Mobile drum chipper Skorpion 280 RB

Make:	Skorpion
Model:	280 RB
Required power:	60 AG
Weight :	960 kg

The chipper Skorpion 280 RB is designed for shredding tree limbs and trunks/stubs with diameter of up to 140 mm. This is a drum model with two or three cutting knives and a screen ensuring high regularity of chips. Chips are thrown out through a chimney which can turn round by 360 degrees.
The chipper has a three-point suspension system and is designed for collaboration with a 60 hp farm tractor.
The essential equipment of the chipper includes a hydraulic propulsion system that drives the feeding rollers and is driven by its own hydraulic pump (tractor only used as a chipper drive unit). There is also a possibility of equipping the chipper with a unit for receiving the hydraulics from the tractor. Standard models also have a lever system of the hydraulic divider that can change the direction of the feeding rollers.
The chipper is also additionally equipped with an electronic system of work control, protecting the machine against excessive duty through temporary stopping the feeding.
This chipper is directed to demanding clients who need high quality chips of uniform fraction. The main customers are growers of energetic willow.
Chips made by Skorpion 280 RB can be used as a solid fuel for heating in buildings (burning in ovens/stoves), as raw material to produce compost, for decorative purposes in gardens, parks, etc., and after additional disintegrating in a mill for production of pellets and briquettes.