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Can all pellet mills make wood pellets?

Updated: 8/21/2019
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Charles89

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No. Many pellet mills are designed for making animal feed pellets. These pellet mills can make fuel pellets from softer biomass materials like leaves, lawn clippings, and pine needles or a mixture of these softer materials with sawdust, but it's not recommend that these pellet mills for making 100% wood pellets.

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