Reverse Pivot Feed System
A VORTEX® chipper has a feed system that offers the best aligned mechanical leverage of any other feed system. A reverse pivot feed system creates its own leverage by gravity and the rotation of the feed wheel at the yoke arm "wrist" joint. Together with its wider opening and broad infeed hopper, limby and/or bulky materials are compressed over a larger area and are naturally pushed, not pulled, into the machine. This results in less trimming and stoppages of workflow to reposition branches.
Feed Off Physics
By using proper angles of the yoke arms, the extra large diameter single feed wheel is able to climb up onto wood and create down pressure to crush as well as natural mechanical leverage to feed material to the drum. This system does not require excessive springs or additional hydraulic assist cylinders meaning fewer moving parts, less maintenance, less trimming, and reduced cleanup time. Limbs, branches, and trees are virtually pushed into the chipper without the need for a bottom feed wheel. Never again will you have to unthaw or dislodge branches from a frozen or jammed bottom feed wheel; or clean up the mess below when its trap door is left open. One hydraulic motor powers the feed system, controlled by the wrap-around control bar, where feeding rates are tuned to deliver the best synchronized, torque-crested cutting ability of the drum.
VORTEX® Reverse Pivot Feed System
