DIY pellet mill
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- Опубликовано: 27 сен 2024
- This is my pellet mill that I build , hope you guys can improve on the design , I made this video because I could not find a video on RUclips that shows how the DIY thing works, only videos of pictures
hope this helps
thanks for watching
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
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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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.
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
Youre a one man army. The right hand is the camera guy. The left hand is the actor.
I’ve been trying to find one on Amazon but all I’m finding is feed mills thanks for the help
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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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.
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.
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 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
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.
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
Awesome build. Thanks for sharing!
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 👍😀.
love the ambiton for creating out of necessity. love the haywire. you cant have a fine tuned machine without some haywire involved 😝👍
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
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
I love how the _exact moment_ you say "I've gotta getta tripod" there is actually a tripod _right there_ in the background. LOL!
but it is for the brick layer lazer , it wont fit on my camera , thanks for whatching the video in detail lol!
i got one now for the camera and internet very very costly internet
Aye: noticed that too...and then thought 'there must be a really good reason why he isn't using it'. Thread is the wrong standard - there are so many standards.
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!
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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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
Good subject. good demo. Thank you showing your machine working.
thank you sir and thanks for watching
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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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
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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
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
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?
Hi there, thank you so much for this information this is very helpful.
Thank you for Watching and your kind comments
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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You need more moisture, but if you add liquid it will cake yeah? So try making a steamer to add steam for moisture.
Baie goeie video. Sal defnitief jou idee gebruik. Dankie Phillip.
I think larger grooves in your rollers would help also.
Very informative video.Thanks for sharing. God bless you
Thank you
You need a headband cam holder!!!!
I like this - very well thought through Phillip - nicely done
+Frans Badenhorst Thank you Franse and thanks for the comment
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
Well done fella! Congratulations
Very educational. Thanks for sharing
Thank you for watching and for your kind comments
Pretty neat
Thanks
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.
Works for me ,, nessity the mother of invention
Thanks. It's really helpful video. Good work thanks for sharing
yea..correct
That's pretty cool working machine!
Can you make leaves into pellets?
The pellet machine's i've seen, its the rollers that move not the strainer, but I guess works both ways. Also, pellets for feed can use a starchy liquid (potatoes, rice etc.) as a binder or if you're making pellets for stove burning same dif using dried grass clippings & shredded newspaper etc. I''ve also thought of using an old hand crank meat grinder and a drill! could motorize it and modify a hopper for it too! Just thinkin outloud!
+R Pace i think i saw someone who used a meat grinder design just google it and it worked very good thanks for watching
Very nice job,budy. You need to ad some water in material,from 11-15% moisture.
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%
Baie goeie idee, well done op die een !! Maar as ek jou raad kan gee om te verbeter.. as jou screen/ sif stil staan en jou rollers draai aleen sal jou pille meer igalig uit kom.. die feit dat die sif spin en jou onder plaat spin waar die korrels op val veroorsaak dat hy jou korrels breek as dit uit kom..
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 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?
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...
Do you need the molasses. I thought the lignen in the plants made it bond togeather with the friction of the rollers
I love the video
Thanks so much
I have a suggestion for you. add a hopper that tappers down to a slide valve. this should limit the feed and allow you to fill the hopper with more material at one time.
+bos dad Will do thank you for the info will try and sort this thing out
Thank you! Very helpful!
thank you for watching
Net so n boer maak n plan, kwaai job Jong,
Baie dankie
Thanks for a great video!
Thanks for watching
Thanks a lot for your video, people love you man...great vid
yea...but the machine have to be improved
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
Very nice bro.
Hello. if you deepen and widen the sprocket channels, you will get a better pressing and better bonded pellets.
Wah ini sangat bagus sekali,dan saya terkesan dengan tayangan ini
se puede hacer pellet de papel y cartón?
Ha! You're a genius!
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This is awesome. Can make a video on how you did it
Nice 😀
Thank you
Great video. Just one question if the raw material blocks the holes on the disc what Can i do
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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
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
Awesome 👍
can you post your resources on the description? Thank you!!!
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Phillip,
"... gravity has its way..." That's one of the most interesting ways I've ever heard of expressing the effects of gravity!
I enjoyed the video! Thank you!
Would you do anything different if you were to make the pellet machine today?
Thanks again,
Old Matt
what he meant to say is centripetal force
This is good stuff man thank you very much (Dit is goeie dinge man dankie)
Baie dankie
Great work... thanks for explaining.
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
Just a thought, instead of making a new plate of holes closer together, try countersinking each hole. This might also increase compaction!
Yes, he made the machine quite well, but in my opinion the conical - or at least countersunk- holes are missing, which is responsible for the merely weak compactation.
Love what you have produced do you have an instrucruion manual
, SORRY , like to do things sometimes just out of my head
Thank you Phillip.
I hope to improve on your work
Definitely hope it helps
Less moisture and more pressure will give harder pellets. Looks like your machine will fall apart if you do that though. Also the holes in the plat have to be tapered.
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
I see the problem, your bottom hopper (forming plate) has the holes spaced too far apart causing the plant fibers to clog up on the large surface area between the holes, I would start with a thicker plate of steel and drill the holes closer to each other in staggered honeycomb pattern, also I would use a tapered (step drill bit) or funnel shaped drill bit for the form holes, that way the reduced hole diameter will increase heat fiction and create not only vertical pressure but also horizontal pressure on the pellets being formed.
you are 100% correct and i will be doing what you said and a couple of people her on youtube and from what i have learnd to make it better thanks for watching
And thank YOU for being humble and excepting advice from others! ( ;
mrMacGoover
mrMacGoover
Will it help to put a “wiper or scraper” behind the rollers to scrape plant fibre off of the pellet plate? So that the fibre stuck to the plate will not impede on pellet forming.
Very good l have learnt so much will try making one
please do thanks for watching
nice
Thank you
Need to have your holes tapered so the pellet gets compressed as it is forced through it. You will get a harder pellet.
thanks for the info, will share my new one soon , internet from my phone is very expensive
can you do another one showing from beginning please show all the steps
i think i should
Really good video. Your proof of concept is good and the comments added by others seem like good ideas to improve on your project. Thanks for posting this for the rest of us DIYers.
I'd love to see your upgraded version when you "finish it". That's a joke, of course, because nothing like this is ever truly done! Well done.
hi Brad i made i smaller unit works great but cant handel a heavy load will post soon thanks for watching
Thank you. Very so much.
Would this machine work to make wood pellets for a pellet stove?
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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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Awesome job guy
+Virginia Eichholz hey man thank you and thanks for watching
Yeah I think you better start saving up, and buy one
What is the mechanical process that crushes sawdust and turns it into granules?
Hello friend, greetings from Mexico
I have searched for a long time for you amaqui to make food for my animals and I have not found here in Mexico
I have not found tutorials to make it either
Would you sell me yours ???
greetings from Mexico
A thicker plate with chamfered holes and it would be just like store bought
your demonstration is helpfull but important part is flat die what is the shape of the die hole and how it is made you are purchase a new one or drill it please give details of how to make pellet flat die
thanks a lot of and welcome to incredible india
i think i should make i how to video
Great work, but my question is, the meat chop machine, won't work for this job ? !
Mikhail Konstantin It would take a little reworking .
A draaibank is called a lathe in english
Ek het hom so baie dankie
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