What Features Should You Look For In A Pellet Mill?

Today the advantages of material densification are becoming more well known. By increasing the bulk density of raw materials by using a pellet mill has various positive aspects. Firstly the reduced size means it is more efficient and cheaper to transport pellets instead of the raw material. In terms of fuel pellets and combustion, the advantages burning a material with a high density are increased combustion efficiency. Pellets also require much less work.

The Start Was The Feed Pellet Mill

The most common use of a pellet mill to produce pellets today and for the past century have been to produce animal feed pellets. The pellet production process allows the manufacturer to create specific blends of feed and vitamins and then process the feed mixture in the pellet mill to produce feed pellets specifically for certain animals, horses for example.

The Growth Of The Wood Pellet Mill

Within the last few decades, pellet mills have also being used to produce wood pellets. Wood pellets can be used for fuel, however there are other uses such as animal bedding. As wood has a higher density than animal feed ingredients, wood pellet mills are different than feed pellet mills. The Wood Pellet Production Guide provides details on these differences and advantages and disadvantages of various pellet mills.

Biomass Pellet Machine Opportunities

Recently there has been a growing interest in using the pellet mill to produce other biomass pellets, for instance for fuel pellets. Biomass simply refers to any cellulose organic material than can be used to produce energy. This obviously includes wood, however other materials such as straw and grasses, miscanthus, reed canary grass, switchgrass and hemp to name but a few. By using a pellet mill to upgrade these raw materials into fuel pellets, these fuels will play an important role in our energy future beyond oil.

The Home Pellet Mill Is Possible

Through our work in developing pellet production solutions we have seen a growing demand to make pellets from home. We therefore developed the Mini Pellet Mill, which can used from a domestic power supply. Most small pellet mills require three phase power which is not available in most locations.

What Is Involved In Pelleting?

There is various other pieces of equipment other than the pellet mill that is required in pellet production. The Wood Pellet Production Guide provides detail on the possible equipment options and why they are required.

Becoming A Wood Pellet Manufacture

Pellet manufacture is a combination of the correct equipment, process set-up and operator knowledge and skill. The Wood Pellet Production Guide provides a concise, easy to understand guide to the principles of the process and the factors that need to be controlled and adjusted to produce quality pellets. You need to control particle size and moisture content. Many people are not aware that just a small change in moisture can cause the pellet mill to demand an extra 50% more electricity. It can also cause the productivity to drop by a similar percentage. Therefore this small change makes a big difference in productions costs.

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