark flows prior to bark press dewatering. crusher, that in many countries,
The outcome was a new machine combining the simplicity of an American rotor has become an industry standard.
crusher with new features, developed by Saalasti, for effective machine opera- It is used at paper and pulp mill
woodrooms, sawmills and power
tion and maintenance. That was the first step in the development of the Saalasti’s plants. Saalasti Crush V combines
range of crushers, chippers and grinders that are available today. reliability, compact size, with all
safety features and great perform-
ance at affordable pricing, where
the particle size can be chosen
from the wide range of P100–P32,
and the smallest models can
process material flows containing
occasional large logs.
Construction
Saalasti Crush V is as strongly
built as its H- and V-series big
brothers. It is certainly the most
robust crusher of its size. It has a
simple construction with only one
moving part, a rotor machined
from solid steel. Many machine
components are identical or
similar to those used in the bigger
crushers. Components are either
specifically designed by Saalasti
or are the best prefabricated com-
ponents available in the market to
ensure superior reliability.
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Other information
60–400 I-m3/h (P63) Bark, wood waste, An all-purpose crusher for
screening reject. paper and pulp mill woodrooms,
sawmills and power plants.
All-purpose Saalasti crushers
have all the same features for
safe operation and damage con-
trol as the more expensive H- and
V-series models. All safety-related
incidents are confined inside of
the machine’s frame, with no risk
of any raw material, components
or foreign objects flying out under
any circumstances while the ma-
chine is operating.
Maintenance
The maintenance of V crush-
ers is designed to be easy and
straightforward. All every-day Operating a Saalasti Crush V means
maintenance items are easily ac- minimal operator attention. A well-designed
cessible, while the less frequent installation assists in clean housekeeping
maintenance tasks have hydrauli- and makes service work easy.
cally assisted access. There are
only two items with actual main-
tenance needs: the crusher bars
and the counter cutters. Other
components are made of wear-
resistant special steel, allowing
rebuilding through hardfacing for
long replacement intervals.
Deliveries
We have delivered more than
a hundred all-purpose crushers
around the world. Saalasti Crush V is the most popular
heavy-duty, all-purpose crusher ever. The
compact machine is easy to transport and
install as a complete unit. These 0909 size
units are ready to be delivered to Poland.
In warm climates, the crushers are often
installed outdoors. This machine processes
bark from a medium-sized debarking line
combined with wood waste originating from
external sources.
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Saalasti Grinder
Product models Capacity Raw materials Other information
Rotor diameter width (06,12,15) SGA Chipped forest residues, For primary milling in co-firing applications.

Saalasti Screen
60 m3/h (P08)
SG 0915 A
pre-crushed biomass, For the production of pellets or other bio-
screening reject. mass of very small particle size. The biggest
acceptable input size is P100 size particles.
Small particle processing Infeed direction SGV Chipped forest residues, pre-
A Axial 30–60 m3/h (P16) crushed biomass, screening Optimal for processing pre-crushed biomass
V Vertical
reject, sawmill waste, oversize down to particle sizes P16–P32.
chips, chip lumps.

Saalasti Grinder models are designed to mill Deliveries However, impurities such as sand, applications, step screens can be
We have delivered Saalasti stones, nails or barbed wire are effective in preventing long sticks
and grind preprocessed materials containing Grinder A machines to Finnish no problem for this machine. from ending up in the accepted
sand, stones or other impurities. We also supply customers. fraction. A disc screen is a smart
Performance choice when fine material needs
the necessary screens for separating sand or Saalasti Grinder V The output particle size can be to be separated as completely as
the oversize fraction. for fine crushing chosen from P32 down to P12. possible, while occasional over-
Saalasti Grinder V differs from The raw material may contain oc- size pieces in the accept are not
Saalasti Grinder A in that it can casional chips or pieces of wood a problem. Disc screens are also
Saalasti Grinder A The positive screw feeding axially only process relatively dry mate- of the size P200–P300. ideal for installation sites where
for primary milling into the rotor’s end further adds to rial. On the other hand, Saalasti heights are limited.
Saalasti Grinder is intended for reliability. Grinder V is even more energy ef- Maintenance Step screens are suitable for
applications where absolute op- As the operation of the machine ficient and as insensitive to metal Special attention has been paid processing bark with large quan-
erating reliability and a relatively is not based on sharp knives, it is Two Saalasti Grinder 0915 A machines
and other impurities, which makes to easy maintenance. All wear tities of sand, as the only parts
small particle size is needed, but not sensitive to sand. It even toler- milling biomass to be mixed with peat for
it a perfect choice for a pre-crush- parts can be replaced using small prone to wear are the screen plate
where an absolutely uniform par- ates stones of reasonable size. By co-firing in a Finnish 400 MW power plant.
er ahead of the drying drum in pneumatic or hammering tools. blocks, which are inexpensive and
ticle size distribution is not neces- adding heat to the milling process, pellet production or for processing This allows simple replacement of easy to replace. By using different
sary. Typical applications include it can also be used to aid in drying hog fuel for gasification plants. the crusher bars, counter cutters screen plate blocks, it is possible
co-firing for pulverized coal boilers of the material. The output particle As the feed material is usually and grate wear plate. to change the particle size of the
and raw materials for pellets, py- size can be controlled over the chipped in the forest by using a accepted fraction. A step screen
rolysis or gasification processes. range of P12–P16 according to the variety of equipment, it is typically Deliveries makes it possible to feed long
The reliability of Saalasti Grinder application. neither homogeneous nor clean. We have delivered Saalasti pieces of wood into a vertical-feed
A comes to the foreground espe- The input material must be Grinder V units to Spanish and crusher. Moreover, it makes the
cially in power plant applications. pre-crushed to size P100 or Finnish customers. material flow more consistent,
smaller. levelling out peak loads on the
Performance Saalasti Screens crusher.
Saalasti Grinder A can process As auxiliary equipment for
very wet materials, for example Saalasti biomass processing Deliveries
spruce bark with a lot of snow or systems, we supply disc screens We have delivered screens to
the chips at the very bottom of a for oversize screening and vibrat- France, Portugal, Belgium, South
pile, without clogging. ing screens for separating sand in Africa, Finland, Norway and
stump pre-crushing. In addition, Sweden. Saalasti Grinder 0906 V in a Spanish
step screens are available for pellet plant. Separate screens are not
separating sand and excessively used; instead, the whole material flow
fine material before crushing. is put directly through the machine and
then led to the drying drum.
Saalasti’s step screen is suit-
able for applications where the
reject may contain small quanti-
ties of fine material. In some

OTSO-robot sopii käytettäväksi myös

satamissa ja laskumäkityöskentelyssä.

Saalasti Screen 1230 S processing the biomass flow in a French

power plant. The oversize fraction is separated and the screen’s Saalasti Grinder 0906 V machine ready to
accept is conveyed to the boiler. Note the simplicity of the installation be delivered after the last checks and tests.
in comparison to a disc screen.
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Saalasti Press
The reliable bark press
The Saalasti story of biomass processing, dating
back to the late 1970s, started with dewatering
wet bark into dry fuel by mechanical pressing.
Over the years, the press has been continually
developed to make it the very good investment it is
today. As a result, we have delivered more than 160 bark
presses around the world, and Saalasti Press has become
an industry standard for bark pressing.
For all types of wet biomass
Saalasti Press machines are suitable
for dewatering practically any wet for-
est-based biomass. In North America,
for example, it is common to press
mixtures of bark and waste chips or
sometimes primary sludge instead
of just bark. We have pressed
biomass from almost every tree
species suitable for industrial use.
The right way to
press biomass
We have developed a self-adjust-
ing, multiple-press method for op-
timal pressing of heterogeneous
materials such as bark. Involving
alternate pressing and mixing
sequences, it enables even the
most demanding materials to be
dewatered as completely as pos-
sible. Similarly, bark that is partly
frozen can be energy-efficiently
pre-heated in using heating se-
quences.
Product models Capacity
Drum diameter length (15, 20)
SP 16 15 S
Infeed screw capacity
S Small
M Medium
L Large
The right press for each
and every need
As a general rule, the Saalasti
Press 1620 models have a longer
drum and are intended for wet
materials. The 1615 models have
a shorter drum and are suit-
able for less moisture containing
materials. The SP1615M model
is specifically designed for the
challenging eucalyptus bark and
is also well suited, for example,
to process the North American
Cedar bark. In addition, we offer
special part sets to be able to
process sandy and high-wear
bark or chemically aggressive
bark stored in a outdoor piles.
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Raw materials Other information
50–125 I-m3/h Shredded bark, sawdust, Typical applications are
waste chips, and small pulp mill woodrooms and
amounts of primary sludge fuel processing facilities
from industrial processes. at power plants.
Collaborative care
We offer maintenance services
ranging from service and in-
spection calls to contractual full
maintenance. Even though the
service intervals of our machines
are regularly measured in years,
we hold a stock of commonly
required parts on different con-
tinents. Major maintenance is
required at intervals of about five Many presses are installed in existing, often
to ten years, during which time the cramped facilities. The best results can be
regularly inspected and adjusted achieved when Saalasti can participate in
machine is absolutely reliable. layout planning and any necessary conveyor
The service life of Saalasti Press alterations to make sure the installation works.
remains to be seen, as the oldest
ones have now been used for
some 25 years.
Machines are delivered fully assembled
and tested, and can be placed on their
foundations directly from the truck.
Saalasti’s skilled technicians can take
care of that as well train the customer’s
operating and service personnel.
Our maintenance services cover
all continents. This machine is being
serviced in South America.
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References
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