Pellets - Fuel and feed

[forgeblast]

Check out ebay, they had some cheaper priced pellet mills.

 

[pickstock]

does anyone have any drawings of how they work??

i sort of understand that the material gets pushed through a mold and then cut up but how does all this do it?

 

[flyingcow]

go to Hearth.com - Information on Gas Fireplaces, Wood Stoves, Gas Logs, Pellet Stoves, Fireplaces, Chimneys and Hearth Products and check out the BB for the pellet stoves. Good site.

 

[OldMcDonald]

pickstock, I think the Pellpress link at the top of the page might show you. If not, a wee bit of Googling will get you there. Basically the material to be pressed is in a circular container and rollers push it through a plate with holes drilled in the plate so as to form "rods" of material. The system used (minus the holes) is extremely ancient and still used in my neck of the wood for crushing olives, including the stone, for the making of olive oil.

 

[OldMcDonald]

pickstock, I forgot to add that Bio Green Tech Ltd, Biomass, Pellet Mill, Briquette Machine Sales. shows some decent photos of mills if you use the "more info" buttons on various products.

 

[forgeblast]

pellet mill - eBay (item 330502861383 end time Dec-07-10 13:04:03 PST)

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[OldMcDonald]

forgeblast, there is no point in keep directing me to ebay. I live in the far inland of Portugal. Here we either have to make what we want or do without. Whilst I have a little spare cash my neighbours do not. Buying something from the US of A is not an option. This forum is after all "Build it Yourself" and not "Buy it on ebay".