Testimonials

Jacobs’ Lightning dies last at least 2 times as long as the competitors dies.

After running the Dupps Grindor’s for several months changing the Dupps hammers every 2 days, we ran a trial on the Jacob’s Hammers for the Dupps Grinder and found that we were able to get 5 days of life. We run strictly all beef and bones straight from slaughterhouses.

“Our pelleting process had some inefficiencies, we were seeing rather poor performance from our process and short lifespans from our dies and rolls. . With Jacobs we built a new protocol for our process, from our feed temps, all the way through roll setups. We have been running for several months now and our pelleting production numbers are fantastic, some of our products we increased our performance by over 50%, that translates to multiple tons per week in increased efficiency. We did see an increase in all of our TPH across the board. “

“After the Jacobs guys came out and helped our operators they are now more confident in their ability to raise the temperature and push the pellet mill to its limits. With the lightning dies installed we are seeing the amperage drop and our cooler is being overrun. What a great company to work with!”

“20 hours on them. INCREDIBLE how they perform. Made a whole new beast of a grinder for me!! My customers LOVE it. I can grind 30 percent more hay in the same time.”

“Jacobs rods resist grooving much better than the other brands I have used in the past.”

“Jacobs rods last a full year with very little grooving, competitors rods needed changed out every 6 months due to excessive grooving.”

“Jacobs does a great job of keeping up on our screen needs – price/lead time are always better than other manufacturers.”

“No one has better Dupps Hammers than Jacobs! We won’t be trying anyone else’s after seeing the quality!”

“Very pleased with Bad Ax Hammers. Mill has less vibration, first corner 250 to 260 hours, 2nd corner at 180-190 and still going”

“The Triple Threats are living up to the talk on our Bliss Mill. [Competitor] hammers are needing replaced and Jacobs’ barely looked used!”

“The Triple Threat Hammers have been working exceptionally well on our Jones Mill. I have been very impressed. We weren’t getting the hours from [Competitor], and they were only lasting about 2 months. Jacobs has been running for 4 months and is still running for less money.”

“The Triple Threat Hammers are working great on my Bliss Mill! Have to order another set! Got about 5.5 months out of them; I won’t go anywhere else!”

“Very pleased with Bad Ax Hammers. Mill has less vibration, first corner 250 to 260 hours, 2nd corner at 180-190 and still going”

“Essault Hammers lasted 11 weeks compared to regular hammers lasting 6 weeks. Ordered 2 more sets. This will be the way to go on hammers from now on!”

“Jacobs Hammers are amazing, can hardly see any wear on them!”

“The Jacobs Hammers are in the mill and outlasting the hammers we ran before!”

“I am impressed with Jacobs Hammers, they last a long time!”

“We love your Hammers! They are more durable than the competitors, and that’s why we’re now using Jacobs Rod!”

“There is no comparison out there to the durability of Jacobs Hammers, they’re amazing. Hardfacing is so good, the hammers are not wearing out. Only buying Jacobs Hammers!”

“I was getting 7 days out of my old supplier’s hammers and I get 10 days from Jacobs’ Hammers! Jacobs is my supplier now!”

“The hammers held up 4X longer than the previous hammers and price is great! Have now switched to Jacobs screens.”

“Mark said been buying Jacobs Dies for 3 years with no issues for his CPM Mills.”

“Maintenance Manager said he is now a Jacobs guy as the performance of the die he has been using is getting 30% to 35% more tonnage compared to [Competitor].”

“Fred wants a die like the last one. Said it is the best die he has ever run!”

“Ron said the Die works perfect! He wanted 3 tons per hour and got 5 Tons and is still achieving a better pellet. Is happy with the die and it will be Jacobs Exclusively from here on out!”

“Shawn said all parts in the mill plus Die Clamp went in great and looks amazing. The Die Clamp is better than any competitors. Wants a quote on another Die, entire assembly and rolls shells!”

“Josh said the Jacobs Die has out performed anything they have used in the past. Very pleased!”

“Extremely pleased with Jacobs Dies. Currently saving 50% more tons on these dies than we were getting with a different supplier!”

“1st Die ran for 18 Months on 30 TPH mill and ran 172,278 Tons. 2nd Die installed July 7th 2015 and it is over 144,000 tons now and still going!”

“Very happy with Jacobs Dies! Performing better than [Competitor]. Want another die like the last one.”

“Lightning Die has better PDI by 15%, designed right for the DDG Formulation. Very impressed with quality up and AMP draw 15% less.”

“Dale said the Lightning Die he has on mill #2 has 600 hours on it and is still the best running mill!”

“The Lightning resulted in 48% decrease in energy with 19% increase in throughput. Savings $32K!”

“We installed the new Lightning Die during the first week of January. It has been running great! Once again I am really impressed with this die. It has been a money saver for us and I look forward to running it as long as you keep making them!”

“The Lightning Die has increased our production 30%+. The Die has been on for 4,000+ hours and still doing great. We added storage bins, which now was a waste of money as we have increased production and use the raw materials as fast as it comes in. I can’t believe the whole industry doesn’t jump to the Lightning!”

“Very Happy with the Lightning Die and don’t want to change a thing!”

“My operators love the Lightning Die and would kill me if I switched back. The Lightning Die solved many of our pelleting problems!”

“What Chad has told me has come true, the Lightning out performed [Competitor] and the other new dies out there hands down!”

“Had Lightning Die on for 18 months on the 30 ton mill and ran 172,278 tons through it. Want one just like it for the 7932 mill. Love them!”

“Maintenance sent the following numbers regarding 5 different feeds. Feed 1: 35% Increase in throughput Feed 2: 44% Increase in throughput Feed 3: 42% Increase in throughput Feed 4: 87% Increase in throughput Feed 5: 9% Increase in throughput.”

“Our [Competitor] die that has 500 hours on it isn’t performing as well as the Lightning Die which Currently has 6,500 hours on it. The Lightning Die is still making pellets and the [Competitor] die is struggling. Will be switching fully to Lightning Dies in the future!”

“Both mills running Pentagons. Last sets ran for about 11 months, pushing 13,000 to 14,000 ton per week. 572,000 tons of life on hammers!”

“Feed flow did increase, we were able to turn them up and get more AMPS on our ground grain elevator. Very satisfied with the Pentagon Hammers. Showed them to sister plant and he is interested in getting a set. I told him I was sold on them.”

“It will be Jacobs from here on out! The guys said Jacobs Pentagons were by far the easiest to install and they really enjoy using them versus the others.”

“Installing a replacement Pentagon set, the first one lasted 102 weeks!”

“Gold star for pentagons! We are getting the best grind we have ever had and are happy about that!”

“We have one more set of [Competitor] hammers to go through and then going exclusive with Pentagons. For ease of installation and performance, the Pentagons can’t be beat!”

“After we installed Pentagons, we saw a 50% increase in production with a finer grind.”

“We recently switched to Pentagon Hammers; the installer said the hammers went on so smooth, they thought something was wrong. Took 20 minutes to install 120 hammers. After a week, the hammers were inspected and there were a few sticking out. Touched them and they fell down. In the next two inspections, all hammers were down.”

“Been using Pentagon X2 Holeformance for 3 weeks in Champion Mill. 60 AMPS savings so increased Feed Rate which increased throughput 8%. The Champion capacity is 65 Million and Currently Running at 70-71 Million. Easy to install and fewer spacers! We removed [Brand X] Hammers from a 2nd Mill and replaced with Pentagon X2 Holeformance to get the same savings and increased throughput.”

“The Pentagon Hammer Set we have in our Roskamp meal grinder is working very well. I’ll be buying at least two more Sets of these hammers for our other machines.”

When it comes to the Jacobs screens for the Andritz hammermill and the Dupps Grindor’s, the screens from Jacob’s were always more convenient to get and lasted longer the only time we would have to change them was when stainless went through the Grindor or Hammermill. Getting screens by the pallet is far more convenient than ordering by each.

While running the Andritz hammer mill we were having to change the hammers every 1-2 weeks. Once we worked with Jacob’s and change the hammers along with a few other adjustments in the pattern, we were able to get 4-5 weeks of life out of the hammers.