Patent ID: 8657217

Claim:
Equipment for processing a ligneous material comprising: a unit for the production of agglomerated particles of the ligneous material, a unit for the production of hot air being used for drying particles of the ligneous material, and at least one mobile load-bearing structure to which the two production units are attached, the unit for the production of agglomerated particles comprising a first dryer able to dry chips, a grinder arranged to grind chips dried by the first dryer and to provide sawdust, a second dryer arranged to dry the sawdust produced by the grinder and provide dry sawdust, and a compactor arranged to compact the sawdust dried by the second dryer and provide granules of dry sawdust, the unit for the production of hot air comprising a hot air generator connected to the first and second dryers to make hot air circulate therein and dry the chips and sawdust, the hot air production unit producing hot air from the ligneous material, the hot air generator comprising a bundle of tubes communicating with the dryers to make the air heated in the generator circulate therein.