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Mar 16, 2023

Say goodbye to wood and vegetative waste once and for all

Everyone and everything is connected, and how we care for our planet says a lot

Everyone and everything is connected, and how we care for our planet says a lot about how we care for each other and the future.

Air Burners cares—a lot. Our innovative solutions help eliminate unwanted wood waste, which is no small feat considering twenty percent of the Earth's debris is vegetative. That's a big problem, and it's growing daily. As millions of tons of trees, root balls, slash piles, brush, vines and other vegetative waste pile up, some get incinerated in open burn pits or buried in landfills. Neither is good. The vegetative debris gets incinerated or hauled to landfills, and everyone's health, including our planet's, pays the price. Open burn pits release toxic particulates that pollute our air, and we’re quickly running out of landfill space, so burying the problem won't make it go away.

Air Burners is here to help make the wood waste problem go away once and for all. For over a quarter century, we’ve been at the forefront of industry-leading change, developing technologically advanced machines that help lighten our planet's heavy burden. Our patented air curtain pollution-control technology is the world's most efficient, cost-effective and environmental-friendly way to eliminate biomass waste. No grinding, hauling, open burning or permanent facilities are needed. Air Burners helps reduce transportation costs, such as fuel and time spent trucking back and forth to landfills, and produce biochar, a valuable nutrient-rich ash byproduct of the burn process that can be sold or mixed into the soil.

Think inside the box

Air Burners’ invention of the FireBox changed everything—for the better. The world's most proven wood waste burner accepts all kinds of debris, including whole trees, root balls, slash piles and even wood pallets and crates. The air curtain burns up to 20 tons of biomass waste per hour, which is 40 times faster than a containerized incinerator, and reduces harmful smoke by 98 percent, trapping the particulate matter and preventing its release. The extremely high temperature turns the wood waste into biochar, or carbon-rich ash that you can sell or mix in soil, thus eliminating the need to haul it to landfills, reducing transportation costs and potential damage to the ecosystem.

The self-contained FireBox is the best economic and environmental solution to eliminate unwanted wood and vegetative waste. The above-ground air curtain burner arrives fully assembled and ready to go wherever you need it, including forests, vineyards, orchards and land-clearing operations. There's no set-up or tear-down required. No permanent facilities are needed and disassembling is easy. You can take the portable, towable FireBox to even the most remote terrain where wildfire mitigation and disaster clean-up operations demand quick, immediate action. The FireBox comes in various shapes and sizes, all with the high performance you expect from Air Burners. There's even a roll-off version that fits all ANSI spec trucks.

The power of two

The PGFireBox and BioCharger are two powerful machines that work together to eliminate wood waste and generate power to charge battery-operated machinery, effectively closing the energy loop so you can work on- or off-grid. These workhorses are a powerful combo to eliminate biomass waste and charge electric vehicles and battery-operated machinery. The PGFireBox is ideal for working on-grid and generating biomass power. BioCharger is perfect for off-grid and remote jobs where you need to recharge. Made exclusively by Air Burners and developed through a successful partnership with Volvo Construction Equipment and Rolls Royce, BioCharger is an environmentally friendly, cost-effective solution to eliminate biomass waste and generate renewable energy to charge battery-powered machinery onsite.

Who's the boss?

Air Burners. Our Boss series includes the BurnBoss, TrackBoss and CharBoss. Each self-contained, above-ground air curtain burner converts unwanted wood waste into biochar onsite and arrives fully assembled, equipped with the FireBox, our air curtain pollution control device, and is ready to work.

The BurnBoss is the first trailerable FireBox. Its portability and maneuverability make it ideal for logging, vineyards, orchards, clearing land and disaster recovery.

The TrackBoss takes mobility to the next level. This wood waste reduction machine is easy to maneuver and cost-efficient to operate. Powerful, built-in air curtain technology reduces slash piles on site and clears power lines and obstacles to avoid damaging expensive equipment or harming the environment.

Meet the new boss. Not quite the same as the old boss. The

CharBoss is the world's first mobile biochar production system. Air Burners teamed up with the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Forest Service to research and develop the CharBoss, which burns 1-2 tons of biomass waste per hour and converts it to biochar.

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