| As people are looking for affordable and | | | | materials such as softwoods naturally contain |
| renewable forms of energy, wood pellets can be | | | | enough lignin to bind the pellets together so you |
| a viable source of energy for home heating. If | | | | will not need to add a binder. |
| you know how to make your own pellets it can | | | | Now a roller will roll across the material and press |
| be make even more sense to burn pellets if you | | | | it into a round die with a funnel shaped top that |
| have access to enough raw material. | | | | tapers down to a the size of the pellets you |
| Pellets can be made from wood waste and also | | | | want. This compresses the wood and also |
| from other agricultural waste products like straw, | | | | generates heat. The heat melts the binding |
| grass clippings, corn stalks and other forms of | | | | material that will hold the pellet together after it |
| biomass. With small scale portable pellet making | | | | cools. |
| machines now available, it's not hard to make | | | | Now that the pellets are formed they will need to |
| pellets but to make quality pellets but to get | | | | be cooled. The most simple way to cool them is |
| quality pellets that are not going to just crumble | | | | to spread them out and let them cool naturally. |
| into powder you will need the right knowledge. | | | | This is the basic process of how to make wood |
| The first step in making pellets is to reduce the | | | | pellets. If you want to make your own pellets you |
| size of your material so that it is small enough to | | | | will need to learn more of the in depth details |
| fit into the dies in your machine. This can be done | | | | involved. There are different types of machines |
| with a chipper or a hammer mill or in some | | | | so before you choose one you will need to know |
| materials such as sawdust it may already be small | | | | the advantages and disadvantages of the |
| enough. | | | | different types. Simple factors such as the type |
| Then it will need to be dried until it's moisture | | | | of metal that the dies are made from can greatly |
| content is at around 10-20% and ideally 15%. | | | | affect the amount of maintenance the machine |
| Some pellet making machines have dryers built in. | | | | will require. |
| Usually the most economical way to produce the | | | | Here is a more in depth guide that will teach you |
| heat to dry the material is by burning some of | | | | how to make wood pellets and how to select a |
| the pellets that it produces. | | | | wood pellet making machine that will be best for |
| Once the material is dry you will have to decide if | | | | your needs. |
| you will need to add a binding material. Some | | | | |