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What causes pellets produced by a pellet mill to have cracks, uneven surfaces, or gill-like appearance?

2026-01-15 10:26:46

These problems are mainly caused by uneven moisture and temperature after conditioning, and insufficient smoothness of the pellet mill's ring die orifice.

Core Causes:

1. Short conditioning time and insufficient steam pressure result in low gelatinization of the material, uneven internal moisture distribution, and easy cracking after extrusion;

2. The inner wall of the ring die orifice is not smooth and has burrs, causing scraping and forming unevenness or gill-like appearance during material extrusion;

3. The raw material has an excessively high coarse fiber content (over 20%), lacking sufficient binding components.

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