Field Notes · A Journal in Progress

A monograph from the plant floor.

Long-form dispatches from the workshop in Sardulgarh, the paddy fields of Mansa, and the commissioning sites where our engineers spend their nights. The first issue is in compilation.

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Editorial intent

Field reports, not marketing.

Field Notes is the editorial wing of pelletmachine.in. Each issue is written by the engineer, operator or farmer who was actually there — edited only for line breaks and arithmetic. No anonymous contributors, no fabricated bylines.

We’re posting in compilation order rather than back-dating issues to make the archive look fuller than it is.

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If you operate a pellet plant, source paddy straw, or commission biomass machinery — pitch a story. The brief is short: 600–1500 words, one photo, your name.

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Upcoming issues

Three issues in draft.

3 in compilation · 0 published

Issue 01In draft

Three weeks before the burn season — riding the supply trucks from Mansa to Sardulgarh.

Autumn 2026 · The Stubble Issue

Logistics, moisture meters, and what 19.52 Mt of paddy straw actually looks like at the field edge.

Issue 02In draft

Why the 8th-Generation pellet machine uses a ring die, not a flat die.

Winter 2026 · The Ring-Die Issue

A walk-through of three-stage gear deceleration, 5–7 kg/cm² working pressure, and the metallurgy choices that make 1,500–2,000 kg/h sustainable.

Issue 03In draft

Inside the 38-SKU bin — bearings, dies, shafts, and the brands we trust.

Spring 2027 · The Spare Parts Issue

NTN, FAG, NSK, SKF, Nachi, Yulong: how an OEM-spec parts library actually gets assembled in Sardulgarh.

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