In organic fertilizer production, few factories process only a single raw material—manure needs to be crushed, straw needs to be chopped, rice husks need to be broken up, and oilseed cake needs to be crushed. Faced with a wide variety of raw materials, many users’ factories are filled with three to five different crushing machines, resulting in high investment costs and wasting valuable production space. Huaqiang Heavy Industry’s horizontal crusher is designed to solve this pain point. Its core advantage is its “multi-functionality,” capable of efficiently processing all common raw materials in organic fertilizer production, achieving uniform crushing with a single feeding, making it an “efficiency champion” for many small and medium-sized organic fertilizer plants. This article will provide a complete analysis of the unique value of this high-performance, cost-effective equipment, from its compatible raw material range, process matching advantages, capacity parameters to practical case studies.
Compatible Raw Material Range: From Manure to Straw, One Machine Handles It All
The horizontal crusher was designed to meet the diverse needs of organic fertilizer raw materials. What raw materials can it actually process?
Livestock and poultry manure: Whether it’s well-rotted chicken or cow manure, or fresh sheep or pig manure, the horizontal pulverizer can handle it with ease. For semi-wet materials with a moderate moisture content (20%-40%), it breaks up clumps through the high-speed impact of the hammer blades; for drier materials, the screen mesh size can be adjusted to control the fineness of the output.
Coarse fiber materials: Corn stalks, wheat stalks, rice straw, rice husks, peanut shells—these fibrous materials that cause headaches for ordinary pulverizers are easily solved by the horizontal pulverizer. Its specially designed hammer blades and blade assembly effectively cuts long fibers while preventing tangling and clogging.
Oil and meal materials: Soybean cake, peanut cake, rapeseed cake, etc., are high-quality organic raw materials, but they are usually in lumps and hard in texture. The horizontal pulverizer relies on its powerful impact force to pulverize large pieces of oil and meal to the required fineness in one pass.
Auxiliary materials: Mushroom residue, distiller’s grains, sugar residue, sawdust, etc., are also a specialty of the horizontal pulverizer. Whether dry or semi-wet, materials can be transformed into uniform powder within minutes of being fed into the machine.
Process Integration Advantages: Crushing and Mixing Simultaneously, Eliminating a Step
The greatest value of the horizontal crusher lies not only in its ability to process multiple raw materials but also in its ability to simultaneously “mix” them during crushing.
Traditional Model: Straw is processed using a straw crusher → manure is processed using a chain crusher → oilseed cake is processed using an oilseed cake crusher → then a mixer is used to blend the three raw materials. Four pieces of equipment, four investments, four pieces of land.
Horizontal Crusher Model: Straw, manure, and oilseed cake are fed into the horizontal crusher in a single, proportional manner. The output is already crushed and uniformly mixed material. Crushing and mixing simultaneously—this feature directly eliminates the need for subsequent mixing steps and equipment investment.
Seamless Integration with Fermentation: The crushed and mixed material can directly enter the fermentation process. Because the material is already uniformly mixed, the carbon-to-nitrogen ratio reaches equilibrium at the microscopic level, resulting in a faster temperature rise in the compost pile and higher uniformity of decomposition during fermentation. A user reported that using a horizontal pulverizer to pre-treat raw materials shortened the fermentation cycle by 3-5 days.
Perfect Compatibility with Granulation: For powdery raw materials directly entering the granulation process, the horizontal pulverizer also performs excellently. Its output fineness can be controlled between 20-40 mesh, which is the ideal working range for granulators. Materials require no secondary processing and can be directly fed into the granulator to achieve a high molding rate.
III. Capacity and Parameters: Comprehensive Coverage from Small Workshops to Large-Scale Factories
Huaqiang Heavy Industry’s horizontal pulverizers offer a variety of models to meet the needs of users of different sizes.
5 tons/hour model: Suitable for small farms or start-up organic fertilizer plants. Power 22-30 kW, requiring only 5-8 square meters of space, capable of processing 20-30 tons of raw materials per day.
10 tons/hour model: The main model for medium-sized organic fertilizer plants. Power 45-55 kW, moderate processing capacity, highest cost-effectiveness, covering the needs of most professional fertilizer plants.
20-ton/hour model: The “efficiency champion” of large-scale production lines. With a power output of 75-90 kW and a heavy-duty structural design, it meets the needs of large-scale continuous production and is a perfect match for a 20-ton/hour granulation line.
Detachable blade design: This is a major highlight of the Huaqiang horizontal crusher. The blades are made of high-strength alloy and are bolted to the blade holder. When worn, only the blades themselves need to be replaced, without replacing the entire rotor. Ordinary workers can easily disassemble and assemble them with a wrench, with a single maintenance time not exceeding 30 minutes, significantly reducing operating costs.
Real-world case study: One machine replaces three
In the early stages of its construction, a small organic fertilizer plant configured three machines according to “traditional thinking”: a straw crusher, a semi-wet material crusher, and a cake crusher, with a total investment exceeding 80,000 yuan and occupying more than 50 square meters of factory space. In actual production, due to frequent raw material changes, the three machines often “took turns resting,” with a utilization rate of less than 30%, yet occupying a large amount of space and maintenance effort.
After learning about Huaqiang’s horizontal pulverizer, the factory decisively replaced three machines with a single 10-ton/hour horizontal pulverizer. The transformation yielded immediate results:
Equipment costs reduced by 50%: The investment for a single machine was far lower than the total investment for three machines.
Site space saved by 40%: The freed-up space could be used for raw material storage or finished product stacking.
Production efficiency increased by 30%: The raw material processing flow was simplified, eliminating the need for transfers between multiple machines, significantly reducing the labor intensity for workers.
Product quality improved: The pulverized mixed raw materials were more uniform, fermentation effects were significantly improved, and the market reputation of the finished fertilizer improved accordingly.
Customized Services: Making Equipment Understand Your Raw Materials
Every organic fertilizer plant has a different raw material composition—some are mainly chicken manure with a low proportion of straw; some are mainly cow manure, requiring a large amount of rice husks; and others specialize in processing urban landscaping waste. Huaqiang Heavy Industry provides in-depth customized services:
Adjustable blade layout: The number and arrangement of hammers and blades are adjusted according to the characteristics of the raw materials; for materials with more fibers, the blade density is increased; for materials with more hard lumps, the impact structure is enhanced. Selectable screen mesh size: Screens with different mesh sizes, from 10 mesh to 60 mesh, can be customized according to process requirements.
Customizable inlet and outlet interfaces: The direction and height of the inlet and outlet can be customized according to the production line layout to achieve seamless integration with upstream and downstream equipment.
Starting with a horizontal crusher, your raw material processing flow will become simpler than ever before. What used to require three or four machines can now be done with just one machine and one feeding. You’ll find that one machine can do multiple things, saving not only equipment investment but also valuable production space and management effort.
The versatility of the horizontal crusher makes it an ideal component within a comprehensive array of fertilizer raw material processing machinery and equipment. Its ability to uniformly process and simultaneously mix diverse organic materials creates a consistent, high-quality feedstock for subsequent stages. This prepared material is then perfectly suited for integration into a larger, automated system. For NPK production, after batching and granulation, the material requires further processing. A fertilizer drying machine reduces moisture, and a rotary drum screening machine classifies the granules. Efficient transport between these stages is achieved using a bucket elevator, minimizing degradation. Finally, the consistent, screened product is fed into an automatic packing machine for precise bagging. Whether for a dedicated organic line or a complex npk fertilizer line, the horizontal crusher provides the crucial first step of efficient, multi-material size reduction, ensuring the entire production line operates smoothly from start to finish.
