La Meccanica srl is specialized in the production of dies for all the main brands of pellet mills.
50 years of experience in die and roller shell production offers a guarantee of quality and reliability.
This is where experience becomes an important factor. The selection of a die specification is often the result of a compromise between the different needs of the many formulas produced in a production plant and from the specific properties of the actual plant. The most common mistake is to assume that the die is the cause of all problems. Pellet quality can depend on many factors that have nothing to do with the die, the most common being poor steam-conditioning of the formulas. To overcome these problems, dies with a high compression index (i.e. large thickness) are used.
This is an analysis of the advantages and disadvantages.
THICK DIES
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THIN DIES
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Rollover is the condition of the die face when the hole inlets start to peen closed.
If the rolls come into contact with the working surface of the die and damage it, laminating its surface and deforming the entrance of the holes. This peening action has disastrous effects on both pellet quality and the die throughput.