To produce high-quality barbecue charcoal, it's not only essential to have advanced adhesive and equipment technology, but the particle size of the charcoal powder must also be just right! Currently, many companies produce too coarse and large particle sizes for their shaped charcoal raw materials, with a significant proportion being below 20 mesh (0-5mm). Such large raw material particle sizes are difficult to produce qualified products. Even though extruders can shape them, many specifications are hard to meet the technical requirements! Experts who have studied barbecue charcoal for many years have found: the particle size of the raw material should not be too coarse or too fine, generally ranging between 25 mesh (0.6mm) and 100 mesh, or 7 mesh (a bit smaller than 3mm) to 20 mesh accounting for 10-15%. Typically, the coarse particle size is similar to table salt, while the fine particle size is akin to corn flour or wheat flour. Otherwise, the shaped charcoal produced will have poor appearance, high costs, poor combustion, and a strong odor. It's challenging to find a market for such charcoal, leading to poor sales and substantial losses!
Many domestic charcoal enterprises are struggling due to poor product market competitiveness and the inability to sell their products, leading to the brink of bankruptcy. Besides outdated adhesives and equipment technology, most issues stem from large raw material particle sizes and poor product performance, which have caused their downfall. However, some companies that use grinding mills and new-type plate crushers are thriving in the charcoal business due to the appropriate particle sizes of the charcoal powder (and also the quality of adhesives). In summary, to produce high-quality, distinctive barbecue charcoal (quick-burning charcoal, hookah charcoal) products, it's not only about good adhesives, equipment, and technology, but also the appropriate particle size of the charcoal raw materials. Conversely, any enterprise that ignores or does not refine the particle size of the raw materials will find it extremely difficult to produce high-quality barbecue charcoal products. How much impact do large particle sizes have on barbecue charcoal?
