Processing of wood and its waste. Demand for finished products. Taxes, permits and approvals

Wood is natural material, from which man learned to make semi-finished products and other products. However, for industry, simple wood is not of great value, so it must be processed using special equipment. But there are many nuances and interesting moments. Let's talk to you about what wood processing is and what the process technology is.

General useful information

The most valuable thing that is obtained from recycled wood is paper. Today the paper industry has great value. Every day hundreds of tons of paper are produced around the world. After all, this product has various purposes: household, industrial, etc. It is impossible not to say that the most expensive furniture is made from wood.

In principle, there is great amount materials obtained from wood. Today, particle boards have become extremely popular. They are somewhat similar to a board, but less uniform and most often have dimensions of 205 x 520 cm. Let's talk about everything in more detail. First you need to understand the types of wood processing.

Chemical processing

Wood chemical technology makes it possible to obtain following products: rosin, charcoal, turpentine, acetic acid etc. From this we can draw a completely logical conclusion that this is an extremely popular method. It is based on hydrolysis - the reaction of polysaccharides and water. The result is monosaccharides that process bio chemical method. After this, it is possible to obtain products such as glucose, ethyl alcohol, and protein substances.

If we consider purely chemical processing, then furfural is extracted using this method. The latter is the basis for the manufacture of medicines, plastics and much more. It should be noted that trees are most often used as the main raw material. hardwood: beech, aspen, birch, ash, etc. Of course, chemical wood processing lines are quite complex and require a lot of attention, as well as highly qualified specialists. A much simpler method, which we will now consider.

Mechanical restoration

The essence of this method is to change the size and volume of wood. It is easy to guess that in our case this is achieved mechanically, to put it simply, by cutting, sawing, planing, milling, and so on. For example, first chips are obtained from the original raw material, and then chipboard material is made, with which almost all of us are familiar. But just so you understand, wood chips are made from technological waste, not solid wood.

This approach not only saves money, but also reduces wood consumption. Despite the fact that chemical processing is more complex and subtle, it is not so simple either. Depending on the size, as well as the type of wood and the further purpose of the material, various machines are used, which we will talk about a little below. Every day technologies become more and more advanced, which makes it possible to achieve best results. Mechanical processing products are widely used in construction; fuel briquettes and wood pellets are also widely used.

Basic processing equipment

Automated equipment allows not only to increase the productivity of workshops and factories, but also to significantly reduce the number of industrial injuries, which is important. Depending on the volume and direction of processing, both simple units and entire complexes can be used. Let's look at the main machines:

• Shredders are used to shred waste of various sizes. Cutting knives are used as the main working body. The stronger they are, the better.

• Low-speed shredders are characterized by high performance and reliability. Allows you to obtain chips measuring 8-10 mm.

• Briquetting press – allows you to produce briquettes used for heating premises or in industry. Characterized by functionality - the ability to work with various types materials, for example wood, paper.

• Horizontal shredders are designed for processing short as well as long waste.

• Silos are not mandatory, but simply necessary, especially if the wood processing workshop has large production capacity. Serve for storage, transportation and unloading.

Wood processing machines

As noted at the very beginning of this article, mechanical restoration involves cutting, milling, as well as planing and other similar operations. Therefore, it is unlikely that even a small workshop will be able to do without the appropriate equipment.

1. Planing machine - used to remove the surface layer of wood. In addition, the surface is polished during planing. Modern machines allow you to process both sides of the board in one go. The shavings, as before, are not burned, but sent for further processing.
2. Milling machines - used for cutting grooves, splines, etc.
3. Peeling machines are needed to obtain veneer, and they are chipless (no chips are formed during the process).
4. Debarkers allow you to remove bark from logs. Depending on the purpose of the wood, grooved rollers or circular knives can be used. The former are needed for rough processing, the latter for finishing.

Complex wood processing

Today, the issue of recycling waste from the woodworking and wood-chemical industries is acute. Approximately 50% of the wood was thrown away as waste. Thanks to the implementation complex processing managed to achieve a significant reduction in this indicator. Thus, currently, not 50%, but 30% of waste is spent on recycling.

Such figures are due to the fact that, for example, sawdust, wood chips and bark are materials that are extremely inconvenient to transport and store. Moreover, without preliminary preparation (drying, grinding) they cannot be used. However, there is equipment for wood processing. At factories with such equipment you can get:

• charcoal;
• briquetting wood waste;
• gasification - conversion of solid fuel (in our case, wood waste) into gas.

Preparation of charcoal

According to many experts, this method recycling is one of the best and most effective. This is due to the great demand of the population and industry for such coal. This is one of the few ways to effectively clear forests of logging waste. You can also recycle soft-leaved wood. To obtain charcoal, you need to acquire equipment for pyrolysis. The essence of the method is the decomposition of raw materials in a special apparatus without access to oxygen. Today there are three groups of produced coal:

• grade A – obtained by processing hardwood waste;
• grade B – a mixture of hard- and soft-leaved wood waste;
• grade C – a mixture of hard- and soft-leaved, as well as coniferous waste.

Only the first group is of industrial importance. The fact is that such carbon is used to make active carbon and crystalline silicon. In some metallurgical plants this product is used as a reducing agent.

Production of charcoal briquettes

As practice shows, at enterprises that produce charcoal by pyrolysis, quite a lot of fines accumulate, which do not find any use and are most often simply thrown away. But today there are more conservative solutions, such as making briquettes. Who would have thought that wood processing products could have great importance, especially for domestic purposes?

In principle, it is one of the most efficient and cheapest types of fuel. Today, briquettes are usually divided into two large groups: technological and fuel. Last found wide application in everyday life, for example, for heating a fireplace or stove. Less commonly used in thermal power plants. By the way, the combustion product is considered excellent fertilizer. But it is worth drawing your attention to the fact that it is impossible to obtain a full-fledged briquette by pressing alone. A connecting element is needed here, for example, wood resins, petroleum products or other binders.

Harvesting and processing of wood waste

According to statistics, Russia contains approximately 30% of the world's timber reserves. This indicator corresponds to 18 million tons of fuel, and about 40 million tons of wood products are thrown away annually. A wide variety of waste can be used as fuel. For example, these could be stumps, wood chips, bark, sawdust, slabs, as well as sleepers, plywood or even telegraph poles.

Waste transportation should be carried out using trucks, and storage should be in warehouses. The latter may not have heating, but must be covered and well protected from moisture. This is due to the fact that high humidity interferes with the production of high-quality fuel. It is safe to say that timber harvesting and processing in the Russian Federation is rather poorly developed. This is due to the disinterest of the state, as well as the complexity of procurement, transportation and storage.

Making paper by chemical processing

Most entrepreneurs produce paper from wood waste. This decision is due to small investments and low cost of the main raw materials. To receive the product required quality, first remove the cellulose. Next in aquatic environment mixing of fillers, sizing and dyes is carried out.

Then they create a continuously moving mesh paper pulp, which is subsequently dried, driven through a press, and also wound into a roll. Since the process is continuous, the output finished product from the machine is quite large, approximately 800-1000 meters per minute. In principle, chemical wood processing is the best way production of paper of different quality. This approach allows you to clear the forest and dispose of waste in production.

What to do with low-grade wood?

We looked at the main types of wood processing. From this we can conclude that it is quite a large number of Waste can still be recycled. But while hardwood trees are still of interest, low-grade waste is of almost no concern to anyone. This is due to the fact that neither high-quality paper nor good fuel can be made from them.

But there are several worthy solutions here too. You can make table wood or packaging shavings. There are profitable enterprises for the production of plaster shingles, brooms, etc. In principle, the processing of low-quality wood waste is gradually finding its place. Thus, “thin gauge” is increasingly given to animals as an additive to the main feed and used as bedding.

A few important points

As you can see, deep processing of wood will not only allow you to properly dispose of waste, but also do a lot of useful things. First of all, this fuel is used not only in everyday life, but also in industrial scale. It is impossible not to mention paper production, especially since there are many forest-poor countries in the world that need such products. But the wood processing technology is quite complex and labor-intensive, but the profitability sometimes makes you wonder. For this simple reason, many do not risk working in this direction.

Conclusion

So we looked at the main points on this topic. In principle, the direction is very interesting, but the insufficient development of the industry scares off most entrepreneurs. But there is a reason for this. For example, to date, a rational way of processing tree bark has not yet been found, although attempts have been made several times. But one can trace the trend that every year interest is becoming higher. Thus, furniture factories, farms, and paper factories buy large quantities of raw materials. But processing small-sized wood requires serious lines, so many consider it advisable to buy already prepared raw materials.

The world generates a huge amount of waste every year timber industry complex. Most of them are not found practical application, stored or burned without heat recovery. Disposal of wood waste requires large land area and the costs of their storage.

IN modern world There is a decline in reserves and instability in prices for fossil fuels, and this makes the use of renewable resources increasingly relevant. There is no doubt that low-quality wood and wood waste are one of the main renewable energy sources. Energy use This unrealized potential of woody biomass can already replace more than 10% of domestic energy consumption without disturbing the balance of the ecosystem. The annual amount of waste from wood processing enterprises in Russia alone is more than 70 million m3.

One of the most effective methods fast pyrolysis technology is used for processing wood waste.

The physicochemical essence of the fast pyrolysis process is thermal decomposition organic compounds biomass in the absence of an oxidizing agent at relatively low temperatures 450-550°C, high heating rate 500-1000°C/s and short residence time of products in the reaction space (up to 2-3 s). As a result of the process, when the vapor-gas mixture is cooled, liquid products (bio-oil) are formed with a yield of up to 80% of the mass, depending on the operating parameters and the type of raw material.

Chip processing equipment

Recycling wood chips, as well as the processing of sawdust and other wood waste is very effective at the FPP 02 Fast Pyrolysis Unit, which allows you to obtain from waste liquid fuel and charcoal. The yield of these products is very high (Table 1), which allows short time(in less than 3 years) pay for the installation.

Yield of products from sawdust processing

Table 1.

Sawdust processing as a business is very profitable. Charcoal has an established, in-demand market. Liquid pyrolysis products (bio-oil) can be used in various ways such as:

• Alternative fuel for small and municipal energy (use in boiler houses instead of heating oil and fuel oil, gas turbines). Can be sold at competitive prices locally to enterprises using heating oil (boiler houses, asphalt plants, grain dryers, steam production, dairies, fuel traders, etc.), in addition, can be used at the enterprise for heating in winter time using liquid fuel boilers with a capacity of 1 MW or more;
• Binder for composite materials (production of biopolymers, replacement of phenol in FFS resins, replacement of polyols in urethanes up to 30%);
• Raw materials for road construction (addition to bitumen as an adhesive additive up to 30%).
• Raw materials for chemical industry(isolation of valuable components, purification, production of oils and motor fuels).

The gas generated during the process is completely consumed by the Installation to provide thermal energy to the reactor and drying module. It can also be used to generate electricity to meet the needs of the installation itself (can be installed as a generator based on a gas piston engine). FPP 02 is a mobile plant for processing sawdust, wood chips, waste from pulp and paper mills and other waste from the timber industry and, in principle, any biomass waste. This is a fully automated complex that does not require capital construction and thanks to its modular design, it can be transported by road in containers. Our company can offer effective equipment for waste processing in the form of the FPP 02 Fast Pyrolysis Unit at the best prices. We supply equipment on a turnkey basis, which means 100% ready for operation.

Wood is used in many fields of activity. This includes construction, furniture, and various business areas. But during production necessary products a lot of waste remains. Their recycling is not only a matter of environmentally friendly production, but also saving money and resources. Therefore, business using wood waste is a promising direction today.

Business relevance

Despite the fact that the woodworking business, as well as the business of processing wood waste, has been developed for a long time, the niche has not yet been filled. There are many ways to process sawdust, wood chips, bark, and more. Only 50% of the available material is used for processing, and in Siberia even less - 35%. At the same time, the remains of logging and sawmilling are not used at all. All this means that your business will always have raw materials for production.

At the same time, in the production of furniture and building materials, the amount of wood waste is about 45%. Moreover, not only sawdust and shavings are used, but also slabs and bark.

Place of business organization

For a mini-plant for processing wood waste, you need to rent or buy premises. Its area depends on which direction of processing you choose. This affects the type and dimensions of industrial installations.

But the most important thing is to choose the right production location. It must be located near the place of supply of raw materials. It is advisable to equip a workshop directly at a woodworking enterprise.

Similarly, you need to think through sales channels in advance. They must also be located close to production, otherwise all profits will go to logistics costs. Also, you should not focus on exporting produced fuel to Europe. On the one hand, the demand for it is European countries very tall. But on the other hand, transport and customs costs will force exorbitant prices for the goods high price. Not to mention the fact that a product for sale in Europe must undergo a lot of checks to ensure compliance with all local regulations. The optimal distance over which you can transport goods from wood waste and make a good profit is no more than 100 km.

Types of wood waste

There are several types of wood waste. They can be divided by density:

• lump (solid);
• sawdust and shavings (soft);
• bark.

They are also classified according to the method of production:

• primary or secondary wood processing;
• use of round timber;
• deforestation.

The type of wood waste depends on the technology for its processing, the equipment that your business will require, sales markets, etc.

Waste treatment process

Wood processing begins with sorting waste by type of wood, cutting, steam treatment, and removing rotten areas. Then the raw materials are treated with salt solutions to remove from the wood possible harmful components that could penetrate from Wastewater or contaminated soil.

The next stage of processing is mechanical crushing on special machines with toothed discs. Before this step, the wood is sometimes steamed to facilitate grinding.

Processing equipment

Depending on which direction of processing you have chosen, the market offers separate specific equipment. But there is a whole list of units that will be needed for any activity. These include:

• screw conveyor;
• Press forms;
• hand tampers;
• drying chamber;
• chipper;
• gas generator;
• mixing station;
• wood splitters and wood splitting machines;
• storage bunker;
• charcoal kilns;
• Remote Control.

Areas of application of wood waste

First of all, recycled wood waste is used in construction. For example, in the construction of houses according to the Canadian system, slabs are used, which contain wood chips and shavings, which are glued together with environmentally friendly resins.

In addition, the following is made from wood waste:

• particle-cement and particle boards;
• brick;
• gypsum sheets.

Waste is also used in hydrolysis plants and paper mills for the production of paper and cardboard.

Briquette production

The waste recycling business can be targeted based on the areas of use of wood residues. As already mentioned, these can be building materials: bricks, slabs, gypsum sheets. But most promising direction production of briquettes for fuel is considered. The fact is that their thermal conductivity approaches the thermal conductivity of coal. For example, if during combustion coal heat is released by 22 MJ/kg, then when burning wood briquettes - 19 MJ/kg. For comparison, conventional firewood provides 10 MJ/kg. In addition, after burning the briquettes, there remains minimal amount ash and CO2 gas.

Equipment for such production will require an investment of approximately 1 million rubles. least. In this case, the business plan includes the purchase of the following equipment:

• warehouse;
• packaging;
• molding press;
• units for grinding and drying waste.

As practice shows, it is the production of wood briquettes that helps to quickly bring this business to profitability. Additionally, waste can be sold in other directions. For example, Agriculture– an active consumer of sawdust.

Pellet production

They are used for heating both private houses and industrial production. The level of thermal conductivity depends on the source material. The most popular is sawdust. To establish pellet production, the business plan must provide for the purchase of the following equipment:

• for packaging and packing;
• cooler;
• press granulator;
• dryer;
• equipment for crushing raw materials (up to 1 mm or less).

It costs from 400 thousand rubles. and more. You can purchase special installations made in Europe, aimed specifically at the production of briquettes from sawdust. It is permissible to use wet sawdust in them - the unit simultaneously dries them. The device runs on diesel fuel and gas.

In the production of pellets, it is permissible to use straw and grain waste, but the higher the percentage of their content, the lower the quality of the final product. Pellets with a low content of other impurities are used for home heating boilers. With high – for industrial, as well as for cat litter boxes. But in any case, the percentage of additional impurities should not be higher than 5%.

Production of fibreboards

They are used both in the construction of buildings, finishing works, and in the production of furniture. In this case, the production plan is implemented in the following stages:

• wood cleaning and chopping;
• steaming;
• second stage of grinding;
• drying;
• molding;
• pressing;
• grinding;
• decorative finishing.

Today you can buy special lines for the production of such products, both foreign and domestic.

Fuel production

If your business is focused on fuel production, it is worth buying a pyrolysis unit. It consists of the following main components:

• raw material preparation unit;
• pyrolysis boiler;
• gas piston power plant.

They have been produced in Russia for more than 80 years, but you can also buy foreign equipment. A domestic unit for 10 tons of sawdust per day costs approximately 30 million rubles. Moreover, it runs partly on electricity and partly on fuel. From 18 tons of waste, approximately 3 tons of fuel are obtained: gasoline (40%), diesel fuel (40%), fuel oil (20%).

Additional directions

Business can be built not only on sawdust processing. While cooking bark and sawdust coniferous trees, as well as their greenery, condensation remains, which is also called bottom residue. It contains water-soluble biologically active substances, organic acids, chlorophylls, carotenes, provitamins, vitamins, etc. From it you can prepare a useful pine extract, which is used in the manufacture of cosmetics, medicinal preparations for animals, as well as feed additives for animals and birds.

The hard greens of coniferous trees remaining after cooking can be processed into feed meal for animals. This is another avenue that your business can use to generate additional revenue streams. Moreover, such flour has a bactericidal effect and is used as a preventive measure for tuberculosis in animals.

Another direction that a business can use is the production of fertilizer. The composting method is used for this. You will need to make special trenches and place waste wood pulp in them. During ripening, it accumulates nitrogen. Such fertilizers are used for highly mineralized and loamy soils.

Opening costs

The spending plan at the initial stage will require considerable investments - at least 150 thousand dollars. They will go towards renovating the premises, purchasing equipment and raw materials. The following items should be included in your spending plan.

Arrangement of the premises:

• fire alarm, fire extinguishing system ($2.1 thousand);
• lighting ($500);
• power supply ($1.8 thousand);
• general ventilation ($800);
• process ventilation and air ducts ($4.5 thousand);
• creating conditions for workers ($2.5 thousand).

Equipment costs (using the example of the production of briquettes for fuel):

• commissioning works (10 thousand dollars);
• briquette production machine ($110 thousand);
• packaging machine (12 pieces each, $1 thousand);
• packaging and storage equipment ($1.7 thousand).

Other expenses:

• production costs ($7.1 thousand);
• consumables ($2 thousand);
• wages (3 shifts of 4 people, about 6 thousand dollars).

Monthly spending plan

The cost plan is formed on the basis that the briquette production will operate 20 hours a day and be serviced by three teams of 4 people each. Total per month for wages it will cost about $300 per person and another 50% of taxes - approximately $5.5 thousand.

Electricity costs are necessarily included in the spending plan. The operating power of the equipment will be 80 kW. It will work about 600 hours a month, that is, it will cost about 4.7 thousand dollars.

Various additional costs must also be included. Thus, about 240 tons of briquettes will be produced per day (equipment productivity is 400 kg/hour). They will require 240 euro pallets. To do this, you need to include about 2 thousand dollars in your spending plan.

Please note that the basic equipment includes four auger attachments. But they wear out after 80-90 tons of production. The cost of the nozzle is about $300. Used nozzles can be restored for $100. Then the cost plan will be reduced. From additional materials You will need stretch film to wrap the folded pallets. The total monthly spending plan will be about 8.9 thousand dollars.

Income plan

One ton of wood briquette costs $115. Taking into account the operation of the installation 20 hours a day and the production volume of 0.5 t/h, products worth 34.5 thousand dollars can be produced per month. From this amount, production costs and expenses for consumables - approximately 9.1 thousand dollars. In total, you can receive up to 25.4 thousand dollars per month.

Investments can pay off in just six months, which is a pretty good indicator for a small production. If you have enough funds to organize such a business, then it is quite possible to establish a promising and highly profitable production.

When processing wood, a large amount of sawdust remains, which must be disposed of or recycled. There are several ways to earn income from sawdust. Let's look at the most interesting business ideas for recycling wood waste.

How can you use sawdust?

Despite the fact that many enterprises simply get rid of such waste, sawdust can be useful in many areas:

• construction and insulation of houses;
• production of building materials;
• production of fuel briquettes or pellets;
• insulation of houses;
• mushroom cultivation.

What equipment is needed?

It all depends on the final product. However, there is a mandatory list of machines that are needed in any case. Let's list them:

• Press form;
• screw conveyor;
• wood splitter;
• drying chamber;
• manual tamping;
• storage bin;
• wood chipping unit;
• gas generator;
• charcoal kiln;
• mixer.

Production of fuel briquettes

This is the most common method for processing sawdust. The thermal conductivity of such a material is close to the thermal conductivity of coal. Therefore, briquettes or wood pellets are very popular. In addition, these are environmentally friendly products that leave a minimal amount of harmful formations after combustion.

This method of sawdust processing will require about 1 million rubles. And this is the minimum amount that will be spent only on the purchase of equipment. At the same time, the business has a quick payback and high income.
Pellets provide a lot of heat and are very economical

Manufacturing of fiberboard

This is a popular material that is actively used in construction, furniture production or renovation work. Manufacturing process The production of fibreboards from sawdust includes the following steps:

1. Cleaning and chopping wood.
2. Steaming.
3. Re-grinding.
4. Drying.
5. Creating a form.
6. Being under pressure.
7. Grinding.
8. Finishing.

Exists big choice ready-made lines from foreign or domestic manufacturers for the production of fiberboard from sawdust.

Sawdust fiberboard is excellent construction material

Where else are sawdust used?

Dietary supplements can be made from pine sawdust. Coniferous extract is used for cosmetic purposes, in the manufacture of medicines for animals, and for adding to feed for birds and other animals.

Another common direction is the creation of fertilizers. For this purpose, the composting method is used. To start work, you need to create trenches and lay the wood composition in them. During ripening, nitrogen accumulates, which is useful when used on loamy soils, as well as soils with excessive amounts of minerals.

We calculate income and expenses

A business processing wood waste will require considerable investment - about 100 thousand dollars or even more. This amount is needed to purchase equipment, arrange the premises in compliance with all necessary standards, start production, salaries and other expenses.

Current expenses. If we talk about the production of fuel briquettes, then when the equipment operates 20 hours a day by three teams, each of which employs 4 people, then about 8 thousand dollars per month will be spent on costs alone. This includes electricity, wages for workers, purchase of raw materials, change of attachments, etc.

This is a complex, but profitable and fast-paying business

Wood is a building material that is used in almost all spheres of human activity. In some cases, the consumption of this material is not entirely economical, resulting in the formation of a lot of unclaimed raw materials.

Many enterprises send about 50% of their wood there. Some entrepreneurs have realized that recycling waste as a business is quite a profitable business. In addition, it can be organized literally in a few months, unlike, for example, .

Types of fossil fuels

From crushed recycled materials from woodworking production, they make the following types fuel:

1. Briquettes. They are obtained from wood waste. Since briquettes have a fairly high density, they maintain combustion for up to 8 hours. This fuel does not emit carbon monoxide and at the same time creates stable heat in the room. After burning the briquette, only 1–7% of ash remains.
2. Pellets look like granules. This fuel provides high calorific value.

These types of fuels are used in great demand, and not only in our country, but also abroad. Recycling wood waste is quite profitable and profitable business, which will provide you with a stable income.

Processing methods

Good profits can be made from briquetting wood waste and producing pellets. As a result of such processing, a cheap energy source is obtained, which is very popular among the population. In addition, this fuel does not pollute environment. Small sawdust is used to make pellets, while larger wood chips are suitable for briquetting.

Waste recycling also allows you to use the bottom residue coniferous species wood This is the sediment that forms after cooking tree greens and bark. This substance is rich in vitamins, carotene and organic acids, which have a beneficial effect on people. From solid waste Cedar or pine trees can be used to make feed meal.

Making a business plan

Before you start opening a wood waste recycling business, we recommend that you draw up detailed business plan.

In a waste recycling business plan, the following points should be considered:

1. Legal preparation of documents;
2. Purchase of equipment;
3. Renting premises;
4. The technological process is fully described;
5. Selecting employees to work at the enterprise;
6. Calculation of expenses and profits;
7. Plan for the future development of the enterprise (for example, entering a foreign market).

Registration

Before opening a wood waste processing business, you must register as a private entrepreneur or LLC, and also obtain all Required documents. A license is not required for this type of activity.

Equipment selection

To open a business, you need to purchase equipment for processing wood waste. It includes:

• Hammer crusher;
• Chipper machine.

A chipper is needed to process large wood waste. The result is technological chips. After this it is processed into hammer crusher. The resulting raw materials are briquetted and used as fuel.

Wood waste is crushed in these units. With their help you can process large or small raw materials. It is passed through a special mesh, which is used to determine the size of the fraction. After this process, the chips are fed into the hopper of a pellet or briquetting press. If wet raw materials are used for the production of briquettes, the wood chips are pre-dried, after which they are made into pallets or briquettes.

Briquette production

A mini-plant for processing wood waste can be purchased for 1 million rubles.

To equip it you will need the following equipment:

• Unit for drying and grinding waste;
• Forming press for briquettes;
• Devices for product packaging;
• Warehouse equipment.

It is worth noting that processing wood waste into briquettes is a fairly simple production that does not require special knowledge and skills.

Pellet production

Buying a mini-plant for the production of pellets is a profitable purchase for any businessman. Considering that such fuel is used both in industrial and living conditions, you can understand that the demand for such products is quite high. The burning time of pellets and their calorific value largely depend on what raw materials were used for their manufacture. Most best option- this is sawdust.

The mini-plant is equipped with the following equipment:

• Crushers;
• Dryers;
• Cooling equipment;
• Granulator;
• Packaging equipment.
• Staff

For continuous operation of a mini-plant for processing wood chips, you will need 5 people:

• 2 people load raw materials into the dryer;
• 2 people pour dried raw materials into a press extruder;
• 1 person is engaged in packaging of finished products.

As for special skills and training, this is not necessary. It is enough for one person to have technical education. The production shift should be 8 hours, with one hour allocated for equipment maintenance. For continuous production, three teams of workers will be needed.

Room

The room in which wood waste will be processed into chips must have an area of ​​at least 120 square meters. meters. Ceiling height is 5 meters. Special requirements is not presented to the premises.

Except production workshop It is also necessary to equip warehouses for raw materials and finished products.

For general construction work you will have to spend:

• Repair – $1800.
• Living conditions for employees – $500.
• Electrical wiring - $400.
• Security and fire alarms – $500.
• Ventilation - $600.

Profit

If the machines for processing wood waste work uninterruptedly, the enterprise’s profit for the month will be 882 thousand rubles. The investment will pay off in literally 3 months.

Working 8 hours a day with days off, you will make a profit of 267 thousand rubles per month. In this case, the briquetting line will pay for itself in 9 months.

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Let's sum it up

Fuel briquettes are the most economical and popular type of fuel. They can be made not only from wood waste, but also from sunflower husks, oat husks and any other agricultural raw materials. Fuel briquettes have excellent calorific value. It is almost the same as that of charcoal.

Nowadays, many people save on natural gas, so fuel briquettes are in great demand. They are in great demand on the market as gas prices are constantly rising. Nowadays, many small enterprises offer wood waste recycling services. Financial resources invested in production are returned in just a few months.