The maschine has a screw for feeding the material in front of the piston, theres where the pre-compresion takes place. Also the die has pre-heaters, for easy starting. I now have some contact with a manufacture of that kind of presses, i hope he can help with the problem.
With best regards.
Nejc
heres the picture of the die, the diameter of the briquette is 50mm.The sawdust is kiln dryed 7-10%.http://files.engineering.com/getfile.aspx?folder=5c87f195-a17f-44ea-bb83-54563f2838e4&file=Die3.JPG
thanks for your help, yes the problem is we cant finds anybody who knows exactly how the die must be, we know that it must be slightly tapered from start, but how much, for how long...etc...we tryed to contact companys who produce these maschines with no response yet....
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Dear Sirs,
we have bought a mechanical piston operated briquett press and we have a question regarding mechanical briquette presses, if anyone has any knowledge about them. We produce briquettes mainly from dryed oak wood, 8-10% kiln dryed.
The problem: we have a mechanical briquette press...