Waste Wood Pelletizing Plant in Chile

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A Compact Processing Scope within an Existing Business

Operating item	Project basis
Finished duty	2 T/H
Net daily production	7 hours
Operating days	300 days/year
Annual product basis	4,200 tonnes
Main forming machine	One MZLH520, 132 kW main drive
Staffing	Four operating positions and two shared support roles
Connected electrical load	280 kW

The waste wood pelletizing plant in Chile uses the existing business premises and handling resources. RICHI’s quoted machinery scope is the processing train. The customer’s transport fleet, loaders, forklift resources and weighbridge remain separate business assets.

This scope distinction gives the buyer a useful equipment comparison: machinery for making the product is assessed alongside the site services it needs, with existing logistics assets identified separately.

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Packaging Timber Needs More than a Magnet

The client handles broken pallets, packaging timber and qualified workshop offcuts. Each source has a different contamination history, so the intake decision starts with material identity and visible condition.

Intake accepts only approved untreated timber within the dry-input specification. Paint, coatings, glued board, chemical treatment, plastic and suspect demolition mixtures remain outside this product route. Magnetic separation removes ferrous objects; it cannot remove chemical contamination from a piece of wood.

Supplier qualification and incoming inspection protect the finished fuel. The customer can discuss a defined wood product with the receiving industrial operator, supported by material records, physical tests and a controlled production route.

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A Wood Fuel Product with Measured Release Conditions

Property	Product basis
Diameter	8 mm
Length	Approximately 10–30 mm
Finished moisture	Target at or below 10%
Physical quality	Tested density, durability and fines
Fuel properties	Heat value, ash and relevant chemistry by analysis
Intended use	Compatible industrial combustion equipment

The waste wood pelletizing plant in Chile supplies qualified wood fuel to an assessed customer. A domestic or certified wood-pellet market requires its own eligible material and product qualification; dry packaging timber does not automatically confer a quality class.

The annual figure applies to cooled, screened product. Rejected material and any separate site-fuel use are accounted for outside saleable dispatch.

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Accepted Feedstock and the Dry-Input Requirement

The accepted material arrives around 10–12% moisture, with the balance based on an approximately 10% average and the final working range established through the selected die trials. Approximately 4,300 tonnes of qualified feedstock provides a basis for 4,200 tonnes of product under the selected modest moisture change and handling allowance.

The waste wood pelletizing plant in Chile has no thermal drying department in this scope. Incoming moisture checks maintain its dry-input purchasing specification, while wet deliveries are held for a separate treatment decision.

The gross timber collection programme is recorded separately from accepted pellet feedstock. Nails, unsuitable pieces and contamination removed at sorting do not count as usable production material.

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One Forming Machine with Appropriate Timber Preparation

The wood pellet processing equipment is organised around the accepted timber form. A low-speed shredder handles bulky packaging pieces within its assessed foreign-object tolerance, followed by separation and fine preparation.

Main duty	Equipment	Quantity	Selection basis
Coarse timber preparation	Low-speed shredder	1	55 kW main drive, assessed for accepted packaging wood
Metal removal	Overband magnet and downstream magnetic protection	1 coordinated set	Remove liberated ferrous material and protect the press route
Fine grinding	Biomass hammer mill	1	55 kW main drive
Forming	Wood pellet mill, MZLH520	1	132 kW main drive; selected 2 T/H duty
Product cooling	Counterflow cooler	1	Match the formed product flow
Grading and packing	Screen, finished buffer and weighed bagging	1 set	At least 2 bags/minute at 25 kg when fully bagging the output

One suitable forming machine meets the requirement. The wood pellet making equipment includes enclosed transfer, extraction and feeder control so the prepared material reaches that machine consistently.

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The Waste Wood Pelletizing Plant in Chile Process

Identify and sort the timber

Operators check supplier source, moisture and visible contamination. Oversized foreign objects and unsuitable pieces are removed before mechanical preparation.

Shred accepted packaging wood

The low-speed machine handles the specified timber dimensions and assessed contamination condition. Its feed control and overload protection follow that material duty.

Remove liberated metal

The separation arrangement removes ferrous objects released by shredding. Additional downstream magnetic protection follows the fine-preparation route. Non-ferrous and chemical contamination require their own intake and rejection controls.

Fine-grind the accepted fraction

The hammer mill brings the material to the trial-established particle distribution, typically within the selected 2–5 mm preparation range. Operators inspect screens, feeding consistency and samples.

Form in the single pellet mill

The press receives controlled dry material. Die selection, moisture adjustment and feeding rate follow trials on the approved wood sources.

Cool and grade

The counterflow cooler removes heat before screening and storage. Clean compatible fines return through an identified route; rejected contamination remains separate.

Weigh and dispatch

The product enters bags or the agreed bulk format. Finished identity, weights and fuel information accompany the delivery.

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Extraction and Separate Contamination Handling

Dust control serves shredding, grinding, transfers and grading. Enclosed conveying and accessible cleaning points help the team keep incoming residues away from cooled product.

The material-return procedure accepts only clean, identified compatible material. Sweepings, metal-bearing residues and suspect timber follow separate handling routes. Product quality is protected through the whole process, including the material collected by filters.

Equipment isolation, fire protection, housekeeping and exhaust design follow the selected machinery and local site assessment. No blanket inspection or certification claim substitutes for those site-specific requirements.

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Electrical Demand and Site Services

The 280 kW connected basis includes the 55 kW shredder, 55 kW grinder, 132 kW pellet drive and supporting equipment. Electrical design checks motor starting, machine sequence and the actual site service.

This wood pellet plant construction scope needs no process steam boiler or fuel-fired dryer. Water provision mainly covers welfare, selected cleaning and small measured conditioning additions where material trials require them.

The layout retains utility access and a practical maintenance area. The customer can compare this dry-input scope with a wet-material project without overlooking the different heat and water obligations.

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Existing Space with Defined Working Allocations

The business has a 1,400 m² workshop, with 600 m² allocated to processing, 350 m² to accepted raw material and 450 m² to finished stock. An additional 200 m² timber store, the existing 400 m² office building, a 20 m² residue area and a 20 m² gatehouse bring the listed covered accommodation to 2,040 m².

The office serves the wider logistics business as well as pellet activity. Its existing accommodation is not treated as new construction in the machinery budget.

The waste wood pelletizing plant in Chile keeps the timber receiving and finished loading routes separate. External vehicle access, turning space and fire access are coordinated with the customer’s yard drawings.

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Installation and Product Acceptance

The programme begins with timber qualification and material trials, then confirms the preparation route, equipment positions and utility interfaces. RICHI supplies machinery and layout information for local foundation and electrical work.

Acceptance checks the sustained saleable rate after cooling and grading. The waste wood pelletizing plant in Chile is tested on the approved dry wood range, with moisture, physical quality and contaminant controls included.

Training covers source identification, shredder feeding, separation checks, grinder inspection and die servicing. These operating controls give the timber-recovery business a practical product assurance programme.

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Equipment Cost and Total Project Investment

Investment item	Budget
Equipment cost	USD 118,000
Total project investment	USD 195,000

The equipment budget covers shredding, metal separation, fine grinding, one pellet mill, cooling, grading, conveying, packing, extraction and controls. The project total also allows for freight, installation, foundations, local electrical work, premises adaptation, commissioning and contingency.

The biomass pellet plant budget uses existing premises and handling resources. New vehicles, replacement of the wider logistics fleet, new land, extensive construction and recoverable taxes are outside this scope.

The waste wood pelletizing plant in Chile therefore has a defined process investment that buyers can compare with the same feedstock condition and installation obligations.

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Questions for a Recovered-Timber Pellet Business

Can a dry pallet always enter the pellet route?

Dryness is only one acceptance check. The timber source, coatings, treatment history and contamination still need assessment before preparation.

Is a magnet enough to make mixed waste wood suitable?

It removes ferrous objects. The waste wood pelletizing plant in Chile also needs source controls and rejection of unsuitable non-metal contamination.

What changes if incoming timber becomes wetter?

The dry-input configuration requires a separate treatment decision. A drying duty is assessed before changing the purchasing specification.

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Discuss Your Waste Wood Pelletizing Plant in Chile

An industrial biomass pellet project can serve an identified fuel customer when the accepted timber supply, utility service and delivery programme support it. This customer’s existing logistics resources help organise those deliveries, while the processing train controls the product condition.

Machinery delivery follows the booked Chilean gateway and inland route, with cargo handling, workshop openings and lifting access checked before arrival. RICHI connects material assessment, equipment manufacture, installation guidance and training to the site’s actual needs.

Assess Your Recovered Timber Route

Send your timber sources, photographs, moisture records, annual quantities, site drawings and intended fuel specification. We can prepare a waste wood pelletizing plant in Chile proposal with one matched forming machine and the contamination controls appropriate to your supply.