Wood Pellet Extruder and Biomass Press

Wood Pellet Extruder and Biomass Press Many people today are now using wood pellets and biomass pellets as their source of heat for their homes, this has lead to an increase of interest in actually how wood and other biomass pellets are made. The main piece of equipment used is referred to as Wood Pellet Extruder and Biomass Press, though it may also be called a pellet machine or pellet press. A Biomass Press is a industrial piece of equipment, even small pellet mills have to be built to a high standard to cope with the stresses of forming a pellet. However, this also means that generally speaking, a Biomass Press is also not a cheap piece of equipment, leading to some looking for ways for them to build their own Biomass Press. So how realistic is it for people to build their own Wood Pellet Extruder? Well, technically you could make your own Wood Pellet Extruder, the problem is to make a Wood Pellet Extruder of sufficient quality due to the components required would probably cost you more than purchasing one. This may lead you to believe that owning and operating your own Wood Pellet Extruder is not for you due to the costs involved. Well, first you need to look at the cost of the Wood Pellet Extruder you have been looking at, as many of them are probably Chinese imports which have been marked up with huge profit margins. Therefore if you can find the source of the pellet mills, you can literally save your self thousands of dollars on the cost of a Wood Pellet Extruder. However, some of the Chinese pellet mills are animal feed pellet mills miss-sold by re-sellers as wood pellet mills. You need to avoid these pellet mills, and choose units which are specifically designed to process wood and biomass materials. Producing your own fuel pellets with a home Biomass Press has a lot of appeal to some individuals. Owning your own home Biomass Press can bring several advantages. Firstly you can produce your own fuel from the resources you have available to you. This maybe local sawdust, or even straws, grasses and even cardboard and paper. Producing your own fuel pellets cannot only bring a source of energy independence, it can also generate some additional income. Most small home Biomass Presses produce around 100 kilograms an hour. Since most homes only use between 3000 and 5000 kilograms in a year, even a small home pellet mill has the ability to produce much more than the owner would require. This brings some options, either the Biomass Press could be a group purchase between an collection of pellet users, or one person could produce the pellets and sell the pellets back into the local area.