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What is a hammer mill used for?

(a) Crush larger pieces into small pieces

(b) To compress the raw materials

(c) Break down of liquefied emulsions

(d) Break smaller pieces into fine powder

I got this question during an internship interview.

My enquiry is from Size Reduction Theory topic in division Size Reduction of Food Processing Unit Operations

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Correct answer is (a) Crush larger pieces into small pieces

To explain: A hammer mill is a mill which is used to shred or crush larger material into smaller pieces by the repeated blows of little hammers. It creates impact force.

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