The profitable pellet mill
Joel Dulin of Biomass Engineering & Equipment explains the key components to running a lucrative pellet mill.
While answering questions about his company’s machines, Biomass Engineering & Equipment’s president told the prospective customer: “Our conveyors aren’t cheap.” The man replied: “I can’t afford cheap.” After decades in the business, this mill owner had learned that ‘cheap’ costs more than quality, so he was willing to entertain a premium solution.
From experience, it seems this man is a rarity. When it comes to production equipment—pelletisers, hammer mills, conditioners — owners usually spare no expense. They see the value in such equipment, and they know the investment will pay for itself; but these same owners will often connect production with the cheapest-bid material handling equipment they can find and adopt inefficient methods to receive and feed material into their mill.
It’s understandable why they do this: conveyors, disc screens, and silos don’t produce anything, so owners will often not value them as they do production equipment. Yet, these systems so...
While answering questions about his company’s machines, Biomass Engineering & Equipment’s president told the prospective customer: “Our conveyors aren’t cheap.” The man replied: “I can’t afford cheap.” After decades in the business, this mill owner had learned that ‘cheap’ costs more than quality, so he was willing to entertain a premium solution.
From experience, it seems this man is a rarity. When it comes to production equipment—pelletisers, hammer mills, conditioners — owners usually spare no expense. They see the value in such equipment, and they know the investment will pay for itself; but these same owners will often connect production with the cheapest-bid material handling equipment they can find and adopt inefficient methods to receive and feed material into their mill.
It’s understandable why they do this: conveyors, disc screens, and silos don’t produce anything, so owners will often not value them as they do production equipment. Yet, these systems so...
