I love how u said it at the beginning, "I don't have money to buy one but will build ur own " so that set me for a challenge I will send u mine once done
Meat grinder disks are readily available in any size. I am sure you can double them up for a thicker height. Thank you for the instruction. Exactly what I needed.
Hi Phillip. Very nicely explained demonstration. So often people put things on you tube but keep the important things a secret. Well done for the a to z explanation. Nice to see a good old South African boer seun on you tube.
As an engineer, I can tell you, we use quite a bit of different methods to fabricate pellets, mostly mineral ones, but the idea is the same. It´s awesome how your built does exactly what you want. This must be great to feed rabbits. Thanks for taking the time to share and upload. And the recipe of your mixture is a plus that deserves a ton of likes!! thanks again.
What a good idea and execution. I’ve wondered how to build a machine to make pellets from the sawdust generated in my work shop. Thank you so much for the video. I was trying to make this much harder than it has to be. Great job. Thanks.
Good build. I used to operate a pellet mill making chicken feed. They were California Pellet Mills with rotary dies. I've always wanted to build a pellet mill at home with a rotary die myself. You did well, same principles involved.
If your pelleting feed, injecting steam in the mash feed and let it be absorbed for a couple of seconds will give you a pellet that is not as dry and should carmelize the corn resulting in a pellet that has elasticity until it drys. We ran the pellets through a cooler which essentially was a perforated conveyor with air blowing through the trays.
I think that if you drill a flare on the top of all the holes in the plate the pellets will be more compressed. Also once the plate gets hot from production, the pellets will stick together better.
thank you but it is good if folks tell what you have should have done i do take the info to heart and build a better one thanks for your comment and thank you for watching my video
Mate, I know this video is quite old and you probably have figured this one out already but maybe for someone watching your video: To increase the strength of the pellet use a thicker top plate and drill slightly tapered holes. This easy and minor modification will make a longer and more durable pellet. All in all a great mill you put together in here.
you need more holes in the press plate as theres alot of flat surface area the rollers will just squash the material to the plate not into it. also try having abit of a counter sink sort of edge on your holes at the top, this will alow more material to enter the hole and be more compact :)
You need to increase the angle on the feed shoot so it doesn't clog.You also want to have replaceable plates on the surface of your rollers. Gearing it down to a lower speed and higher torque will also help.
Thanks, yes a agree lower RPM will be alot safer and more torque as you have stated I have received alot of advice in the comments, l have a new design that I want to try out
Absolutely love your machine.....can you build me a pellet machine like yours or send specifications so it can be built. I am in Victoria Australia. Thank you so much Sharon
Sharon , hey 👋, well I have to completely redesign this unit , looking to make a future video on how I make one and then upload it , hope ot wil help Regards Phillip
You need to taper the holes on the top of the top die plate. That will result in pellets that are harder and not as crumbly. The material is compressed much better with tapered holes.
+bos dad thank you and thanks for watching , I posted this video to show people that it can be build and it would help them to build their own so thank you again
Sir, nice job, very talented to make that!!! You said in video you didn’t have money enough to buy a mill so you did it yourself!!!! Your a very talented man!! Hard to believe that your so intelligent and not making a fortune! By now you probably have perfected your pellet mill small imperfections?? I’d pay you to make me one?? Any way good luck and I admire you for your ingenuity!!
Dear sir. You are defnetly a nice person. Thank you for sharing your work. Do you think is it possible to build up a bigger machine to make pellets of olive pomace?
Nicely done!! If i have enough money to buy one, do you know/reccomend a good and reliable company where i could buy it from (i'm from israel) Thx! *I saw on aliexpress lots of small machines from china, i dont know what to trust...
Just a suggestion, you may want to rig up some sort of steam source. A adjustable amount of steam would allow you to cook your pellets and it will help the mix bind giving you a harder pellet when they set up, instead of a crumbling one. But I'm sure your pellets there meet your needs. Great build thanks for putting this up.
@@PhillipFourieZA for steam from solar: perhaps a parabolic collector from an old satellite dish or make a longitudinal one with central tube and reflective mylar? or a small pressure cooker pot on a small wood fire/rocket stove? But I suspect you can avoid using steam if your die is hot and your feed stock has a moisture contact you verify is proper for your material. You might consider a hot water coil around the die area to help heat the die if you need it (run a tiny pump off a contact wheel off your main pulley or with contact-type bicycle generator?) I think too hot for feed pellets and some nutrition is lost. How thick is your die plate please? What kind of steel did you use? Have you ever run wood through it for fuel pellets? Was great to see your work, thank you for sharing it!
ive watched quite a few designs. most have wheels on the surface 50 % touching parts and 50 % cutted out and the distance between the holes are as far as the cutted out pieces. bit hard to explain lol but the reason they do that is the material can be pushed in the holes. and between the holes it can escape in the cutted part of the wheel. it also adds more heat and it cuts the material a bit more..
I think I understand lol , I want to build I new unit have a design that I want to try alot lower speed less moving parts but thanks for the comment I check other designs also before a attempt my new unit
Love the video boet, much simpler than what I thought it would be. I think I might attempt it myself as well, but just use a thicker plate for longer pellet (and have it machined). Thanks for sharing!
your machine needs to run hot enough to cook the pellets , the lignum inside your biomass needs to be ditributec evenly through the pellet (thus requires heat) your pellets should be producing steam and be almost completely anhydrous when a pellet (held together by lignum) they should be too hot to touch as they leave the machine. The heat is produced by the process (friction and pressure)
At least an inch of effective for the die....or in your case a plate. I make wood pellets at a pellet mill called Hamer Hot ones. Simon Tinny is 100% correct in his analysis.
Awesome! I noticed when more material was fed it slowed a bit and the pellets seemed more consolidated, am I correct? Maybe you need to feed a bit faster so the motor is working harder, but then maybe a more powerful motor would be needed or more gearing. Have you tried waste paper? I want to turn waste paper or mixed biowaste with paper into pellets for a pellet burner.
The problem is the motor is running directly from my solar panels with a VSD system inverter so it can't Handel AMP draw ant a fast stage that's the reason it slow down
Hi, I'm from Belgium.need some information please.How manny bearings did you us on the driving axle?? I supose one on the bottem plate??How do you do that??. Hope to get answer. THX
This is excellent I work for a factory here in new zealand called nutrimix we do 1000kg=1tonne of mineral pellets a day we have a lot of issues with our pelletiser due to the consistency of formula mixture to dry so have be precise
Awesome job. Some really smart engineers in the pelleting business and their machines also work. You may try adding a little wheat flour to get better quality pellets. A little cooking oil will also help the pellets to form better. Before and after each run, use 1 kg of dry material and 100 ml oil to clean and lube the moving parts. You can reuse this cleaning material.
Great video! I'm doing a project similar to this and I wanted to see if you did wend up creating a 2nd version with the input from all the comments? If so, what did you end up changing?
+Lorna Nichol hey Lorna i am in the same boat as you thats why i build it , some people dont have the funds to go buy what ever they need , we have to make do what we have and our skills , peace thanks for watching ! and good luck
For reference, a commercial (Templewood) mill produced about 500 pounds/hour per motor horse power. dies were about 2" thick and holes tapered. hope this helps
Keep the trommel filled up with more material and you will get better pellets. You want friction when the pellets are made so a little bit of heat will get in the hole plate. This "friction heat " will bond the lignine in the fiber and help to get better pellets. Also a smaller poelie on the electro motor will give you lower rpm but more torque ... and therefore more power 👍😀.
mooi man . Thanks you helped me alot now i can do pallets from different woods . i can't buy in cape town pellets for my smoker . thanks again for your hard work .
I am experiencing the same problem .I makes wheat flour pellets. I made my own , but pellets get stuck together . can you help me to handle this problem.
Hi phillip I have your advice about pallet mill I actually made it and taking a 1st trail with wood saw and engine oil mixture and it doesn't work pallet doesn't come out can you please help me to correct them
Very impressive, indeed. Especially with your first model. I'm going to try it after seeing this. I've wanted a pelletizer for a long time now. I think I'll try a gas engine with a flywheel.
The machine is fine.. the only thing you need to adjust are the holes on the plate. they need to be a bit bigger at the top where the material is colected and smaller inside the holes to be better compresed.
Noted thanks, and thanks for sharing this , wish I knew this from the start lol , would have saved me some time actually but this why I like people commenting, they give you ideas
I have noticed that other people showing pellet making are actually adding water to make harder pellets. I don't know if this will help or not, but it's worth a try.
Could potentially use aluminium instead of steel as milling the holes would be easier and significantly cheaper, could even use a thin steel plate for support if you're worried about pressure cracking. As for steam you could heat a pressurised tank with the outlet going Into the lower compartment or upper. Could use a old fire extinguisher and modify the pipe to release the pressurised air. I've got a few sheep and just been looking up Mills to reduce cost on buying store pellets, think they're about 8mm x 20mm, what mix do you use and what's the difference in cost buying the raw materials? I think a bag of feed here in the UK is around £10 for 25kg. Cheers
wonderful job Mr Phillip. Do you have a video showing how you build the interior part Under the plate and what did you use to make that middle shaft stands straight while the rollers are pressing the material to make pellets. I want to make also for my goat and pigs feeding and maybe for the tilapias if the die has smaller holes. About the die plate. Did you drill the holes yourself or you had special Tools for that. Thanks a lot for your help. Much appreciated.
Yes there are 3 welded parts the side of the tube and the small grid that let's the pellets out if you are referring to the mechanics the only welded part is the plate with the holes in it welded to the shaf that drives the pully to the motor
You have a pretty interesting design but there’s a lot of things you can’t control with a DIY project like that. For one thing your rolls need to be able to be adjusted to a very finite setting. They can’t sit directly on top of your die because eventually the metal to metal contact will wear your rollers out and they won’t make any pellets for you. Secondly you need to be able to generate enough heat to cause the lignen in the wood to bind together. That’s what makes a pellet and not just mushy wood. Thirdly whatever wood you’re planning on putting into this machine will need to be dried to a certain moisture percentage or you won’t make a pellet, You’ll make mush. I commend you for your efforts and it might work to a degree but honestly I’m not sure why you spent the money on the resources to make this when quality made pellets are readily available
Howdie ya make it Easy to build thank you for Sharing Your Ideas Will keep ya Posted on my Plan of your Design What Size is The Motor ya using is it 220 or 110 Amp
you said that it has 2 plates. one on top and also on bottom, would like to clarify if both plates have the same characteristics. like those on top plate it has small holes does the bottom plate also has hole?? please reply my comment
Ezekiel Marcos: I believe the bottom plate is solid/ has no holes in it. When it runs, it throws the pellets toward the chute as they are cut off under the top die plate. Also, having a second plate may help him keep the shaft upright, as the second plate may act sort of as a bearing or bushing. The two plate together, plus the pulley may give him inertia, like a flywheel. Almost all of these rotating die designs use a lower, solid, rotating plate to move the pellets to the chute (centrifugal force)
I love how u said it at the beginning, "I don't have money to buy one but will build ur own " so that set me for a challenge I will send u mine once done
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Meat grinder disks are readily available in any size. I am sure you can double them up for a thicker height. Thank you for the instruction. Exactly what I needed.
Brilliant idea 💡 thanks so much
Hi Phillip. Very nicely explained demonstration. So often people put things on you tube but keep the important things a secret. Well done for the a to z explanation. Nice to see a good old South African boer seun on you tube.
thank you for the kind comment and thanks for watching
As an engineer, I can tell you, we use quite a bit of different methods to fabricate pellets, mostly mineral ones, but the idea is the same. It´s awesome how your built does exactly what you want. This must be great to feed rabbits. Thanks for taking the time to share and upload. And the recipe of your mixture is a plus that deserves a ton of likes!! thanks again.
I am looking to fabricate pellets where the pellets don't break easily. Could you advice on the machine?
What a good idea and execution. I’ve wondered how to build a machine to make pellets from the sawdust generated in my work shop.
Thank you so much for the video. I was trying to make this much harder than it has to be.
Great job. Thanks.
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Starch is usually added as a binder. Make sure all the holes have a slight taper. You won’t get good pellets until it gets up to temp.
watched a bunch of videos on this, still wondering how they worked, you explained it simply and perfectly. Well done and thankyou!
Solid design! Thanks for helping me understand this kind of machine!
Good build. I used to operate a pellet mill making chicken feed. They were California Pellet Mills with rotary dies. I've always wanted to build a pellet mill at home with a rotary die myself. You did well, same principles involved.
If your pelleting feed, injecting steam in the mash feed and let it be absorbed for a couple of seconds will give you a pellet that is not as dry and should carmelize the corn resulting in a pellet that has elasticity until it drys. We ran the pellets through a cooler which essentially was a perforated conveyor with air blowing through the trays.
Works great after you clean out the holes
What about after the holes get clogged up ?
How long can you run it before clogging up again?
I just pour water on the mills and then it tends to loosen
I’ve been trying to find one on Amazon but all I’m finding is feed mills thanks for the help
I think that if you drill a flare on the top of all the holes in the plate the pellets will be more compressed. Also once the plate gets hot from production, the pellets will stick together better.
Nice job thanks for showing.
Lots of folks will tell you what you should have done.
It's great to see what you Have done it will inspire many !
thank you but it is good if folks tell what you have should have done i do take the info to heart and build a better one thanks for your comment and thank you for watching my video
+Phillip Fourie hi did u ever make a new mill
great comment
Nice video.. 👌. Could you please tell me the thickness of the plate you used as die?
Mate, I know this video is quite old and you probably have figured this one out already but maybe for someone watching your video:
To increase the strength of the pellet use a thicker top plate and drill slightly tapered holes. This easy and minor modification will make a longer and more durable pellet. All in all a great mill you put together in here.
Well done Phillip. That is a really neat machine you built there. Very well explained.
+Hennie van der Merwe Thanks Hennie hope it helps some guys
you need more holes in the press plate as theres alot of flat surface area the rollers will just squash the material to the plate not into it. also try having abit of a counter sink sort of edge on your holes at the top, this will alow more material to enter the hole and be more compact :)
+nathan boardman Wow you know your stuff i will try to build it like you said for my new pelletmill again thanks for watching
+nathan boardman 5 months late
You can also install a mechanical vibrator on the dropout chute ,so you don't have to use your hand
Youre a one man army. The right hand is the camera guy. The left hand is the actor.
You need to increase the angle on the feed shoot so it doesn't clog.You also want to have replaceable plates on the surface of your rollers. Gearing it down to a lower speed and higher torque will also help.
Thanks, yes a agree lower RPM will be alot safer and more torque as you have stated I have received alot of advice in the comments, l have a new design that I want to try out
Absolutely love your machine.....can you build me a pellet machine like yours or send specifications so it can be built.
I am in Victoria Australia.
Thank you so much
Sharon
Sharon , hey 👋, well I have to completely redesign this unit , looking to make a future video on how I make one and then upload it , hope ot wil help Regards Phillip
Phillip hoe kry ek jou aan die hande?
Do you need the molasses. I thought the lignen in the plants made it bond togeather with the friction of the rollers
You need to taper the holes on the top of the top die plate. That will result in pellets that are harder and not as crumbly. The material is compressed much better with tapered holes.
Thanks for the comment , hope someone reads your post, and it helps them , thank you again for watching and for your comments , God bless
very well done. thanks for all the info. with this video anyone could build one.
+bos dad thank you and thanks for watching , I posted this video to show people that it can be build and it would help them to build their own so thank you again
Sir, nice job, very talented to make that!!! You said in video you didn’t have money enough to buy a mill so you did it yourself!!!! Your a very talented man!! Hard to believe that your so intelligent and not making a fortune! By now you probably have perfected your pellet mill small imperfections?? I’d pay you to make me one?? Any way good luck and I admire you for your ingenuity!!
great comment
Dear sir. You are defnetly a nice person. Thank you for sharing your work. Do you think is it possible to build up a bigger machine to make pellets of olive pomace?
Great video. Just one question if the raw material blocks the holes on the disc what Can i do
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se puede hacer pellet de papel y cartón?
Nicely done!!
If i have enough money to buy one, do you know/reccomend a good and reliable company where i could buy it from (i'm from israel)
Thx!
*I saw on aliexpress lots of small machines from china, i dont know what to trust...
Just a suggestion, you may want to rig up some sort of steam source. A adjustable amount of steam would allow you to cook your pellets and it will help the mix bind giving you a harder pellet when they set up, instead of a crumbling one. But I'm sure your pellets there meet your needs. Great build thanks for putting this up.
Thanks for watching , the only problem for me with steam is i have solar panels , and dont have the KW to hookup i steam source
@@PhillipFourieZA for steam from solar: perhaps a parabolic collector from an old satellite dish or make a longitudinal one with central tube and reflective mylar? or a small pressure cooker pot on a small wood fire/rocket stove? But I suspect you can avoid using steam if your die is hot and your feed stock has a moisture contact you verify is proper for your material. You might consider a hot water coil around the die area to help heat the die if you need it (run a tiny pump off a contact wheel off your main pulley or with contact-type bicycle generator?) I think too hot for feed pellets and some nutrition is lost.
How thick is your die plate please? What kind of steel did you use? Have you ever run wood through it for fuel pellets? Was great to see your work, thank you for sharing it!
Flare the drill holes with a larger size drill bit for better compaction and smoother pellets also it will reduce stress on the motor.
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Very nice. Between the video and the comments this will be a great start to make my own. Very well done for 1st attempt. ✌️🤟
ive watched quite a few designs. most have wheels on the surface 50 % touching parts and 50 % cutted out
and the distance between the holes are as far as the cutted out pieces. bit hard to explain lol
but the reason they do that is the material can be pushed in the holes. and between the holes it can escape in the cutted part of the wheel. it also adds more heat and it cuts the material a bit more..
I think I understand lol , I want to build I new unit have a design that I want to try alot lower speed less moving parts but thanks for the comment I check other designs also before a attempt my new unit
Very good presentation- helped me a lot!
thank you for whatching , but i think i can do alot better hope it helped you some way good luck God bless
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Cuánto le agradezco su invento,es genial y con su explicación ya logré entender cómo prepararme uno para mis necesidades del campo agricola...
Love what you have produced do you have an instrucruion manual
, SORRY , like to do things sometimes just out of my head
Love the video boet, much simpler than what I thought it would be. I think I might attempt it myself as well, but just use a thicker plate for longer pellet (and have it machined). Thanks for sharing!
you made a very good observation that was my problem i needed a thicker plate
I think larger grooves in your rollers would help also.
What is the mechanical process that crushes sawdust and turns it into granules?
How about the humidity of the material to achieve the pellet integrity???
your machine needs to run hot enough to cook the pellets , the lignum inside your biomass needs to be ditributec evenly through the pellet (thus requires heat) your pellets should be producing steam and be almost completely anhydrous when a pellet (held together by lignum) they should be too hot to touch as they leave the machine. The heat is produced by the process (friction and pressure)
Your comment is helpful-
At least an inch of effective for the die....or in your case a plate. I make wood pellets at a pellet mill called Hamer Hot ones. Simon Tinny is 100% correct in his analysis.
yes very good
thanks for the comment
Thanks for the comment
That's pretty cool working machine!
Can you make leaves into pellets?
Awesome! I noticed when more material was fed it slowed a bit and the pellets seemed more consolidated, am I correct? Maybe you need to feed a bit faster so the motor is working harder, but then maybe a more powerful motor would be needed or more gearing.
Have you tried waste paper? I want to turn waste paper or mixed biowaste with paper into pellets for a pellet burner.
The problem is the motor is running directly from my solar panels with a VSD system inverter so it can't Handel AMP draw ant a fast stage that's the reason it slow down
Hi, I'm from Belgium.need some information please.How manny bearings did you us on the driving axle?? I supose one on the bottem plate??How do you do that??. Hope to get answer. THX
can you post your resources on the description? Thank you!!!
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This is excellent I work for a factory here in new zealand called nutrimix we do 1000kg=1tonne of mineral pellets a day we have a lot of issues with our pelletiser due to the consistency of formula mixture to dry so have be precise
Beejay Dixon
Awesome job. Some really smart engineers in the pelleting business and their machines also work. You may try adding a little wheat flour to get better quality pellets. A little cooking oil will also help the pellets to form better. Before and after each run, use 1 kg of dry material and 100 ml oil to clean and lube the moving parts. You can reuse this cleaning material.
Great video! I'm doing a project similar to this and I wanted to see if you did wend up creating a 2nd version with the input from all the comments? If so, what did you end up changing?
cool video phillip .got no money to buy pellet press but i can sure build one. thanks man .good job .
+Lorna Nichol hey Lorna i am in the same boat as you thats why i build it , some people dont have the funds to go buy what ever they need , we have to make do what we have and our skills , peace thanks for watching ! and good luck
this was 5years ago any other ideas since then ? Thks again for Sharing
For reference, a commercial (Templewood) mill produced about 500 pounds/hour per motor horse power. dies were about 2" thick and holes tapered. hope this helps
Would this machine work to make wood pellets for a pellet stove?
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Keep the trommel filled up with more material and you will get better pellets.
You want friction when the pellets are made so a little bit of heat will get in the hole plate.
This "friction heat " will bond the lignine in the fiber and help to get better pellets.
Also a smaller poelie on the electro motor will give you lower rpm but more torque ... and therefore more power 👍😀.
Did I miss the heat source
Yeah I was checking if anyone talked about that gotta add a little heat ,steam something that's what binds them& hardens them
Nice one Philip i will try make my own one day thanks for info more power like it.
Thank you for watching and your time to comment, and for the complement
Awesome build. Thanks for sharing!
love the ambiton for creating out of necessity. love the haywire. you cant have a fine tuned machine without some haywire involved 😝👍
You need more moisture, but if you add liquid it will cake yeah? So try making a steamer to add steam for moisture.
Would that method work for wood smoking pellets for bbq smoking?
mooi man .
Thanks you helped me alot now i can do pallets from different woods . i can't buy in cape town pellets for my smoker .
thanks again for your hard work .
thank you for watching
De cuantos hp y rpm es el motor?? Y a cuanto queda con la reducción
I am experiencing the same problem .I makes wheat flour pellets. I made my own , but pellets get stuck together . can you help me to handle this problem.
can you recommend to me any handbook that can help me design a coffee husk pelletizing machine?
Good subject. good demo. Thank you showing your machine working.
thank you sir and thanks for watching
Hi phillip
I have your advice about pallet mill
I actually made it and taking a 1st trail with wood saw and engine oil mixture and it doesn't work pallet doesn't come out can you please help me to correct them
Very impressive, indeed. Especially with your first model. I'm going to try it after seeing this. I've wanted a pelletizer for a long time now. I think I'll try a gas engine with a flywheel.
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how do i get this improved product pellet machine?
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I like this - very well thought through Phillip - nicely done
+Frans Badenhorst Thank you Franse and thanks for the comment
Sir What is the metal use of die and roller
Please tell me
Your working is too good I love this
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The machine is fine.. the only thing you need to adjust are the holes on the plate. they need to be a bit bigger at the top where the material is colected and smaller inside the holes to be better compresed.
Noted thanks, and thanks for sharing this , wish I knew this from the start lol , would have saved me some time actually but this why I like people commenting, they give you ideas
Hi Phillip ons bou ook nou n home made een. watter compression ratio het jy gekies of wat is plaat dikte en gate diameter.
dankie
Werner
Great prototype. Makes me wonder, if the plate was thicker, would it make a longer pellet? Any engineers out there know the answer?
Definitely my problem with this unit is the plate with the holes in is too thin
Hi, can I use part of your video to my compilation homemade inventions and projects ?
MGszaman Vlog sure
Thank You
MGszaman Vlog my pleasure
video is ready Thank You
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I have noticed that other people showing pellet making are actually adding water to make harder pellets. I don't know if this will help or not, but it's worth a try.
+bos dad when it is too dry you should add water but not too much or it wont work , i think the moisture % should be around 4%
Well done fella! Congratulations
sir have doubt in thickness of top plate and rollers weight. motor capacity
How much does it produce a hr
Did you taper the holes on the die plate?
Correction to previous post 500 pounds/hour for 5 HP
Could potentially use aluminium instead of steel as milling the holes would be easier and significantly cheaper, could even use a thin steel plate for support if you're worried about pressure cracking. As for steam you could heat a pressurised tank with the outlet going Into the lower compartment or upper. Could use a old fire extinguisher and modify the pipe to release the pressurised air. I've got a few sheep and just been looking up Mills to reduce cost on buying store pellets, think they're about 8mm x 20mm, what mix do you use and what's the difference in cost buying the raw materials? I think a bag of feed here in the UK is around £10 for 25kg. Cheers
Hi did u ever build a new mill would like some info to
Build one
Hi there, thank you so much for this information this is very helpful.
Thank you for Watching and your kind comments
Maybe adding a bit of taper to the holes would improve pellet compression
That is a great idea thanks hope it helps someone here
sir pallet plate can I make at home
Hello, it's a wonderful machine; how thick is the perforated plate? Best regards.
Dankie Phillip, het self gedink om n masjien te koop maar soos j sê hulle is ma duur. Watse motor moet ek na kyk?
wonderful job Mr Phillip. Do you have a video showing how you build the interior part Under the plate and what did you use to make that middle shaft stands straight while the rollers are pressing the material to make pellets. I want to make also for my goat and pigs feeding and maybe for the tilapias if the die has smaller holes. About the die plate. Did you drill the holes yourself or you had special Tools for that. Thanks a lot for your help. Much appreciated.
i use two pillar blocks to hold the shaft straight from the motor , the plate i drilled it myself takes alot of time and drill bits
Buenos dias amigo que velocidad de trabajo tiene la maquina (rpm)
Great work, but my question is, the meat chop machine, won't work for this job ? !
Mikhail Konstantin It would take a little reworking .
Where you get the parts?
I couldn't place the accent until you said that it was draaibank in afrikaans. Stay safe out there.
Great video! Are there any welded parts?
Yes there are 3 welded parts the side of the tube and the small grid that let's the pellets out if you are referring to the mechanics the only welded part is the plate with the holes in it welded to the shaf that drives the pully to the motor
Nice job, what did you do with the hole's in the plate? One size or did you drill half 6 and half 6,5mm?
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Plz tell me motor how many rpm and speed required for best result
My friend I would suggest about 3000rpm
You have a pretty interesting design but there’s a lot of things you can’t control with a DIY project like that. For one thing your rolls need to be able to be adjusted to a very finite setting. They can’t sit directly on top of your die because eventually the metal to metal contact will wear your rollers out and they won’t make any pellets for you. Secondly you need to be able to generate enough heat to cause the lignen in the wood to bind together. That’s what makes a pellet and not just mushy wood. Thirdly whatever wood you’re planning on putting into this machine will need to be dried to a certain moisture percentage or you won’t make a pellet, You’ll make mush. I commend you for your efforts and it might work to a degree but honestly I’m not sure why you spent the money on the resources to make this when quality made pellets are readily available
Cristos this man lives in South Africa where pelleted food for your animals are very expensive.
I was planning on pointing out a few issues with your comments, but it wont fix stupid.
Howdie ya make it Easy to build thank you for Sharing Your Ideas Will keep ya Posted on my Plan of your Design What Size is The Motor ya using is it 220 or 110 Amp
can you do another one showing from beginning please show all the steps
i think i should
you said that it has 2 plates. one on top and also on bottom,
would like to clarify if both plates have the same characteristics. like those on top plate it has small holes does the bottom plate also has hole?? please reply my comment
Ezekiel Marcos: I believe the bottom plate is solid/ has no holes in it. When it runs, it throws the pellets toward the chute as they are cut off under the top die plate. Also, having a second plate may help him keep the shaft upright, as the second plate may act sort of as a bearing or bushing. The two plate together, plus the pulley may give him inertia, like a flywheel. Almost all of these rotating die designs use a lower, solid, rotating plate to move the pellets to the chute (centrifugal force)
You need a headband cam holder!!!!
Thank you Phillip.
I hope to improve on your work
Definitely hope it helps
So, are the pellets short because they are only the thickness of the metal plate?
Nice job none the less. Thanks for sharing.
+trumpsahead Yes you are 100% correct if i can get a thicker plate my pellets will be more compressed and longer thanks for watching