What is a Wheel Type Compost Turner

Wheel Type Compost Turner Core Working Principle

1. The machine moves forward along the compost pile (either along the track or by self-propulsion).
2. The rotating wheels, equipped with blades or teeth, dig into the organic material layer of the compost pile.
3. While turning the material, the wheels fully mix the internal and external layers of the compost pile, and at the same time, create gaps in the pile to increase oxygen content.
4. During the turning process, it also helps to discharge excess moisture in the compost pile, adjusting the temperature and humidity of the pile to promote the reproduction of microorganisms and accelerate decomposition.

Wheel Type Compost Turner Key Structural Features

• Rotating Wheel Assembly: The core component, usually 2-4 groups of wheels. The wheel surface is equipped with high-strength wear-resistant blades or teeth to ensure the ability to break up and turn materials.
• Frame and Driving System: The frame is made of steel to ensure stability. The driving system consists of a motor, reducer, and transmission mechanism, which drives the wheels to rotate and the machine to move.
• Walking Mechanism: There are two types: track-type and tire-type. Track-type is suitable for soft ground (such as muddy compost yards), and tire-type is suitable for hard ground with high mobility.
• Adjustment Device: The depth of the wheels entering the compost pile can be adjusted to adapt to compost piles of different heights (generally 0.8-2.5 meters).

Wheel Type Compost Turner Advantages and Application Scenarios

Main Advantages

• High Aeration Efficiency: The rotating wheels can fully stir the compost pile, significantly increasing the oxygen content in the pile and avoiding anaerobic fermentation (which produces odor and affects compost quality).
• Strong Adaptability: It can handle various organic materials, such as livestock manure, crop straw, garden waste, and municipal sludge. It is also suitable for both strip compost piles and trough compost systems.
• Time and Labor Saving: Compared with manual turning or simple turners, it has a large processing capacity (generally 500-5000 cubic meters per hour) and can complete the turning of large-scale compost piles in a short time.
• Stable Compost Quality: By uniformly mixing materials and adjusting the pile environment, it ensures that the decomposition of organic matter is more thorough, and the final compost has uniform nutrients.

Wheel Type Compost Turner Typical Application Scenarios

• Livestock and Poultry Breeding Farms: Used to treat cow manure, pig manure, chicken manure, etc., turning them into organic fertilizer to realize waste resource utilization.
• Organic Fertilizer Production Plants: As the core equipment of the composting process, it is used in the production line of commercial organic fertilizer.
• Agricultural Ecological Parks/Garbage Treatment Centers: Used to process crop straw, garden waste, or domestic organic waste to produce compost for farmland or greening.