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There are a variety of dissimilar designs of pellet mills. The two core designs that most pellet machine revolve around is either the flat die or ring die design. The flat die design was the first design of pellet mill to emerge at the beginning of the 20th century.

Pellet mills were originally focused on the animal feed industry, plus this was the case up until the 1970′s, when the first experiments generating wood pellet energy were conducted. However it is only within the last decade that biomass pellet fuel has been taken seriously as a heating choice, due the rising costs of oil as well as gas, in addition to their effects on global warming plus climate change. Flat die pellet mills are the simplest design of pellet mill, and as such have certain reward in addition to disadvantages.

Flat die pellet mills work on a vertical design, using gravity as the main force for feeding the material through the machine. Flat die pellet mills have a horizontal die, by way of a series of rollers above the die. As material falls in from the top, it is compressed between the rollers along with die.

There are a mixture of diverse designs of flat die pellet mill, by two key differences. Some designs of flat die pellet mill have a rotating die by means of stationary roller shaft, along with others have a stationary die with a rotating roller shaft. The later design being more in style for larger flat die pellet mills. In general on the other hand due to their uncomplicated design as well as lower weight, flat die pellet mills are normally used in small scale pellet production. By means of ring die pellet mills used in larger scale construction.

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Biomass is simply any form of unrefined matter which can be used to produce fuel. This obviously includes wood, along with biomass waste, on the other hand it also includes agricultural residues such as straws as well as grasses.

A different growing wood fuel area is purpose grown energy crops such as miscanthus, switchgrass as well as hemp. All of these biomass materials can be converted into wood pellets. Making pellets is a skilled process, it needs the right equipment plus operator knowledge. To create quality durable pellets, the material must have a certain moisture content, and the necessary binding qualities. Lignin is the organic binder contained within all biomass. Yet some materials during pellet construction need an additional binder.

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To help more people understand the pellet construction process, plus to encourage more individuals as well as organizations to consider making pellets, we have developed the Wood Pellet Manufacture Guide. At PelHeat we develop small mobile pellet manufacture units, plus we are generally interested in wood fuel. The Biomass Pellet Construction Guide has been broken up into a ten step process, with concise points and illustrations to explain the core details of the process, plus equipment required.

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