| Production Output | 0.1-2 t/h |
| Power | Electric motor or diesel engine |
| Voltage | 110-415V |
| Raw Materials | hay, straw, cereal, corn, wheat, barley flour, soybean, oil seed meal, fish meal, husk, etc |
| Type | flat die type |
| Final product size | 3-10 mm |
| Application | feed pellet, feed pellet industry |
| Used For | animal and poultry feed, fuel pellets |
What is Hay Pellet Mill?
Hay pellet mill is especially designed for making pellets from hay, including dry straw, hay and so on. Traditionally hay or hay pellets are used as feed for cattle, rabbit, sheep, etc. But recently, there is an emerging demand of using hay pellets for heat. This straw pellet making machine has the advantages of low price, low consumption, high capacity, etc. It is a good choice for small farm family.
How to Make High-Quality Hay Pellets
Process for Hay & Feed Pellets
Then a feed grinder is needed to get the raw material well prepared for pelletizing (length shorter than 10mm). Then these small particles should be crushed into powder by using a hammer mill (diameter less than 3mm). At last, a dry machine is needed to keep the moisture content of the hay around 15%. Before pressing, the target for hays (timothy/orchard) is 12–15%. Straw and other legume hays should have a target of 14 to 16%. Mixed hays meet the higher need. And after all these are done, the material is totally available for the hay pellet maker.
Feed the hay into the pellet maker, and the powder will be compressed into dense pellets. The pellets coming out from the pellet maker is very hot (about 85 degrees). You should use a cooler machine to cool the pellets to 35 degrees. After cooling, the pellets need to be packed with a packing machine and then they could be stored for a long time. Put the finished product in a bag only after it has completely cooled down to stop sweat-back.
Process of The Straw & Biomass Material
If you would like to make best pellets,please do it according to the following workmanship: Reduce particle size to ≈3–5 mm, then adjust moisture to the optimal 14–16% range before pelletizing.
- long crop straw and stalk have to be crushed first to change the structure of the the materials. To destroy the fibrous tissue then it is easy to use the straw pellet making machine to produce pellets.
- When using straw pellet mill to process Sawdust and peanut skin into straw pellet, the diameter of the final pellet is best 10mm, applying in gasification furnace, heaters, hot-water boilers,industrial boilers,and so on.
- After the raw material is crushed, please adding water of 15–25%,then blending the material and fermented for 7–15days. In this way, the final pellets produced by the machine looks smooth,good quality,and high production capacity. Add a small binder, like wheat gluten or lignin, if self-binding isn’t enough to help with PDI and fines control.
Applications: Hay Pellets for Feed & Fuel
making hay pellets for feed
Hay pellets made by the hay pellet mill machine contain many necessary ingredients that animal including rabbit and horse need in growth. Pellet shape also avoids nutrition unbalance of fussy animals. In addition, the pellets are easy to store, so that animals can eat nutritious hay pellets all year round.
Hay pellets for fuel
Hay pellets used as fuel have some advantages:
- Hay pellet is a kind of green heating source since it produces 90% less greenhouse gases than fossil fuels like coal, and is 10 times under the EPA emission limit. Biomass is almost carbon-neutral at the point of use because the CO₂ released during combustion is about the same as the CO₂ absorbed during growth.
- Hay pellets have a surprisingly high energy input-to-output ratio of as high as 20:1, while wood has 10:1, and biodiesel has 5:1.
- One pound of hay pellets will produce nearly 8,000 BTUs, which is almost equal to hardwood, and even close to the heat that coal releases in combustion. Therefore it is quite a fantastic kind of heat source.
- What’s more, hay is cheap to get and quite plentiful than fossil fuels.
the final pellets produced by straw pellet machine is mainly used as straw fuel for stove. The rice straw pellet making machine is widely used to make fuel pellets for gasification furnace, heaters, hot-water boilers,industrial boilers,and so on. Straw has a higher risk of ash and alkali (K/Cl) and slagging, so it needs the right boilers and ash management.
Animal Bedding
In addition to being a fuel, straw pellets make good bedding for animals because they absorb moisture well and take up less space when stored.
Working Principle & Features
VTKLP series straw pellet making machine use the extrusion pressure between the roller and the flat die, and use the friction between the raw material and the die holes. the diameter of the final fuel pellet is 6–30mm, the pellet length is easily adjustable to meet your specific requirements. straw pellet machine is base on biomass crop straw as the main raw materials like corn stalk,wheat straw, rice straw, hay and so on. Flat-die: best for small batches, frequent changeovers, simple maintenance.
Features of Hay & Straw Pellet Machine:
To change the die with diameter of 2–6mm, the sawdust pellet machine can be used to make poultry feed pellet. raw materials:sunflower shell, stalk meal, straw meal, rice husk, wheat bran, peanut shell, corn cob etc.
Electric vs Diesel hay pellet mill specifications
electric hay pellet mill
| Model | Electric Power(kw) | Output(kg/h) | Weight(kg) |
| VTKLP-125 | 3 | 50-80 | 80 |
| VTKLP-150 | 4 | 100-150 | 110 |
| VTKLP-210 | 7.5 | 200-400 | 210 |
| VTKLP-230 | 11 | 300-500 | 280 |
| VTKLP-260 | 15 | 500-700 | 300 |
| VTKLP-300 | 18.5 | 700-900 | 500 |
| VTKLP-360 | 22 | 900-1200 | 700 |
| VTKLP-400 | 30-37 | 1200-2000 | 900 |
diesel engine hay pellet mill
| Model | Diesel Engine Power(HP) | Output(kg/h) | Weight(kg) |
| VTKLP-125 | 4 | 50-80 | 100 |
| VTKLP-150 | 5 | 100-150 | 150 |
| VTKLP-210 | 10 | 200-400 | 260 |
| VTKLP-230 | 15 | 300-500 | 350 |
| VTKLP-260 | 20 | 500-700 | 420 |
| VTKLP-300 | 25 | 700-900 | 650 |
| VTKLP-360 | 30 | 900-1200 | 900 |
| VTKLP-400 | 40-50 | 1200-1500 | 1200 |
Hay and straw Pelletizing video:
