Pellet mills

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Pellet Mills. Pellet mills differ from roU briquetting and compacting machines in that the particulates are compressed and formed into agglomerates by extmsion through a die rather than by squeezing as they are carried into the nip between two roUs. Several types of equipment that use the extmsion principle are available. The die may be a horizontal perforated plate with rollers acting on its upper surface to press material through the plate. 

Fig. 10. Operating principle of a common design of pellet mill A, loose material is fed into pelleting chamber B, rotation of die and roller pressure forces material through die, compressing it into pellets and C, adjustable knives cut pellets to desired length. Courtesy of California Pellet Mill Co.

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Pellet Mills Pellet mills operate on the principle shown in Fig. 20-92. Moist, plastic feed is pushed through holes in dies of various shapes. The friction of the material in the die holes supplies the resistance necessary for compaction. Adjustable knives shear the rodlike extrudates into pellets of the desired length. Although several designs are in use, the most commonly used pellet mills operate by applying power to the die and rotating it around a freely turning roller with Fixed horizontal or vertical axis. 

Powder compaction may also be achieved in roll processes, including briquetting, in which compression takes place between two rollers rotating at the same speed—that is without producing any shearing action. In pellet mills, a moist feed is forced through die holes where the resistance force is attributable to the friction between the powder and the walls of the dies. 

Pellet mills exemplify the use of extrusion. Tn some designs the charge material is forced out of cylindrical or other shaped holes located on the periphery of a cylinder within winch rollers and spreaders force the bulk materials through the openings. A knife cuts the extruded pellets to length as they are forced through the dies. 

These machines, most often known as pellet mills , use compaction of material caught in the nip between rolls to force the material in a plastic state through holes in one or both rolls. Adjustable knives shear the rod-like extrudates into pellets of the desired length. Compacting pressure is determined by the resistance of material in the holes. This resistance is a function of hole length divided by hole diameter raised to the third power [21]. Spe-... 

Fig. 5.14. Various designs of roll-type extrusion presses or pellet mills [21]. (a) Horizontal perforted plate die. (b) Extrusion through both side-by-side rolls, (c) Outward extrusion through large die roll, (d) Extrusion through only one of side-by-side rolls, (e) Die holes at root of intermeshing gears.

Fig. 5.15. A popular design for pellet mills employing outward extrusion through large die roll. (Courtesy California Pellet Mill Co.)...

The most popular pellet mills employ a ring-type die and two or three rollers mounted in a vertical plane as in Fig. 5.15. Power is applied to the die... 

The gear-type pellet mill of Fig. 5.14e is especially useful for difficult applications in which feed material tends to slip away from the nip of smooth rolls [21]. This may occur when the resistance of the die holes is high as with small diameter pellets (e.g. 1 mm diameter). The gear teeth catch the material and force it through the holes higher compaction ratios and more uniform pressure distribution are claimed. 

Process Pelleting Division, California Pellet Mill Co., 1114 E Wabash Avenue, Crawfordsville, IN 47933... 

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