Wood Chipper Turns Heads With A Green Solution

An automotive  component maker in Chennai has designed a mobile wood chipper which  simplifies disposing trimmed branches of trees or chopped trees in an eco-friendly way. 

The innovation by Mr M Balachandran, Partner, Delta Control Systems also has a plastic shredder that could make transportation of plastic wastes a lot easier besides new use for shredded plastic wastes.

The machine, housed in a mini van slices tree branches  into smaller chips of one to two inches long instantly, dispensing the need to transport the logs for disposal. Mr Balachandran says the innovation could be a boon for local bodies like city corporations, municipalities and panchayats who normally transport these on trucks to dispose after trimming. 

“The advantage is, the compact machine can be taken to any site. The wooden chips can be used as manure for the same trees. These can be filled along plantations on highway  medians as mulch to prevent growth of weeds”. He adds “The trips saved would cut down on carbon footprint as well”.n