Homemade Pellet Mill, PTO Pellet Mill—Pressure Needed
As discussed to produce a pellet pressure is required to compress the material in the homemade pellet mill and PTO pellet mill (power take-off PTO Pellet Machinery). Pressure can be altered through the type of die, die metal and roller height. Also as discussed pressure is also dictated by the characteristics of the raw material.
Therefore, another way to alter the pressure to form a pellet is to alter the materials characteristics. This can be achieved through adding water, vegetable oil or other binders into the raw material at either the conditioning stage or in the homemade pellet mill, PTO pellet mills included.
Adding Water: Adding water to the pellet mill when you make pellets at home can increase pressure. The additional pressure can help to increase the compression within the pellet mill. The increased compression produces a denser pellet and increased pressure generates more heat, which generates more effective lignin melting. Increased lignin melting gives better binding qualities, which helps you make denser shiny pellets at home. Water also helps to dissipate the lignin through the pellet. Therefore, to a certain extent, water can act as a binder, and this is adaptive on both homemade pellet mill and PTO pellet mill equipments.
Adding Vegetable Oil: Adding vegetable oil to the pellet process can reduce pressure. Some very dense materials, for example, hard woods can sometimes generate too much friction and pressure and cause to excessive die wear and poor productivity. Additional oil can help to reduce pressure and lubricate the pellet process and increase productivity of your homemade pellet mill. Vegetable oil can also act as a supplementary binder for materials, which lack sufficient natural lignin.
Follow these tips and enjoy your homemade pellets.
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