Heavy-duty shredder for difficult materials
Struggling with stubborn materials that resist conventional shredding? This robust solution tackles the toughest materials, offering highly precise size reduction and customizable settings to streamline your production line and enhance processing efficiency.

Shreds and Reduces Multimaterial Solids
The Dura-Line DL Industrial Shredder, engineered by Hosokawa Alpine, is a robust solution tailored for diverse material processing needs across industries such as chemicals, food, and recycling. Its standout feature is a patented multi-edge knife shaft and a new cutting system, ensuring precise and reliable shredding, even with challenging materials like plastic films or fibers.
This shredder integrates seamlessly into high-speed, continuous production lines, driven by a hydraulic system for smooth operation under extreme loads. It offers a customizable approach with variable cutting frequencies and knife configurations, allowing for efficient processing from titanium dioxide production to lignin pelletization.
Capable of handling various solid, granular, and powdered materials, the Dura-Line DL supports efficient processing with adjustable discharge rates for precise product specifications. Its torsion-resistant construction and self-cooling mechanism enhance durability and reduce maintenance needs. For enhanced operational efficiency, the equipment is PLC-controlled, providing remote monitoring and programming for different material properties.
Available in corrosion-resistant materials, the Dura-Line DL complies with industry standards, ensuring safe and reliable performance in demanding environments. It offers engineering support for custom configurations, making it a versatile choice for companies seeking tailored size reduction solutions.
Benefits
- Enhances material processing efficiency with minimal downtime due to its robust design.
- Offers flexible operation, reducing labor costs with PLC-controlled settings.
- Minimizes power consumption through variable-speed hydraulic drives.
- Provides precise size reduction results for diverse end-products.
- Supports seamless integration into existing production lines for versatile applications.
- Applications
- Sugar and sweeteners,Dishwashing powder,Lithium-ion batteries,Lactose and dairy products,Minerals,Chemicals,Food,Tea and roots,Fertiliser,Medicinal herbs,Luxury foods,Pharma,Spices,Animal feed,Recovered carbon black,Special flours,Industrial wax,Metals,Cocoa processing,Recycling,Lignin,Thickening agents,Protein shifting
- End products
- Cocoa butter,Swiss chocolate,Dishwasher detergent tablets,Peppermint extract,Titanium dioxide,Npk fertilizer granules,Granulated sugar,Green tea leaves,Whey protein concentrate,Carnauba wax,Lithium iron phosphate batteries,Lignin pellets,Carbon black powder,Animal feed pellets,Guar gum,Almond flour,Soy protein isolate
- Steps before
- Grinding,Cutting,Pre-crushing,Preparation of materials,Material feeding
- Steps after
- Separation,Fractionation,Dosing,Conveying,Packing
- Input ingredients
- plastic film,fibres,difficult material
- Output ingredients
- granule,precisely determined product,shredded material
- Market info
- Hosokawa Alpine is known for its expertise in manufacturing advanced process equipment and systems for powder and particle processing technology. It has a strong reputation for innovation, quality engineering, and customer-focused solutions in various industries.
- Cutting power and cutting pressure
- Adjustable to task
- Minimum cutting clearance
- Precise and secure
- Knife fastening system
- Simple and self-centring
- Impact strength
- High due to milled knife seats
- Modular design
- Yes
- Self-cooling during rotation
- Yes
- Power control
- With blockage and reversing value specifications
- Feed and return speed of the pusher drawer
- Adjustable
- Discharge rate
- Adjustable to downstream units
- Granule size definition
- Minimum undersize and oversize portions
- Knife designs
- Different designs and numbers available
- Multi-edge knife shaft
- Patented design
- Cutting frequency/speed
- Regulable
- Hydraulic drive
- Smooth operation
- Speed
- Steplessly adjustable
- Automation level
- Manual / PLC / SCADA
- Batch vs. continuous operation
- Batch / Inline Continuous
- CIP/SIP
- CIP 121°C / SIP 135°C
- Cleaning method
- CIP / Manual
- Energy efficiency
- 0.5–2 kWh/kg moisture
- Density/particle size
- 0.5–2.5 g/cm³ / 50–1000 µm
- Granule Size Definition
- Precise determination
- Knife shaft material
- Solid
- Perforated screen
- Special
- Construction type
- Torsion-resistant
- Control panel type
- Menu-guided
- Design principle
- Patented multi-edge knife shaft
- Self-cooling
- During rotation
- Control panel type
- Menu-guided control system
- Integration possibilities
- Variable settings and memory storage for operating modes
- Cutting system
- Patented multi-edge knife shaft
- Discharge rate adjustment
- Adjustable to suit downstream units
- Knife design
- Different profiles and numbers available