How the MP270 came about – The original machine and the start of my pellet press development
The MP270 is the machine that started it all. It arose from a situation familiar to many developers: A customer had a real problem, but the market offered no suitable solution. The usual manufacturers told him that a pellet mill in this size and performance class was not economical. Too small, too expensive, not enough sales – that was the unanimous opinion. But the customer saw things differently: he had a clear idea of what he needed – and needed someone who was prepared to build it anyway.
Initial situation – a gap in the market that nobody wanted to serve
The customer was looking for a compact, robust pellet press for moderate throughput volumes. The standard machines were either too large, too expensive or technically oversized. Although small presses existed, they did not meet the requirements for stability, process reliability and durability.
The decision: We build it ourselves
After discussions, it became clear:
If nobody supplies this machine, then it has to be designed.
This is how the idea for the MP270 was born – the first in-house development of a pellet press, tailor-made for a specific application.
The challenge was to develop a compact machine that nevertheless:
runs reliably
Stable pellet quality produced
enables lower investment costs
is easy to operate and maintain
can be integrated into existing production environments
The development process
The path to the MP270 was characterized by technical pragmatism and engineering intuition:
Completely new design without existing templates
Focus on robust components
Compact design for tight spaces
Consistent reduction to the essentials
Design solutions for typical sources of interference in small presses
The MP270 was realized as a functionally reliable prototype – and showed that the concept worked right from the first commissioning.
The effect in practice
The machine did exactly what the customer needed:
Reliable continuous operation
Economic cost structure
Low complexity
Solid pellet quality
High availability
MP270 thus proved that the previous statement “It’s not worth it” was not true.
It showed that it is worth questioning existing thought patterns.
Result – The starting point of a development line
The MP270 marked the beginning of the entire subsequent development of Scherer pellet mills.
It was:
the first step in your own technology development
the origin of today’s broad solution competence
the basis for later machines such as the MP510 and MP700
proof that individual solutions can be ahead of the market
The MP270 was not just a machine.
It was a turning point – and the start of your journey as a developer of specialized pelleting solutions.
