VORTEX® brings the newest design technology that will deliver the optimum means of chipping brush.
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VORTEX® chippers have the widest openings in their class thus offering a larger target area for feeding and a wider angle of entry for incoming material.
Look For The Green
VORTEX® stands out with its highly visible and distinguishable fluorescent green color.
Patented VORTEX® Chamber
Makes it all possible to enjoy the best of worlds by cutting with a drum and throwing with a disc.
Chip Up A Storm
Process a wide variety of challenging materials with less trimming because of the unique VORTEX® design benefits.
A NEW REVOLUTION IN CHIPPING
It's been over 40 years since any major design changes have taken place with hand-fed brush chippers. In the late 1970's, the small disc-style chipper was introduced with great fanfare and phenomenal success. In the early 1980's, it was the drum-style chipper that came to market and with arguably equal success. Both types remain the staple of the industry to this day with only minor feature improvements over the years. Both also have their respective limitations. Weight issues, throwing capability, plugging, and throat opening size are just a few of the inherent limitations of the designs themselves. All of that has changed with the introduction of the patented VORTEX® chamber design with its skinless/pocketless drum. Explore our website and you will learn the practical and technical improvements that the unparalleled VORTEX® design brings to the industry.
The VORTEX® chamber is an enclosed, semi-cone shaped area that acts as the bellypan where chips are guided and accelerated into the discharge paddles by gravity and airflow. The chamber is open and is progressively tapered wider toward the discharge, allowing chips to flow in an unrestricted manner.
Because the VORTEX® drum has one sole purpose -- to cut, it is configured with ideal size and RPMs to maximize torque delivered from the engine, rather than the need to carry chips in a "pocket" to the discharge port. Its skinless/pocketless construction also provides a more durable weldment and an ease of access for service.
When you say 12-inch capacity, what do you mean? The design of the VORTEX® allows the drum to be considerably wider, creating not only a larger target region for feeding but also a wider angle of entry for incoming material from skid steer or mechanical loaders.
With an impeller that boasts nearly twice the rim speed of the VORTEX® drum, chips can be thrown with tremendous velocity similar to a disc style chipper. Chips flow unencumbered through the chamber to the discharge paddles, where they are thrust without interference or redirection caused by angled transitions.
The VORTEX® chipping system separates and isolates the functions of chipping and throwing to each take full advantage of the maximum available horsepower and torque delivered from the engine. Less horsepower and fuel are required to generate a greater cutting force at the knife tip, and the upsized impeller creates increased leverage and rim speed for throwing.
A reverse pivot feed system creates its own mechanical leverage by gravity and the rotation of the feed wheel to naturally push, not pull, material into the machine. It provides the best advantage in climbing onto wood to create down pressure to collapse limbs since its feed wheel works in unity with both gravity and the natural flow of material.
Vortex Equipment is excited to announce that they have recently joined Dyna Products of Millington, Michigan. Vortex Equipment, LLC has licensed Dyna Products to be the sole exclusive manufacturer and marketer of all products that have been developed using the patented VORTEX® ...
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After the popular reception at our groundbreaking debut at last year's exhibit, Vortex Equipment LLC is excited to return to the TCIA Expo this year in St. Louis, Missouri. Please join us as our booth is set to be the hub of excitement and inspiration with technology that will shape future tre...
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Vortex Equipment LLC is thrilled to announce that we will be showcasing our innovative equipment at the upcoming Arbor Expo '23 trade show. Don't miss out on this opportunity to see our equipment up-close and chat with our knowledgeable team members on how our unique VORTEX® des...
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