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Wood Pellet Fuel - How Wood Pellets Are Made

• In order to make wood pellets, we recycle sawdust which is good for the environment since it saves cutting down future trees. Sawdust is brought to the plant in a totally enclosed, 25-ton trailer and is offloaded inside a 15,000 square foot building. Then, we sort, screen, and size the sawdust before it is made into pellets.

• During the next step, sawdust is conveyed to the dryer where it is dried at 500 to 600º F in order to remove any excess moisture.

• After uniformly drying the sawdust, it is then conveyed to the pellet mills where, under extreme pressure, it is formed into a pellet. Each pellet mill uses a 400 hp electric motor to produce extremely high-quality, uniform pellets. Since we do not use additives or plastics, you may wonder how the pellets “stick” together. The natural lignin (which is a natural binding agent made from the tree itself), combined with the high pressure from the pellet mill, holds the pellet together.
• The newly formed hot pellets (which are now 200ºF) are then conveyed to a cooler where they are cooled to within 5º F of ambient air temperature.
• After cooling, the pellets are then conveyed to a screener to separate out any dust and fines before bagging to ensure a more complete burn and a safe, clean product for you.

• Next, the screened pellets are ready to be placed onto the bagging line where they will drop into convenient 40 lb. bags. Our robot, Fanny, then stacks the bags onto a pallet.

• Finally, the bags are stretch wrapped and protected with a weather-resistant cover as they await delivery to a store near you!
  

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