hammermill

thumb|Hammermill for milling grain A hammermill is a mill whose purpose is to shred or crush aggregate material into smaller pieces by the repeated blows of small hammers.

== Applications == thumb|right|Desktop hammermill used for preparing growth media in a [[life sciences laboratory]] thumb|High speed industrial hammermill for waste fragmentation thumb|Slow speed horizontal pallet grinder Hammermills have numerous industrial applications, including: Ethanol plants (grains) A farm machine, which mills grain into coarse flour to be fed to livestock Fluff pulp defiberizing Fruit juice production Grinding used shipping pallets for mulch Milling grain Livestock, poultry, and aquatic feed production Sawmills, size reduction of trim scrap and planer shavings into boiler fuel or mulch Shredding paper Shredding scrap automobiles (see automotive shredder residue) Shredding yard and garden waste for composting Crushing large rocks In waste management