What is a bone crusher used for? Real-life and profitable applications
🦴 What is a bone crusher used for?
The industrial bone crushers have completely changed the way meat businesses manage their waste. Once considered a difficult-to-treat waste, animal bones are now being transformed into high-value raw material thanks to this specialized machinery.
In this article, we show you How and why a bone crusher is used, both in the agricultural sector and in the food and biomedical industries.
🏭 Industrial applications: multiplying the value of bone
A bone crushing machine It allows large, hard, and unwieldy bones to be converted into reusable fragments for various commercial purposes. These are some of the most notable uses:
1. Production of organic fertilizers
The crushed bone is used to create bone meal, an organic fertilizer rich in phosphorus and calcium. Its application to soil improves root growth and flowering in crops.
2. Bone char manufacturing
Through a subsequent calcination process, the crushed bone is converted into natural charcoal, used in sugar refining and water purification, due to its ability to absorb heavy metals and fluoride.
3. Food supplements
Fine bone powder, disinfected and sterilized, is a natural source of calcium and phosphorus, a base for mineral supplements for both humans and animals.
4. Production of gelatin and collagen
From cooked crushed bones we obtain ingredients for the food, pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries, such as gelatin, capsules and hydrolyzed collagen.
5. Bone ceramic manufacturing
Calcined bone ash serves as the main component of the bone china, used in high-end tableware for its durability and pure white color.
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In agriculture, ground bones are becoming a highly sought-after input, especially in the organic and regenerative sectors:
6. Bone meal for organic fertilizer
Used directly as a fertilizer or as part of a composted mix, it is ideal for fruit trees, vegetables and ornamental plants, improving soil structure.
7. Substitute for chemical fertilizers
Many farmers are looking for natural and sustainable alternatives, and ground bone offers a mineral balance that is difficult to match, without the negative effects of synthetic chemicals.
8. Improver of degraded soils
When crushed bone is turned into biochar, a material is obtained that retains water, improves aeration from the soil and progressively enriches it.
🐄 A circular resource for meat businesses
With a bone crusher, companies can close the production cycle:
The volume of waste is reduced
It saves on transportation and disposal
A useful and saleable by-product is generated
This allows a problem (the bone remains) to be transformed into a additional line of business: fertilizers, supplements, industrial ingredients or raw materials.
🔧 How to choose the right machine?
In ARC DistributionWe offer bone crushers with various capacities and features, ideal for butcher shops, slaughterhouses, agricultural businesses, and more.
Our category of meat and bone grinders Includes durable, easy-to-clean, and industrial-strength models. We advise you based on bone type, daily volume, and desired application.
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