Question

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

Answer 1

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.