Tigercat adds new carbonizer to product line

Tigercat Industries now is offering its 6040 carbonizer machine, a mobile on-site scrap wood conversion system.

The Brantford, Ontario-based company says the 6040 is the result of a comprehensive, ground-up redesign of the 6050 carbonator, which Tigercat marketed for a brief time after acquiring that product through the purchase of New Hampshire-based Ragnar Original Innovations (ROI) in 2019.

Tigercat calls the 6040 “one of the most environmentally friendly wood debris reduction and conversion systems available on the market.”

The machine accepts woody debris, including scrap wood, land clearing debris and logging and agriculture residue, and produces a high-quality organic carbon with up to 90 percent material reduction, according to Tigercat.

The resulting carbon product can be left onsite as a soil additive or marketed for other commercial uses.

“The process captures 20 to 30 percent of the available carbon in the feedstock and sequesters it for thousands of years, furthering the goals of greenhouse gas reduction,” Tigercat says. “The innovative conversion process operates at high throughput levels and produces very low emissions because the gasses are combusted in the controlled combustion zone.”

The 6040 redesign addresses performance-related issues experienced in the original design and represents the knowledge of the applications that Tigercat engineers and field support personnel have gained over the past five years, the firm says.

The undercarriage, auger trough and conveyor system on the tracked machine are all bolt-on sections to the main carbonizing chamber frame. Everything can be separated for service and replacement if required, and the modular bolt-on design also allows for differing expansion rates of these major components.

According to Tigercat, the auger trough of the 6040 is designed for minimal air leakage, assisting with under-air efficiency, further defining the secondary combustion zone, while reducing hotspots that could form from an inefficient base pressure or vacuum.

Once the organic carbon drops through the grates, it is fully quenched by the water bath, says the firm. An onboard hydraulic water supply pump and integrated automatic water level control system has been designed to reduce water consumption by about 50 percent compared with the 6050.

An adjustable conveyor has been engineered to simplify handling and management of the organic carbon product, according to the equipment maker. The conveyor pivots 105 degrees from side to side and can be raised or lowered, and folds for transport and does not have to be detached from the machine frame.

The overall machine weight has been reduced from the 6050’s 96,000 pounds to an 83,000-pound weight for the 6040. Extended track frames improve load distribution on the trailer and reduce soil compaction on the ground, adds Tigercat.