prebreaker

plural prebreakers

1. An industrial machine that is used in food processing for the initial grinding or breaking up of large (often frozen) chunks.

   Ideally, the prebreaker, or first step grinder, would be sized to operate at full load.

   1988, Feed Management - Volume 39, page 35

   3 more examples

   A hog, basher, hammermill or prebreaker is used to grind the bones, heads, feet, heavy tissues, and whole carcasses into pieces no larger than 2 inches.

   1958, Edmond S. Harris, George H. Goldsborough, John William Thompson, Number of Days' Supply of Food and Beverages in Retail Food Stores

   Prebreakers are used to prebreak or crush cocoa presscakes, fats, large fruit or vegetables, whole fish, bones, etc.

   1963, Maynard Alexander Joslyn, John Laurence Heid, Food Processing Operations, page 426

   The twelve-inch inclined screw conveyor that runs from the prebreaker to the blow tank is exposed adjacent to the discharge chute from the prebreaker;

   1974, United States. Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission, Decisions and Orders - Issue 8, page 795