Why choose bagasse as pallets material?

10/12/2017

Bagasse is the sugarcane fiber waste left in the sugarcane processing mills after the extraction process. Historically, there is already a developed secondary market for the sugarcane mills, the paper-making industry. But there are also 30% myelocytes in the sugarcane bagasse waste, which we call it bagasse pith. The bagasse pith does not maintain the fiber morphology, which makes it easy to be crushed and causes really bad influences through the paper pulping process. Therefore, the paper plant is not a fan of bagasse materials with pith in it. They will remove the bagasse pith before the paper pulping process, and also offer an extremely low price for the bagasse materials with pith.

But, is bagasse really useless? The answer is certainly no. Actually, bagasse is a good material for wooden molded pallets . Due to the chemical analysis of bagasse, some researchers has firstly paid attention to utilize the bagasse material to produce pallets.

First, there is an abundant quantity of bagasse wastes in the world. Sugarcane is a popular economic crop used to produce sugar. For each sugar manufacturer, there are millions of tons of bagasse has been left during the sugar production process. It is an existing source for large scale pellet production.
Secondly, bagasse is an agricultural waste that we have to do some further processes to avoid its bad influence to the food chain. In other words, if we left the bagasse to rot on the field, it will release greenhouse gases. So with the pallet machine, we are not just makes the bagasse material became pallets product, but also helped to protect the environment.

BAGASSE (PITH) PELLET PLANT WORK FLOW

Pallets making line equipment list
1. Wood chiper machine