Raw materials

Spent mushroom substrate pellets

Spent substrate from mushroom farms is either a disposal problem or a raw material for fertiliser pellets.

Mushroom substrate is wet and needs no grinding. The line consists of a hopper, dryer, granulator and packaging. Substrate pellets sell as fertiliser or as a component of garden growing media.

What you need to know

Grinding

not needed for a fine fraction

Typical moisture

above 15%, a dryer is needed

Die

die as for manure

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A pellet line for this raw material

Two lines to start from, and below them the production stages: which ones this raw material needs and which machines do the job.

up to 1 t/h

Lines up to 1 tonne per hour

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from 1 t/h

Lines from 1 tonne per hour

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1. Feed hopper needed

   Takes in the raw material and feeds it evenly into the line.

   Feed hoppers with a screw discharger (V-shaped walls), Feed hoppers with a slat scraper (vertical walls)

2. Grinding not needed for this material

   Fine, dusty material goes straight on, without a grinder.

3. Drying needed

   Above 15% moisture the line needs a dryer, sized to the amount of material.

4. Pelleting needed

   The heart of the line. For this material: die as for manure.

   Granulators

5. Cooling it depends

   Needed from about 200 to 250 kg/h. It can be skipped with big bags, not with small bags.

   Coolers

6. Screening needed

   A drum or vibrating screen separates dust from the finished pellets.

   Drum screens, Vibrating screens

7. Packing your choice

   15 kg bags, big bags or bulk, depending on the buyer.

   Packaging systems

8. Transport between stages needed

   Belt and screw conveyors connect the machines into one line.

   Belt conveyors, Screw feeders, Redlers

9. Control cabinet needed

   Controls the whole line, also remotely from a phone.

   Industrial automation

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