0086-138 3838 9622Foundation construction has started at a site in the Poltava region of Ukraine, where a 7 t/h wheat straw pellet manufacturing plant ordered from RICHI Machinery will be installed once equipment arrives.
Wheat straw is abundant in this part of Ukraine — agricultural residue management has become more of a focus in recent years as farmers look for additional revenue streams from what used to be burned or left in fields.
The equipment package includes a straw bale breaker (straw typically arrives baled from the field, and bales need to be broken apart and fed evenly before any further processing), a hammer mill, ring die pellet mill configured for straw’s lower bulk density compared to wood, and a pellet cooler with extended residence time — straw pellets, in our experience, take slightly longer to stabilize after pressing than wood pellets do, something related to the wax content in straw’s outer layer.
Target pellet diameter is 8mm for the export biomass fuel market — straw pellets from this region often end up supplying biomass power plants in parts of Western Europe during winter months when demand peaks.
A note on the foundation work: the buyer’s contractor raised a question about vibration isolation for the pellet mill’s foundation, since the building also houses an office area on a mezzanine level above part of the production floor. RICHI’s engineering team provided supplementary foundation drawings with additional isolation pad specifications to address the concern — not a standard part of the original drawings, but a reasonable addition given the building layout.
Equipment fabrication is proceeding in parallel with the foundation work, and the buyer expects both to be ready around the same timeframe, roughly 6-8 weeks out.
