Flat die pellet mill

Description

Flat die pellet mill is mainly composed of press roller, flat die, feeder, gear bearings and power source. Roller and flat die are used for the pelletizing process. Flat Die Pellet Mill Machine can be of two types; one is the type in which roller rotates and the other one is the type in which die rotates. The selected raw material is poured from the above into the pelletizing chamber where it is compressed in between the roller and die. A knife cuts the pellets coming out of the holes of the flat die and compressed or dense pellets start coming out of the machine within a few seconds. They are collected in a large container and then stored for future use.

Advantage
Flat die pellet mill has simple structure. It is small, light and portable. The cost is much lower than ring die pellet mill. It is easy to operate and maintain. You can observe the pelletizing process and solve any fault in time. So it is popular with farmers, home users, and small feed production plant.
The flat dies are wearing parts, the user need to replace it regularly. But this parts can be used with both sides. You can turn it over when one side has worn out. You can extend their working life and reduce cost of feed production.
On the other hand, the moving distance are different in the inner and outer side of roller, which cause the slide of rollers and abrasion on the flat die. Currently, many flat die pellet machine adopt tapered roller to solve this problem. Zeno brand flat die pellet mill adopts tapered roller and superior alloy steel in the flat die.
Due to the structure of the machine, rollers, and die, flat die pellet mills are easy to be washed, cleaned, and looked after as compared to the other types of pellet mills where you would have to put extra care and attention to clean the whole apparatus.
Pelletizing chamber can be easily observed which makes it more convenient for the workers to observe the whole process of pellet formation. If a flat die pellet mill is not producing pellets or is producing a very small amount of pellets even after adding enough amount of raw materials, They don’t have to open the whole machine to observe the process, the workers can easily determine whatever the fault is in the machine.

Weakness
The contact area of roller and flat die is smaller than ring die pellet mill, so the production capacity and forming rate is lower. Ring die pellet mill production capacity is from 800kg to 20t per hour. As for flat die pellet mill, the capacity is from 100kg/h to 1t/h. If you production requirement is under 1000kg, you’d better choose flat die pellet machine.For the capacity more than 1000kg/h , ring die pellet mill is more suitable.