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Stop Pellet Linking: Best Practices for Strand Pelletizer Knives

Pellet linking—pellets sticking or fusing together after cutting—wastes time, increases fines, and forces unplanned downtime. In strand pelletizing, the cut must be a clean shear on a fully solidified strand. When knives are dull or mis-set, when runout is present, or when cooling/traction aren’t matched to the polymer, you’ll see smearing, tails, and linked pellets. […]