Equipment Spotlight Canadian Biomass checks out some of the latest pelletizer technologies. from wood waste to grasses and compost pelleting. The systems come with installa-tion and training at the producer’s facility and can be custom built to suit a producer’s needs. www.lawsonmills.com GALA INDUSTRIES Producing pellets CPM Produce wood and biomass pellets efficient-ly and economically with the CPM 7900 Se-ries pellet mill. It’s the workhorse and go-to pellet mill for the most demanding biomass applications, built to operate 24 hours a day under tough running conditions. The 7900 Series features CPM’s standard gear drive for greater energy efficiency and less main-tenance, making it the best value for wood and biomass pelleting, hands down. www.cpm.net Gala Industries, a Member of Maag, a Dover Company, of-fers an underwater pelletizing system for processing bio-polymers or high-ly filled polymers. When applicable, applying the use of Gala’s patented i-Heat process aids drying pellets, re-ducing water contact by expediting the pel-lets to the centrifugal pellet dryer and taking advantage of the pellet temperature to help flash off latent moisture from the pellets as they are discharged from the dryer. www.gala-industries.com BLISS INDUSTRIES Bliss a leading manufacturer of biomass pel-leting equipment for commercial and indus-trial applications. Founded in 1981, Bliss maintains a reputation of manufacturing efficient and reliable equipment with ease of operation and maintenance to provide lower operating costs and great performance for each end user. Bliss also manufactures an extensive line of hammermills and coolers for biomass size reduction and cooling. www.bliss-industries.com ANDRITZ LAWSON MILLS Lawson Mills Bio-mass Solutions Ltd of PE Canada offers a full range of turn-key biomass pellet-ing systems from 200 lb/hr up to 1 tonne per hour. They offer drying, grinding, pelleting and bagging solutions of all types of biomass PRODESA Prodesa designs and provides comprehen-sive tailor-made solutions for the production of pellets. Prodesa covers all technologi-cal stages in the development of industrial plants such as design, manufacturing and supply under the concept of “Turnkey” or “EPC” projects. www.prodesa.net The ANDRITZ 26LM pellet mill is uniquely designed to provide maximum production at the industry’s lowest operating costs. This innovative, high-performance, high-effi-ciency pellet mill leads the Canadian market for biomass pelleting. Consistent with ANDRITZ’s rugged line of durable, reliable biomass pellet mills, the 26LM offers ease of maintenance as well as efficient control of pellet quality and energy consumption for pelleting operations. www.andritz.com Canadian BIOMASS 27