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Molding Process Conditions of Charcoal Stick

Charcoal stick machine is actually a material molding machine. Wood and crop wastes like forest waste, coconut shells, rice hulls and olive scum that can be recycled and made into charcoal by charcoal stick machine by charcoal stick machine. Different materials with different moisture content and different volume and specific gravity result in different requirement of molding process conditions, thus resulting in complexity of charcoal stick making technique and process. Mastering molding process conditions of charcoal stick is the key point of making machine made charcoal.
 
1. Moisture content of the raw material
 
The moisture content of raw materials greatly affects the molding process and the product quality. When the moisture content of the raw material is too high, too much steam produced during heating process can not exclude from the center hole of charcoal stick, leading to cracking on the surface of the charcoal stick or serious blasting. Even charcoal stick machine can not mold charcoal stick. When the moisture content of the raw material is too low, it is also difficult to mold charcoal stick, because proper moisture promotes lignin softening and plasticizing.
 
The effect of moisture content of raw material for charcoal stick molding is shown in the table.
 
Moisture Content 4% 6%  8% 10% 12% 15%
Wood Cannot
Mold
Can
Mold
Can
Mold
Can
Mold
Can
Mold
Cannot
Mold
Crop Cannot
Mold
Can
Mold
Can
Mold
Can
Mold
Cannot
Mold
Cannot
Mold

It can be seen from the table that the most suitable moisture content of the raw materials for charcoal stick molding is about 10%.

2. Molding temperature 

Molding temperature affects charcoal stick molding speed, appearance and quality. The molding temperature must be adjusted according to the raw material to ensure charcoal stick quantity and quality.

Low temperature is insufficient to soften the lignin in the material, causing blockage of the stick cylinder and difficult molding charcoal stick. The screw will be easily broken if careless. The raw material will decompose severely in high temperature, which resulting in charcoal stick surface carbonization and difficult to mold an effective pressure; therefore the charcoal stick machine can not mold charcoal stick. Even if charcoal stick molded, the density of the charcoal stick is not enough. If the carbonization serious, there will be a carbonized layer in the cylinder wall, resulting in difficult or can not mold charcoal stick.

General pine and hardwood, especially larch adapt big temperature difference, they can form charcoal stick both in high or low temperatures. Using 50% larch mix 50% hardwood as raw material, the charcoal sticks formed are very smooth with good density and the charcoal stick form smoothly and quickly. The quality of charcoal after carbonization is good.

On the contrary, some materials adapt small temperature difference. Using them as raw materials, charcoal stick machine can not extrude charcoal stick in low temperature and can not mold in high temperature. Even if charcoal stick molded, the density of charcoal stick is small. There are cracks in the charcoal stick and the surface of charcoal stick is carbonized seriously and rough. Charcoal sticks formed unsmooth and there are more smoke in the forming process. The quality of charcoal after carbonization is bad, with many broken charcoal.

3. Heating

Electric coil is used for heating generally. Electric coil used by Gongyi Tongli Machinery Factory is made of stainless steel pipe and high temperature insulation materials. Its service life is 4 times of common electric coil.

Charcoal stick machine manufacturer – Gongyi Tongli Machinery Factory design charcoal stick machine by their own innovative ideas, innovate charcoal machine, improve design process, greatly improved the production capacity, thus provide cost-effective charcoal stick machine for customers.

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