Pellet Plant Work

So here are some pictures from my new job, I've been there about a month and a half. The console on the left has most of the temperatures and air flow readings that I have to watch very carefully for my entire shift. We now have to write down a bunch of readings every fifteen minutes. It is good to have a base line to help with future reference but it is kind of an annoyance to have to do it so often.

The Machine below is one of the two old pellet machines that we have. The front of it that shows where the finely ground up material comes in has been swung open so you can see the inside. There are two rolls that spin but do not rotate around each other. It is the pellet die around them that rotates. The material goes in and is pushed through the die by the rolls. The material has to be very dry, if it is too wet the pellets don't hold their shape.

Then I have the picture of two machines. The dark blue machine is one of the old ones closed up. The green machine is brand new and is not set up to run yet. I will produce twice what the others can but there is still a lot of work to do before it will be able to run.

Jeff, one of my coworkers is running the bagger and bag sealer in the other picture. For now it is all done by hand which is slow and tedious. The bags then go up the conveyor to the round table to be stacked on pallets. That is the inside of the plant and when I take some more pictures I will show the rest of the "operation".