Charcoal remains in enormous demand from consumers who make extensive use of charcoal briquettes for home entertainment purposes – primarily grilling (although much of the charcoal produced is also used for heating purposes). That makes the production of charcoal a business that has the potential to offer an extremely attractive return on investment. The success of any charcoal-making venture depends on three primary factors. The first is the availability of charcoal dust. Often the dust is easily available as waste from charcoal-making activities – which is why charcoal companies are often active in the supply of briquettes. Contact Beston company for more details.
Of course, waste material from other sources can also be sourced. This material includes waste from land that has been cleared or harvested material by-products such as rice or coconut husks.
Secondly, there is the correct machinery to compact the charcoal dust. The choice of which machine to select is dependent on the planned output of the plant – as well as the waste material availability The third is a ready market for the formed briquettes.
As far as the charcoal manufacturing machine is concerned there are a number of choices that face the manufacturer. In order to use this raw waste type material a carbonization furnace is required. This, in turn, will supply the powder that will later be formed into briquettes.
The material that should be used for compression into briquettes should conform to certain standards if it is to result in a marketable end product. The average size of the charcoal should be no larger than 5mm in order to ensure that the pressing process is effective. Moisture content should be limited to no more than 30%, otherwise, the briquettes will not burn cleanly. An extremely low water content will cause problems in the binding together of the charcoal dust.
In order to manufacture the briquettes, a briquette extruder machine is required. These are typically electrically powered and are supplied with a number of ‘nozzles’ that will form briquettes of various shapes such as hexagonal, square, octagonal, and round. These can be solid or hollow. Have a look at the mobile type: https://www.bestongroup.com/mobile-biochar-machine/.
A popular type of briquette-making machine is the pillow charcoal machine which contains two press rollers to place the charcoal dust under huge pressure. the results will be the common round or oval types of briquettes that are available at retail stores.
Another popular type of charcoal briquette-making machine is the so-called ‘Shisa Charcoal Machines’. Rather than make use of rollers to place the dust under pressure the Shisa machine uses two punches to apply the required pressure. the result is tablet-shaped charcoal briquettes that are also extremely popular with consumers.
There is also the ‘Honeycomb Coal Briquette Machine.’ This will compress the charcoal into briquettes that are round and feature a variety of holes. these machines have a number of attachments that can help to create various sizes and patterns of charcoal. the holes make for superior airflow and these briquettes are in high demand as fuel for household cooking.