What is a Pelletizer?
A pelletizer is designed to crush rock and coal into pellets so it is usable for other applications. The original pelletizer was developed as a hydraulic system and is more than 30 years old. The modern-day pelletizer operates off electricity, and the fact that some of the original designs are still operating today is amazing to many engineers. Today’s pelletizer uses an electric engine to drive two motors, which feed the rolls and the rotor. The same system is used throughout the world. The modern system uses a water slide design, which cuts down on how often operators have to handle hot strands of material within the system. In fact, the newer water slide pelletizer designs do away with the stranding process. Instead, the system automatically restarts any strands that stop during normal operation. The pelletizer also has installed water jets, which are located above the water slide. This allows for maximum cooling of the material being processed. Then, the material goes through a tro
