LEFT: The Sennebogen 821 and CBI magnum Force 6400 work in tandem in producing chips and dust from the biomass logs delivered to the site. third ships, sent in 2014, both exceeded the anticipated 25,000 tonnes per ship-ment, much to the delight of company officials. The fourth, which left Halifax in April, left at capacity, but was a struggle to prepare for. The strong level of production so far has been helped by a series of changes and upgrades done over the past two CanBiom0515-Kahl-3 10:17 Seite 1 years to help optimize 21.11.14 production. For starters, the company still uses its own chipping equipment at the mill site, a CBI Magnum Force 6400, but a new grate allowing a more refined particle, and smaller grates have been added to the Jeffery hog to decrease the particle size resulting in an increased throughput in the drying operation. Two destoner decks, one brand new and one with new technology installed in the Oliver destoner, are significantly reducing the amount of foreign material making it to the dryer with the pellet fibre. Additional new equipment added, includes new cyclones and the destoner and replacement of the ID fan for the MEC dryer. One of the biggest struggles facing the plant was removing the frequency of freeze-ups that were occurring during the harsh winter months. The boiler already on site had not been previously utilized, but the company made the decision to fire it up and add steam piping to the neces-sary buildings to provide steam heat to keep the machines running. While doing so, they removed secondary piping that was no longer needed. As early production began, an issue was noticed in the hammermills that needed immediate attention. One side of the teeth were wearing down significantly quicker than the other side. Rather than KAHL Wood Pelleting Plants Quality worldwide. AMANDUS KAHL GmbH & Co. KG · SARJ Equipment Corp. · Mr. Rick B. MacArthur 29 Golfview Blvd. · Bradford, Ontario L3Z 2A6 Phone: 905-778-0073 · [email protected] www.akahl.de 12 Canadian BIOMASS MAY/JUNE 2015
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