1. Conditioning

Before we can feed the material to the pellet mill we need to cook it and we do that in the conditioner. There we add steam and water and afterwards we feed it to the pellet mill.

2. Grinding the Grain

To prepare the stock feed for pelleting it needs to be ground. We do that with the hammer mill. A hammer mill is a machine with a fast turning rotor and hammers. The machine is fit with the material and the fast rotating hammers, hit the particles. The particles break and escape the machine to a screen as powder.

3. Pelletisation

A pell mill is a machine with a ring with holes. It’s rotating. And the rolls are rotating inside and pushing the materials to the pellet die. Pellets will be formed in the pellet die, escaping to the outside. While the pellet mill is rotating we can cut to the desired lengths with the adjustable knives on the door. When the pellets are cut they will discharge the pellet mill on the bottom going to the next step in the process, the pellet cooler.

4. Pellet Cooler

After pelletization the feed material remains hot and soft. To solidify the feed pellet cool air reduces temperatures from 70-90ºc to room temperature and moisture content to an acceptable 10-13%.

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