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Thanks, everyone, I ended up using the shearing with rotary cutters formula in desertfox's link.

*Fairly small cutting volume

Thanks guys, yes you're right, it's basically a large blender, are there any simple techniques to take into account that the material is not fixed? My design ensures the material will for the most part be in contact with the blades as there is a fairly cutting volume, just a larger diameter...

I need to calculate the force needed to shear a material with a device consisting of blades attached to the outer diameter of a rotating shaft. This is what I have tried but the result I am getting gives very high torque and power values so I'm forced to select a massive motor to power a fairly...