Sawdust is the most common material in the production of charcoal with sawdust briquette machine. The raw material for making charcoal is very important if you want to make high quality charcoal. Among all the materials, sawdust is a good choice in the production of charcoal. Although straw can also be used to make charcoal, the ash content is higher, so the quality of the charcoal made straw is general. In addition, the production costs of making charcoal with sawdust are much lower than the original charcoal, since it is easy to find and collect. The harder the raw material, the better the quality of charcoal. Then, how much charcoal can be produced by sawdust briquette machine with a ton of sawdust, fresh branches or wood chips?

Generally, wood shavings and sawdust contain certain amount of water, especially the fresh lumber. The water content is generally between 40-60%. Then, the raw material need to be dried to make its moisture content at about 14%. It can be achieved by drying in the sun or the drying machine. After carbonizing with the carbonizing furnace, the water content will continue to reduce to about 3%, and a series of chemical and physical changes would happen in the process of carbonization, including the changes of wood fiber, loss of tar and volatile matter, etc. Under normal circumstances, it needs 4 tons of fresh wood or sawdust to make a ton of charcoal.
 
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