wood PELLET - How It's Made! [factory and machines tour]

[@drewgalbraith]

This was a wonderfully done video on this process! Thank you for sharing your family business with all of us, I learned a lot about how our pellets are made.

[@profilo_is_back]

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[@buckinfirewood]

This has got to be the best most intuitive video I've seen about pellets ... there really is no need for anybody else... great job!!!

[@profilo_is_back]

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[@tonygrunt]

Amazing video. You remind me of a university professor during lecture, confident in your knowledge and very informative and detailed

[@profilo_is_back]

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[@michaelsmoke4750]

This is a very good video, thank you for taking the time to explain this process. Great Job!

[@profilo_is_back]

Hi! Thank you for the comment! I'm really glad to receive your fantastic kudos! Happy that the video was good for you. Let's keep going! Bye!

[@ccole9080]

nice video intersting process

[@royofspeyside]

Thank you for great video explaining your process. I have been burning wood pellets at my home since 2006 but the price has gone through the roof here in the UK in the last 10 months from £0.30p per Kg to £0.60p yes 100% increase and that’s from a local producer to me here in northeast of Scotland if you want the 20kg bags delivered that is an additional cost. So I am looking to buy a very small scale pellet mill and produce my own from saw dust mostly

[@sinothizitha1280]

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[@tomrecny6437]

Outstanding video! In my career I’ve toured many plants and operations. Your virtual tour was excellent, thx vm.

[@profilo_is_back]

Hi! Thank you for the comment! I'm really happy that you liked that much the video, I'm glad that all the effort I made for the plant description is appreciated! Bye

[@jimsonnenburg7440]

Worked 23 years in a pellet mill. We did 150 ton daily and had automated packaging and robot stacking. Interesting to see this small scale operation

[@profilo_is_back]

Hi! Thank you for the comment! WOW, that's outstanding! We cannot even imagine these quantities. We do have margin for selling things, bot for many other reasons we are not going to scale up the production. You are right, interesting to see the comparison between these industrial realities. Is the process almost the same? Wich are the main differences? How is/are mill/mills in a fabric like the one you worked in?

[@irfannaeemdogar5540]

your contact number. I want to listen your experience

[@Petani.mudapeace]

Indonesia banyak bahan baku

[@davidp8157]

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[@sateeshreddy7916]

Kindly tell us ,What are the main uses of these pellets?​@profilo_is_back

[@rfldss89]

I grow mushrooms as a hobby, and one of the advantage of wood pellets vs other wood-based mediums, is the fact it has less pathogens that could contaminate your batch, because of the high temperatures reaching during pelletization due to the extremely high pressures. I was always a bit doubtful of that claim, but seeing the vapor coming off the pellet dye is really something, and definitely clears up any doubts I had! Thanks for the video, always interesting to see how stuff gets made.

[@profilo_is_back]

Hi! Thank your for the comment! Glad that you liked the video. That's fantastic, I'm happy that the video was helpful for you to better understand materials you use for your hobby. I'm also really curios about growing mushrooms, didn't know you can do that as hobby. That's fantastic!

[@EricMulford]

What a great video! Thank you. My girl friend and I were discussing this process this week. Answered all our questions.

[@profilo_is_back]

Hi! Thank you for the comment! Really glad that you liked the video adn that I was able to reply to all your questions. Hope the discussion was interesting. Share and subscribe, you'll really help me. Bye!

[@RIPGLIDE]

Thank you. I have used pellets for heating many years now. This was very interesting.

[@profilo_is_back]

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[@amosicronery7730]

I think this video made me an expert on wood pellet making😄😄😃 It is very informative, thank you.

[@profilo_is_back]

Hi! Thank you for the comment! ahahah, glad that you liked the explanation!

[@Canilho]

I was curious about learning how pellets are made and this was very interesting. I enjoyed all the details of the process. Thanks for this good content and taking your time to explain it so well.

[@profilo_is_back]

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[@kinlika]

Very informative, you are a very good narrator ! Bravo ! I wish you good luck with your business

[@profilo_is_back]

Hi! thank you for the comment, glad that you liked the video!

[@deanhinther2206]

Fantastic tour! An interesting process explained very well!

[@profilo_is_back]

Hi! Thank you for the comment! Glad that you liked the video.

[@adrianrevill7686]

Thanks for explaining how they are compressed, i always wondered how it was done.

[@profilo_is_back]

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[@Nifty-Stuff]

Excellent job with how the pellets are made. Thank you!

[@profilo_is_back]

Hi! Thank your for the comment! Glad that you liked the video

[@greyshades9114]

Really informative, thank you for the vid and the great internal videoshots.

[@profilo_is_back]

Hi! Thank you for the comment, glad that you liked both the presentation and the shots! I put a lot of effort in int! Thanks

[@askmehowiknow3571]

Wow. What a great video! History channel “how it’s made” should hire you.

[@profilo_is_back]

Thank you very much, glad that you liked the video! I hope they'll contact me ahahaha

[@ccghioca]

Best explanation about pellet production ever. Thank you very much

[@profilo_is_back]

Hi! Thank you for the comment! I'm really happy that you liked that much the video, I'm glad that all the effort I made for the plant description is appreciated! Bye

[@osformadores]

WOW!!!! Congratulations!! Thank you from Brazil !!!

[@profilo_is_back]

Hi! Thank you for the comment, glad that you liked the video!

[@royordway9157]

I have been burning pellets for 6 or 7 years. I had some idea of how they are made but not a lot about it. I just stumbled on your video and really enjoyed it. I never gave a lot of thought about the natural sugars in the wood to bind the pellets together. I'm in Maine, USA. Thank you for the education.

[@profilo_is_back]

Hi! Thank you for the comment! Glad that you liked the video and found it interesting. Yeah, it is fascinating to discover that no glues are used to keep together and compressed wood pellet, all natural substances. We are from Italy, glad to, know we have 'viewers' coming from so far in the world! Share and subscribe, you’ll really help me in spreading out this knowledge! Bye

[@luisdaniel3363]

Actually it is possible to make methanol (alcohol) from the wood. But do not use that alcohol.

[@JusticeAlways]

I worked in a plant that used a large California Pellet Mill (CPM) that rotated a much larger die at much higher speeds - we blended by weight, 30% granulated plastics (LDPE /PP) with hardwood fibers - output from CPM to holding bins. The material was then transported by augers to a 6" extruder having a 30:1 barrel...heating material to molten condition...extrudate then taken in measured by weight amounts to vertical acting compression molding presses (750 tons) to mold final product. The wood fiber content "stiffened" the plastic matrix making for durable molded parts. Most of the plastics molding machinery were of German manufacture. Nice to watch this video - and seeing how other people do things in their own way. 🇺🇸👍

[@profilo_is_back]

Hi! Thank you for the comment! Glad that you have shared all these very interesting details! These numbers are absolutely astonishing, compared to those of our small plant, producing 180/220 kg/h of wood pellet in good working conditions. Bye!

[@Bradleyscience]

Very well done, inspires confidence in your products

[@profilo_is_back]

Hi! Thank you for the comment, glad that you liked!

[@JonathanShowalter]

I was very glad to run on to this video. You have done an excellent job and in doing so, gave me an answer to our pelletizing problems. Here at Beeline, we are a manufacturer of wooden beehive parts in Southern Michigan, USA. We are turning our white pine wood scraps and sawdust into wood heating pellets with a 12 inch flat die mill that is manufactured here in the US. However, we have had no end of trouble getting good success. It seems that a flat die mill is prone to more pulverization that results in blocking (holes plugging) that results in less production and finally shutting the mill down as result of over-amp draw. It also seems that a flat die mill is especially sensitive to particle size and amounts of moisture. It is just to "tweeky," (hard to get it just right, difficult to get everything just right so that it mills consistently for long periods of time.) I watched your video with much interest because it seems that a vertical die mill like you have would work a lot better for wood like I am trying to mill. Unfortunately, I have not been able to locate a small vertical ring die mill in the US. There are many large horizontal ring dies but they are to large and expensive for my operation. The one you have is just the right size and capacity. I found the contact information for the company that makes yours and have written to them with the hope that we could do business. But I would like to interchange with you also. You would have a lot of experience both with the process of turning wood into pellets and with that mill. There is also the possibility that the company in Italy that makes your mill will ignore me. If they do, or say that they are not interested in dealing with someone in the US, maybe I could work through you. I am definitely interested in purchasing rings and rollers from them to use in a mill that I would build myself. I would prefer, however, to purchase the mill parts from the gearbox up, and then retrofit it onto my mill motor and gearbox. (We have done a lot of fabricating.) I would even be interested in establishing a dealership of their mills here in the States. I think there would be a lot of little shops that would be very interested in an economic, dependable way to turn their scrap into a marketable product. Can you help me out? Since I will probably terminate my KZbin account in the near future I would prefer interchanging by email at [e-mail]. Thanks in advance.

[@profilo_is_back]

Hi! Thank you for the comment! Glad that you liked the video and found it interesting. I want to be sincere, I didn't really know anything about vertical/flat mill comparison. I didn't think there may be a correlation/influence between the geometry of the mill and the effectiveness in pelletizing the wood material. Anyway, also here in europe you find flat mill of very high power. All those that are smaller are vertical mill like ours. Yeah, we can get in touch via my email here: [e-mail] Write a comment here as a reply to notice me that you wrote something! I don't really always get the notification from this email. Share and subscribe, you’ll really help me in spreading out this knowledge! Bye!

[@JonathanShowalter]

@@profilo_is_back Thanks for responding. I'll interchange with you about business aspects and other technical matters by email, but for here I will say that you are exactly right. We are running a 30 hp mill with a 12" flat die ( over 400 holes). If the mill is running well I'm drawing about 30 amps and producing about 200 pound per hour. Unfortunately, it runs badly more often than not. When I say badly, I mean that the outside ring of holes will block (presumably because the material has pulverized to finely) and that, in turn creates more pulverizing that blocks more holes until I'm probably only milling with half the holes. That leads to more material squeezing out from under the rollers and climbing the sides of the mill housing. This continues until it chokes the mill, stalls it, draws too many amps. We have it set up that it will automatically shut down if it does that. I have other things to do and so it might sit there without running for some time till I can go clean it out and restart. Yesterday it happened about six times. I assume that, with a ring die like yours, there is almost no pulverizing happening and the material is more consistently forced through the holes rather than refusing to do so. And so I would like to try a different mill. If I understand correctly, you are running a 15 hp motor on the mill and producing higher output with consistent operation. I'd like one of those! Anyway, expect an email from me in the next couple of days to discuss other aspects of the process and see what we can do to wake up the company that makes them and get something imported. Thanks for now.

[@Ikbeneengeit]

Woodpellet prices are up about 400% these days. I wish you much success in your business.

[@profilo_is_back]

Hi! Thank you for the comment! Well, you are right, but don't think we are sailing in gold...also the electricity and all other primary materials have risen up that much. What you can earn from this product is still almost the same. Who is taking advantage from this situation are those re-selling the product. They buy if still at low-cost prices from east-europe, then they re-sell it at high prices in western europe, where fuel prices have risen up a lot, as you know. This because of the enercetigal crisis, all over the world. Hope this situation will be solved briefly. Share and subscribe, you’ll really help me in spreading out this knowledge! Bye

[@neilpirie846]

Great video! answered all my questions, Thanks.

[@profilo_is_back]

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[@johnsweeney3060]

Excellent video, very informative and great pace of presentation. Well done and thank you for the insight.

[@profilo_is_back]

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[@henryfriesen1094]

Thank you very much for so much details one of the only ones in the world who probably give so precise details

[@profilo_is_back]

Hi! Thank you for the comment. I' really really happy you appreciate the effort in the explanation....I did my best to be clear, simple and show you all the details of the process.

[@starman7273]

I just bought a pellet grill Thank You for this video explaining how the pellets are made.

[@profilo_is_back]

Hi! Thank you for the comment! glad that you liked the explanation!

[@lglb]

Outstanding Video! Thank you, and your family, for spending the time to show us all what happens and why. Many others have said the same thing in comments here, but that would not stop me from repeating the truth - great job!

[@profilo_is_back]

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[@xl0xl0xl0]

Lovely video! If I might add a suggestion, if it's feasible, and when you upgrade the sealing machine, use one that can do vacuum-sealing. Should be possible to get the bags into nice solid bricks, like vacuum-sealed ground coffee. Would both reduce the volume and make them easier to handle.

[@profilo_is_back]

Hi! Thank you for the comment! Well, it's actually not recommended to vacuum-seal bags. I actually didn't show the detail of the bac, but there are several micro holed reuquired to let the humidity go out. Water inside the bag is not good, because will deteriorate pellet product (I don't know if you have ever tried what happens when you put wood pellet under the water). This is really important especially in our case, where we procude pellet, sevral decades of minutes, then we immediately seal it. it is still a bit hot, it loses water via vapour (you see it condensate in the internal side o fthe bag), then holes help to lose vapor outside the bag, saving the product. Your point may be ok in case of factories where the product is completely cooled down, so that you don't have the risk of having it losing water vapor inside the bag. However, even if you vacuum-seal them, I don't think you would increment that much the 'handleness', let's say. Moreover, remembre that in the majorityo of the cases you have robotic palleting machines, machines will do the dirty job ahaha. Glad that you liked the video and found it interesting. Share and subscribe, you’ll really help me in spreading out this knowledge! Bye!

[@giorgiog541]

Molto interessante, grazie per mostrarci il processo di produzione dei pellet.

[@rjackson64840]

Thanks!

[@profilo_is_back]

thank you very much for the donatioN! really appreciate the support!

[@AntiCheap]

Video fantastico, non pensavo di trovare una spiegazione così in dettaglio e non avevo nemmeno capito fossi italiano.

[@profilo_is_back]

ciao! Grazie per il commento! mi fa molto piacere che il video ti sia piaciuto! Condividilo se ti va. E iscriviti, settimana prossima esco con un altro video sempre riguardo il pellet, abbiamo fatto dei test in cui pellettiamo altro materiale. E inoltre mi aiuteresti molto! Grazie! Ciao

[@DonLuc23]

Super job, and no stupid music. Thank you.

[@profilo_is_back]

ahahahhahaa thank you very much for the comment, glad that you liked the video! only pure industrial sounds.

[@robertwoelk26]

How often do you do a complete clean up? As dust is highly explosive, this is something that sawmills, grain elevators are very careful about.

[@buckstarchaser2376]

Your factory looks like one of those safety videos, where they show what types of environments cause flash fires and explosions.

[@garynicholls72]

Hi Gary from the UK here grate video very interesting and informative keep them coming

[@profilo_is_back]

Hi Gary! Thank you very much for the comment, glad that you liked the video!

[@csil2863]

Very good explanation of the process!

[@profilo_is_back]

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[@1KentKent]

Thank you for the detailed narration. Well done!

[@profilo_is_back]

Hi! Thank you for the comment! Glad that you liked the video!

[@bretgreen5314]

Fantastic explanation. I enjoyed seeing this very much.

[@profilo_is_back]

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[@chrispicritters4710]

Very well done explanation of the process.

[@douglasleeumbanhowar352]

Excellent description of making pellets. I heat my house with a pellet stove and love it. Always wondered how the pellets were made. Thanks so much.

[@profilo_is_back]

Hi! Thank you for the comment! Glad that you liked the video, and happy that you are working well with that system!

[@nigelunknown]

Excellent 'How its made' video, thank you for the insight, its fascinating!

[@profilo_is_back]

Hi! Thank you for the comment! Glad that you liked the video and the content.

[@michaeltaylor520]

Thank you for the tour. The amount of powdered wood on every visible surface seems like a high risk of an explosion and/or fire. Is that a problem with other plants ?

[@profilo_is_back]

Hi! Thank you for the comment! Glad that you liked the video. Well, yes, its a problem. But we cannot do anything about it, the power is always there. Yes, high risk, we always have to pay a lot of attention. For sure there must be higher standars in bigger plants, I've never had the occasion to visit one of them, so I can't give you any other perspective.

[@chrisdekock8864]

I used to own a small pet grocery line, mostly for pet rabbits, guinea pig. I added wood pellets as bedding material offer, and visited the factory in Durban south Africa. Very similar operation and i was fascinated. I always wanted to buy my own pelletizer to mill my own Teff, Lucerne and Arogrostis feeds, however i had to sell the business before i could further expand. Nevertheless, a pellet machine is an amazing piece of equipment!

[@alistairshanks5099]

That is an interesting extruder. I have not seen one like it. I have adapted a twin screw food extruder to make wood pellets. it used to make breakfast cereal and you can mount various die plates at the end of the barrel. You can also alter the srew configuration to be more or less aggressive so it can do some of the grinding and breakdown work that you use other machinery for. It also has the advantage of having controllable heat zones along the barrel.

[@profilo_is_back]

Hi! Thank you for the comment! On my side, I'v never seen an adaptation like your one! It seems something very interesting and clever. What kind of production ratios can you reach? Is the twin-screw extruder resistant enough to produce wood pellet? TO handle raw wood, I mean...

[@dekegordon1168]

Your operation is so eco-friendly, I want to purchase some.

[@profilo_is_back]

Hi! Thank you for the comment! Unfortunately this is a very small scale production...all the pellet is sold and consumed locally. We do not sell online, neither abroad (both EU and extraEU). Where do you come from? Glad that you liked the video and found it interesting. Share and subscribe, you’ll really help me in spreading out this knowledge! Bye

[@RWRKofficial]

our pelletizer (we have 2) ar like bigggg flat die machines and they have a 20 hp motor on them, together they produce half a ton an hour, our hammer mill is like more bigger than yours with a 40 hp motor and I've never seen a crusher like that! our crushers is like a big drum head with giant knives and there is for other big knifes on the outside and it destroys the chips with an incredible amount of force, we were about to sell it cuz it wasn't working until I decided to fix it lol, really great video and explanation!

[@profilo_is_back]

Hi! Thank you for the comment! I'm glad you fixed it, it seems a very interesting setup, you should too do a video about it! You're talking about much much different power and production with respect to our plant ahahaha. I'm really curios to see such big plants. Go on! Bye!

[@RWRKofficial]

@@profilo_is_back yes! I will

[@slogan5955]

a good informative video. i always wondered how pellets were made.thanks

[@profilo_is_back]

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[@razvanm3]

Very good video and very good explained! Thank you!

[@profilo_is_back]

Hi! Thank you for the comment and for the kudos, I really appreciate! And more importantly, thank you very much for the subscription, it really helps me!

[@terrymcmillan5105]

Thank you. Very informative and clearly presented.

[@profilo_is_back]

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[@Caprice-tk7kd]

so much energy used to produce renewable heating. well produced video and interesting

[@profilo_is_back]

Hi! Thank you for the comment! Glad that you liked the video! Yes, so much, I totally agree. However, as you said, its worth it, because its how recycling wastes works. You spend energy ro give value to something you cannot do anything with, except burning it.

[@HalloAmsterdam]

An excellent great video for description of making pellets. Thank you.

[@profilo_is_back]

HI! Thank you for the comment, really glad that you liked the video. Subscribe and share, you'll really help me! Moreover, I have another interesting video about pellet that'll come out in the next week. Stay tuned, if you may be interested!

[@robertrohler3644]

great video, very educational. Thanks

[@profilo_is_back]

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[@georgevue8175]

Wow this is a great presentation of the pellet making process. Another pellet making topic I would love to learn more about is the amount of energy required to manufacture pellets. But that might be pretty involved & might be more of a thesis paper for a college student. There is the fossil fuels required to power the trucks that deliver the wood, the fossil fuels used to build the trucks & the machinery used to make the pellets & then the energy needed to power the manufacturing process, make the plastic bags for the pellets, & last but not least the fossil fuels needed for the trucks to deliver the finished product.

[@profilo_is_back]

Hi! Thank you for the comment! This is a very interesting aspect. I'll tell you what I think about. In terms of transportation, I really don't consider that much this component, becasue wood is locally produced and the final product is locally consumed. The transportation doesn't have a big impact on the final carbon foot print. What impact most are wood transformation (wood chipper 100kW and wood shredder 25kW) and pellet mill (9kW working a lot of hours in the day). yes, it is a process requiring a lot of energy. In the perfect plant it would come from renewable sources, like solar, wind or water. But we do not have the possibility to use them efficiently. I know it is a lot of energy, but I like to see it in that way: you are spending energy to reuse/recover/recycle products that you cannot reuse in any other way. So it is worth of it. What do you think?

[@georgevue8175]

@@profilo_is_back My Filipino wife loves how the pellet stove keeps her 75 degrees warm all winter. For me another big plus of heating with wood pellets is I would much rather give a local pellet manufacturer like you my $$$, than oil producing USA unfriendly terrorist supporting countries like Saudi Arabia. But great video, if I were a school teacher in your area I would arrange field trips for the kids to see your facility.

[@eliud843]

Very interesting , for this process from pellets , small factory but fine production thank you from France

[@profilo_is_back]

Hi! Thank you for the comment! Glad that you liked the video.

[@asulwer]

thank you for such a detailed video

[@profilo_is_back]

Hi! Thank you for the comment! Glad that you liked the video!

[@asepkomarudin7298]

thank you for sharing your knowledge, I hope your business and family will be more successful, don't forget to come to our country Indonesia, because the raw materials for making wood pellets are very abundant

[@superbeetlejosh]

this is very interesting. I work in a small cabinet shop, and it drives me crazy to see our scraps going to the landfill.

[@profilo_is_back]

Hi! Thank you for the commnet! I totally understand you...in fact, we don't really use (for personal use) high-quality wood. I really prefer low-quality, because I don't want to waste anything if we tal about burning. We do waste so much material....and we have to remember that also branches and sawdust is ok for burning. You don't really need hig-quality wood. Bye!

[@shannonp4037]

Sell them as "camp fire wood" to a distributor or by yourself.

[@JusticeAlways]

A plant I worked at used wood fibers made from furniture manufacturing scraps (hardwoods)...the wood scraps were pulverized using a hammer mill. I totally understand your concern...I hate seeing wasteful practices /habits. I'm betting there's some sort of market for those scraps (hobby wood comes to mind). 🇺🇸👍

[@allison447]

hey - I agree. I could take it from you, depending on how much you produce. We can filter it as mulch if no metal. Sounds like you could have good product so I could probably use it if that is of interest

[@runen1484]

Thanks for sharing. Very interesting and very thorough video - well done

[@profilo_is_back]

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[@SevtapThurston]

Nice job! Can someone anser couple of questions please. What did he mix with wood powder and what was the polishing material?

[@plowhand5591]

Nice video. Thanks for showing the process. 👍✝🙂

[@profilo_is_back]

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[@davidascher1801]

VERY interesting and well presented! Thanks

[@profilo_is_back]

Hi! Thank you for the comment! Glad that you liked the video and the content.

[@deecord]

Your father should be proud. He raised a good son.

[@profilo_is_back]

Thank you very much, my friend. This is the first cmment of this kind. Me and my dad are really happy for what you said, thank you!

[@deecord]

@@profilo_is_back I had my first son a few years ago. It changed how I see my own father. Wish you both the best and many years of happiness to come.

[@perterslse2543]

Thanks a lot, very informative!! Greetings from Denmark

[@profilo_is_back]

Hi! Thank you for the comment. I'm really glad that you liked the video!

[@atulk9947]

Very good information, this is better if you show the complete production system running. Thank you.

[@profilo_is_back]

Hi! Thank you for the comment! Glad that you liked the video! Than you for the advice, maybe one of the next video will be something like that, showing every machine running. Bye!

[@tombouie]

Thks; I never met a wood pellet connoisseur ;)

[@profilo_is_back]

Hi! Thank your for the comment! Glad that you liked the video

[@richardteychenne3950]

Excellent presentation very clear and informative. I wish I was closer to you so I could buy from you. 👌

[@profilo_is_back]

Hi! Thank you very much for the comment! Appreciate you like both the video and the product! Where do you come from? By the way, subscribe to the channel if you liked, you'll really help me! Thank you!

[@richardteychenne3950]

@@profilo_is_back I am in the UK and moving to Portugal soon. I love Italy but too expensive for me at the moment.

[@chriscars3578]

Great video I have just put in a wood pellet boiler. It great but the pellets r getting expensive to buy

[@profilo_is_back]

Hi! Thank you for the comment! Well, you are perfectly right...this is the reason why to warm our house we do not use our pellet, that is a high quality product, made with very good wood. We use instead very low quality material, such as bark and branches all chipped together. We do have a Froling Wood chip and pellet boiler, that burns efficiently even low quality material wood chip. You can find many videos about that in the channel (both Froling wood chip boiler kzbin.info/www/bejne/lYbWdamCgs98edU and wood chipping process kzbin.info/www/bejne/qF7CdXtmfd13iac )

[@willobrien2872]

Excellent Video Thank You Could you reduce power consumption...maybe by 50% ?

[@profilo_is_back]

Hi! Thank you for the comment! The first point may be about renewable energies: it will cut A LOT the final cost of the product. Second, for sure I cannot reduce pwr consumption of about 50%, I don't know where put my hands. I mean, the main consumption is the 9kW motor for the mill, that's it. Other are about lights and material handling and transportation. Maybe a different layout of the fabric could help, but that's the space we have, so.... And I don't think ti will impact a lot on the final energy consumption.

[@willobrien2872]

@@profilo_is_back Life is full of Challenges... Maybe if the Q is rephrased...How much can Power Consumption be reduced by ? 9kw is a lot Could you use 2 smaller machines with combined power consumption less than 9kw ? Please forgive my noseyness, Machines Processes and Layouts can allways be improved and made more Efficient. Challenge Yourself and your team to find Small Improvements and once in the habit you will find tackling more substantial Improvements Easy. There is a dust situation this could be a healthy start. Please again forgive my impudence its not intended as criticism. I used to run manufacturing businesses seeing a good operation like yours gets me engaged. Thank You for showing me your business. 👍😃💯

[@dghtr79_36]

@@willobrien2872 you can't avoid physics, that 9kw motor is doing the work - compressing wood, that is unavoidable, the only thing that might be improved is the motor itself, it looks like he is using induction motors, so switching over to permanent magnet motors could decrease power consumption, but cost/complexity could be an issue looking at heat generation at different stages, collecting that heat to use at other parts of the process (like drying the wood) could increase overall efficiency, but, again - cost of implementing and maintaining it might be prohibitive, perhaps it simply doesn't make sense for a small production like this, but might be much more beneficial for larger operation

[@deyansimeonov1873]

Thank you ProFilo for this video. Finally someone to explain into details wood pellets making. I have a question if you could help me. We have a small forest and I wanted to produce wood pellets for our own needs since we have few pellet fireplaces. I fount the sawdust machine and the pellet making machine and I was thinking - that is all I need to make the pellets for myself. From your video I found out that the bark is not used in pellets making and since the trees in our forest are up to 15cm in diameter (not large logs) it would be hard to remove the bark from them without sourcing specific machine. I was wondering is there any solution to overtake that problem without buying the machine to get rid from the bark? Also is there any way using the tree branches to make pellets and how? Thanks

[@profilo_is_back]

Hi @Deyan Simenov! Thank you for your comment! Well, you are exactly like in our situation. I'm gonna tell you some aspects.First of all, as you can see in the video, we use very high quality material without bark because we sell the product: we want to maximize energy efficiency and minimize ashes production. This is because, in general, people want to clean as less as possible their stove. Remember that bark is the major responsible of ashes production. All this to say that if your pellet will be mainly for your personal use and you don't really care too much about ashes production/cleaning procedure you can perfectly use tree tops, bark and brances to procude wood pellet. This was infact the original reason why pellet was invented: to recover all these parts of wood. At our home we have infact a big wood chip boiler: we use very low quality material (good one is kept for pellet), because ashes production is not a relevant aspect for us (you can see a video about that in the channel).

[@profilo_is_back]

Another comment for you: we have a client that brings us his tree tops and branches, we do this low-quality pellet for him, but he is really happy because he uses wood pellet in a boiler, where he doesn't care that much about quality. Doest it have a quite low level of enery/tons? no problem, he burns more, because it actually costs much less than very good quality one.

[@profilo_is_back]

Another question is about the plant: unfortunately, you do need a bit of equipement to complete the wood pellet production procedure. The wood whipping machine (but you said you already have something, right?), the dryier, the hammer mill, together with a storage space and finally the pellet milling machine. All together a bit of equipement. If you can setup this, then you are clear to go!

[@deyansimeonov1873]

Thank you for your help ProFilo. You gave me a great idea. I`ll search for a pellet manufacturer around my city to ask him the same thing you do for your customer. Then we can try the quality of these pellets and if we are happy with it then we can buy the machines, since it is just for our home usage. Do you have any idea what else we can do with wood chips from tree branches and tree tops apart from low quality pellets? It is Acacia trees. Greetings from Bulgaria

[@profilo_is_back]

@@deyansimeonov1873 I'm very glad to help you! And I'm very happy that my video was of interest! First of all how much wood do you use all over the year? You have to consider the cost to setup the whole plant, plus the maintenance (and the energy to run it). honestly, I don't think that a plant like our (notice that our is actually very small!) is sustainable for home-use only. However, if you use quite a lot of material (+ maybe you can sell a bit...) you can do that. And I think that in your place you use a lot of material (here in Italy not that much as you, I think). Here my two advices: 1) consider to use directly wood chip, as we do. You can install a wood chip boiler that burns almost everything. No matter the quality, no matter the bark percentage. If it is wood, it burns. We are using branches in these days: we consume a lot of material, we produce a lot of ashes (so we have to clean the ashes box more frequently) but no problem for us...we are spending about 3€/5€ / day in a quite old house...this is very economical! This is because, as you know, tree tops and branches are almost free! However the pellet production process has a relevant cost. You have to think a lot about it. If this idea is not considerable because you already have fireplaces and you cannot change them, then I tell you this: go to the nearest pellet producer and ask if they are ok in producing a batch of pellet only ofr you with your material. This is what a guy does with us: he collects all his wood trunks and branches from his wood, he brings all the material at our plant, then we chip and pellet it, only for him. This will end up in a lower-quality product, and he is aware of that. But for him this is ok because he burns everthing in a very efficient pellet boiler, so the ashes proudciton/heat capacity doesn't impact that much. Much more important is the economical aspect: this low quality pellet costs him a lot less... Another advice: don't think about very small plants. you can find on the market very small pellet mills for few hundred/thousands of €...NO. They don't work well, they are fragile, you cannot find spare parts. Moreover, they produce few kg/h... Rather than these, please look for professional products and plants. Finally, if you don't really know what to do with these trees..maybe you can sell the material (directly trunks or wood chip) to a nearby pellet plants or, if you have one, district heating plants. Let me know what you think! I'm curios about your toughts! Bye!

[@niklar55]

😊👍 What is done with the fine dust that is removed during the process? I had a basic idea of the pellet making process, but this filled in a few unknowns. Thanks. .

[@profilo_is_back]

Hi! Thank you for the comment! Glad that you liked the video and found it interesting. Share and subscribe, you’ll really help me in spreading out this knowledge! Bye

[@profilo_is_back]

About the fine dust...the one we cn recover is simply reintroduced into the process, after the silos-screw. Basically in the main storage up on the mill. However, the quantity is really small compared to the standard production, so we do not recover that much fine dust from the factory.

[@cathiwim]

How often are the machines wiped down of sawdust?

[@profilo_is_back]

Hi! Thank you for the comment! Well, actually not that much frequently. I know its not a safe situation, but there is a lot of powder, and it continuously accumulates on the machines...we cannot handle it.

[@bogdanvartolomei70]

Hi, I would like first to say congrats for the prodcution line you own! NIce job! I have 1 remarque and 2 questions please, if possible: 1) If one of the machine is in damage, let s say the final one, what s the backup of the proces? Is it neccessary to have a backup machine, or the cadence doesn't require it, and you have enough time for reparations ? One linked question, whats the frecquence of maintenance plan ? 2) What's the capacity of installation /h ? 3) In total delivery cost, is it more profitable to buy the raw material (wood and wastes), and to transforme in wood sawdust ? Thank you in advance, Bogdan

[@profilo_is_back]

HI! Thank you for the comment, I'll reply below. Thank you for the kudos! 1) Well, if we would have two or more machines we would use them continuously all the time all the machines.....we do have actually one, so we use it full time. Our budget (both money and people working here) are enough for one, we cannot handle more. So yes, if you have more, you can do maintenance on one machine meanwhile the otehrs are working. The frequence of maintenance plan is very unpredictable, unfortunately. It really depends on too many variables such as material quality, rollers temperature, material cleanliness, softness, humidity level. Since we do typically work with different wood mixture, we have to continuously adapt the working conditions. In tese days we haven't changed the rollers still, they are producing about 700/800 kgs. You have to keep in mind that this is a really small machine,, so the down time due to maintenance is quite small: in, let's say, about 30/45min yu can change both rollers and re-start the production easily. In much bigger machine you have longer dow-times. 2) The production is abotu 150 kg/h, it really depends on material hardness. 3) it depends on the cost of the raw material. If you owe it, or you can buy it profitably, and you have the machines to transform it, I would say to follow this path. Otherwise it's better to buy saw dust or wood chip, then mill them in intermediate material as teh one you see in the video. Hope I replied efficiently to your questions, I'm here for more clarifications. Bye!

[@antius84]

Great video. Very interesting and informative. Thank you! Cheers.

[@profilo_is_back]

Hi! Thank you for the comment! I'm really glad you liked the video: hope the best!

[@clarencevogel6039]

WOW ! you do an excellent job of explaining the process. (you should choose a career in education). Could you do another video, showing other "waste products" like lawn clippings, etc. to see what kind of pellets they would produce. maybe ask for suggestions on other things to "pelletize". (just small amounts for "proof of concept) you could even show how well they burn compared to the wood.

[@profilo_is_back]

HI! Thank you for the intervention, this is a really good comment! First of thank you for the kudos, I'm really glad that you noticed the passion for explaining and telling things. The education career was one of the option, you really got the point into. About the techincal part of the comment. Thank you for the advices, I realy like the idea about trying to pelletize other materials. I have some idea now, I think I'll try an interesting material in the next week. SO, stay tuned, hope you'll appreciate one of the next video, you'll know it comes from your comment! I really like the idea of R&R, simple 'proof of concept', that's good. DO you have idea on how to evaluate the 'burning comparison'? I'm rapidly thinking about heating the same room with different materials, evaluating the heating time, the amount of material needed, the temperature....do you have other advices, maybe?

[@mattenricochanneling1952]

Hi. Thanks for the video... i have a question. I have a small pellet setup But i manage to get 180kg h, with 22 kw press, some times 120kgh. If i feed wood chips.the press jams or amps go to 80 way to high. If i feed material like yours wiht 18% i have then around 180kgh, but if i feed dry material 12% it becomes unstable, jams, and amps bounc up n down... way to unstable. If i try feeding smaler particles the amps also get more stable. The question is.. How are you able to press dry material? How are you able to get the amps stable what are the things to pay attention?

[@profilo_is_back]

Hi! Thank you for the comment and sorry for the late response. Well, for sure the ring die is something you have to check. It defined the wood compression, that is related to the power consumption fo your motor. For sure stability of production (amps) and ring die are related. Be sure that the ring die is in good shape. We periodically check it and, if required, we rectifie it. Finally, in case you have too dry material, you can think of adding a bit of water. I remember this problem few years ago. We bought a water spayer injecting humidity into the mixture (for sure do not add water in 'liquid' mode...use a sprayer/vaporizer). Can't you use 15-20% humid material? Why is yours so dry? Maybe you can also think of adding non-dried material to your final mixture, to reach the desired value.

[@DanielSmith-ez9ox]

Cool mon! I'm wondering can u make pellets bigger perhaps the size of a charcoal briquet or would they not burn properly?

[@profilo_is_back]

Hi! Thank you for the comment! Well, our machine mounts ring dies to produce small pellets, those used into home pellet stoves and fireplaces, as well as pellet/wood chip boiler. I actually don’t have that much information on how wood briks are produced, but for sure we cannot produce them, because we don’t have the proper ring-die/machien to produce them. I’m sure they burn well, but, considering their dimensions, I think they are burnt in classic wood-pieces boilers, not in automatic wood pellet/wood chip boilers. These wood briks are too big to be moved by screws. I don’t know if I replied to you, let me know something, in case I did not understand the question I’ll change my reply! Bye!

[@jamesg2987]

really interesting I'd be interested in some more information on the pellet machine and the the ring die

[@profilo_is_back]

Hi! Thank you for the comment! What kind of information are you interested in? I can tell you anything I can find about. I will find info about the material, number and detailed dimensions of holes, and size ok?

[@jamesg2987]

@@profilo_is_back just ionterested in what model and make the pellet mill is

[@justtinkering6054]

Very informative. Thank you.

[@profilo_is_back]

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[@robinwells8879]

Much appreciated. I have wondered how this was done since examining a wood chip boiler in a holiday house. This is not meant as a criticism because the process looks very carefully tailored and efficient but how much energy is consumed to chop dry and pelletise per tonne? This looks like a process that would be well suited to a classic windmill or even a water mill type energy source.

[@profilo_is_back]

Hi! Thank you for the comment! You reasoning is perfectly fine, and absolutely right. You centered the point! Well, for sure this is a very energy consuming activity. This is the reason why, in fact, we do not use pellet to warm our house (we use wood chip, you can see some videos in the channel about our Froling wood chiop boiler): it is too expensive. In terms of drying you may use hot air from wood combustion, so I won't take that energy that much into account. Much more important consumptions are the main mill, about 9/12 kW electrical motor, + 20kW the shredder, and 100kW the wood chipper. Yes, they are perfet for windmill or watermill, but unfortunately we live in a region where we cannot apply these two kind of renewable energies. MOreover we do have east and west sun-light exposition, that is not good for photovoltaic panels. I'm not really happy about using grid-from electrical energy. but that's it. Since we do work to recover and reuse material that hasn't any other value, I think this energy is well spent. But, I want to repeat, your point is perfectly fine, that's a very very good criticism! Thank you!

[@robinwells8879]

@@profilo_is_back I still see much value in your process and product. Most will not have the time to manage heating by wood in any other way. I recall seeing a plant in Austria that used branch and bark waste from production forestry in a community heating plant. All these technologies have their place in our futures. Excellent video and I wish your business well.

[@profilo_is_back]

@@robinwells8879 Thank you really much! Yeah, I hope people will re-consider this kind of heating systems. Much much efficient and renewable wrt to other technologies, especially in the countryside or in the full of bush zones, where there is a lot of wood. Considering also the current european energy situation. Hope for the best! Where are you from?

[@robinwells8879]

@@profilo_is_back I am in Cambridgeshire in the uk. I do have a house in Scotland with just enough birch woodland to keep it heated with firewood. It is only for family holidays and we have time for cutting and chopping logs and the children love managing the stove.

[@profilo_is_back]

@@robinwells8879 Yeah, I have to say that I totally regret the fire management sensation...and also the stove view/fireplace in the house! Our system is completely automated, in the underground floor of the house. We forgot for days about the boiler...but we need it always, and automation, as you know, is absolutely necessary. Hope the best for you! Thank you for the comments!

[@petermcmahon5738]

Excellent video, thank you for going into so much detail! I do have one question I may, how many tons of pellets can be produced before the die needs to be replaced? Thanks! Peter

[@profilo_is_back]

hi! Thank you for the comment! WEell, it really depends on how much the wood mixture contains soil resduals and small rocks, all elements wearing out the ring die. If it is really dlean (as our case), the one you can see in the video has done more than 250 tons of material. A colleague of us uses a very 'polluted' material, has changed the ring die after 30 tons...very bad as you can imagine. Moreover, you have to consider that even if we are doing more than 250 tons of material, it has weared out, in particular in terms of diameter: it started from 6mm of diameter to 7mm now...but it is ok for the production, so we don't need to change it. Remember that you have to do maintenantce on it: you have to rectify it, to keep the centering of the rollers into the internal cylinder of the ring. We don't have a measure....you have to look at it depending on the wearing status of both rollers and ring die....when they do wear out tooo much on the boarders, then you have to rectify it. Hope that was clear for you! I'm here to be clear for more questions! Bye!

[@petermcmahon5738]

@@profilo_is_back Yes that is very clear! Thank you very much for taking the time to reply in such detail.

[@Stefan_Van_pellicom]

Well made video. Thanks!

[@profilo_is_back]

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[@AustriaFreak1234]

Hello good video. Can you explain to us how the whole drying process works? Thanks

[@profilo_is_back]

Hi! Thank you for the comment! Yeah, I have a lot of comments asking for that. I'll do it for sure in the next months, when the drying plant starts working again. Stay tuned! Bye!

[@lizzie201]

Hi there! Is it possible to buy wood pellets from your factory?

[@profilo_is_back]

Hi! Thank you for the comment! Unfortunately we do not sell online...it is a very small production for the local region. ANyway, thank you for the interest!

[@randywells4674]

Is there other pellet makers using something other then natural to hold the pellets together

[@profilo_is_back]

Hi! Thank you for the comment! Well, I don't think any other manufacturer uses additive or glues..they cost too much for their purpose. The material is glued together by nature, so there is no need to add glue.... Another aspect is other kind of substances, not gluing ones, but those adding weithg. Some manufacturer may add soil or mineral substances, they cost nothing, but they add weight to the final product. They will sell you soil at high price: pure earning for them! This is a very low quality product, because you will have a lot of ashes in your stove.

[@quotidien_]

Perfect explanation. Thank you.

[@profilo_is_back]

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[@Turjak_art]

Thank you for showing us it is very interestinng

[@profilo_is_back]

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[@druid799]

Excellent and informative video !

[@profilo_is_back]

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[@enkhyy]

Good demo and details. Gratzi

[@profilo_is_back]

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[@MichelWenzel]

That is a great video, lots of tips and learnings. Where is your factory situated ? Can we order pellets ?

[@profilo_is_back]

Hi! Thank you for the comment! Glad that you liked the video and found it interesting. Share and subscribe, you’ll really help me in spreading out this knowledge! I’m from northern-centre part of Italy, Emilia Romagna region. You know? Unfortunately this is a very small scale production...all the pellet is sold and consumed locally. We do not sell online, neither abroad (both EU and extraEU). Bye!

[@henkdevries5042]

Very interesting!! Thank you!

[@profilo_is_back]

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[@botfoblhrp]

thank you , this was very cool video

[@profilo_is_back]

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[@2019pawan]

Hi, Very interesting and informative video. What would be apporximate cost of the plant in $?

[@profilo_is_back]

Hi! Thank your for the comment! Glad that you liked the video. The whole plant was already used and it costed us about 20/25K€.

[@tuttebelleke]

Appreciate your good explanation!!! I just wander how much kWh of electric energy is required in the whole production process per kg of pellets. When comparing it to the kWh of combustion energy in the pellets, it would give an indication of the efficiency of the complete cycle when using pellets for heating.

[@profilo_is_back]

Hi! Thank you for the comment! This is a good point. We have never done measurements like these, it would be very interesting find out how many kWh of energy you can recover from the low quality wood, consuming other kWh of good electical energy. For sure the efficiency in the production will increase if the electricity comes from renewable resources (unfortunately, we do not have photovoltaic panels or wind turbines here). You also have to ocnsider the fact that you are recycling material: you use good quality electrical energy to reuse materials that do not have any other kinf of value. Do you agree with the reasoning?

[@tuttebelleke]

@@profilo_is_back Thanks for your reply!!! By the recuperation of scrap wood this process will have a positive net result. But I guess lot of pellet producers start from non scrap wood? If the pellet factory is linked to an electric counter, you would need to check the kWh consumption and the kilo's of pellets produced for a period (one week?). That would allow the kWh/kg calculation.

[@superbeetlejosh]

@@tuttebelleke If the process used a large amount of electricity, it wouldn't be profitable.

[@cz5899]

Great straight to the point info 👍

[@profilo_is_back]

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[@cz5899]

@@profilo_is_back I just did .. good luck and keep at it ! Ill be waiting for interest content to share ..

[@foranken]

very nicely done, thank you.

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[@santienortier3292]

Hi Thanks for the explanation and I do like this process more for may reasons how do I make contact tp discuss purchasing part of the plant

[@profilo_is_back]

Hi! Thank you for the comment and for the kudos! What do you like specifically about this process? Yep, here my email [e-mail]

[@jfc4039]

Awesome video!

[@profilo_is_back]

Hi! Thank you for the comment! Glad that you liked the video.

[@philliphall5198]

Really cool 😎 watching it make pellets

[@profilo_is_back]

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