Sawdust pellets
The most common raw material in sawmills and joineries. Fine, dusty sawdust goes straight into the granulator without grinding.
Wet sawdust is bought by loose volume, dry sawdust by weight. Above 15% moisture the line needs a dryer; sawdust from a sawmill kiln often goes in without one. Around 700 m³ of loose sawdust per month gives around 100 tonnes of pellets.
What you need to know
- Grinding
- not needed for a fine fraction
- Typical moisture
- above 15%, a dryer is needed
- Die
- die for softwood, 6 or 8 mm holes
- Conversion
- approx. 7 m³ of loose raw material = 1 t of pellets
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.
Lines up to 1 tonne per hour
See lines up to 1 t/h
Lines from 1 tonne per hour
See lines from 1 t/h-
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)
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Grinding not needed for this material
Fine, dusty material goes straight on, without a grinder.
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Drying needed
Above 15% moisture the line needs a dryer, sized to the amount of material.
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Pelleting needed
The heart of the line. For this material: die for softwood, 6 or 8 mm holes.
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Cooling it depends
Needed from about 200 to 250 kg/h. It can be skipped with big bags, not with small bags.
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Screening needed
A drum or vibrating screen separates dust from the finished pellets.
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Packing your choice
15 kg bags, big bags or bulk, depending on the buyer.
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Transport between stages needed
Belt and screw conveyors connect the machines into one line.
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Control cabinet needed
Controls the whole line, also remotely from a phone.
Other raw materials
Test your raw material before choosing a line
Send a sample and see what pellets we can make from it. We test the material on our pellet mills and give you recommendations on the die and the choice of machines.
- You fill in the request, we call back and agree how much material to send (usually 2 to 3 bags).
- We pelletise it on the test line in Sieradz; you are welcome to watch.
- You receive a pellet sample and a report with a recommended die and line set-up.