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Fertilizer granulator from China

Fertilizer granulator is a name for at least five different processes, and the one that suits your material is decided by its moisture and binder, so the cheapest quote is often for a machine that cannot granulate what you have.

Ask about this machine ↗Where the numbers come from

Written and listings checked 30 September 2026. Every figure on this page names its source.

What you are actually comparing.

Two quotes, one machine name

What hides inside the price

Wet or dry process

Disc pan, rotary drum and stirring tooth granulators roll or agitate a moist powder into balls and need a dryer after them. Double roller compactors press dry powder into flakes or briquettes and need no dryer, but the granule is less round and the material must bind under pressure.

The whole line behind the granulator

A wet granulator alone makes soft, wet granules. Crusher, mixer, dryer, cooler, screen, recycle conveyor and coater are what turn them into a product. Ask which of these the price covers.

Wear surfaces

Disc liners, drum lifters, roller sleeves and stirring teeth all wear against minerals and salts. Ask for the material, whether roller sleeves can be changed without replacing the shaft, and the price of each wear set.

Corrosion

Urea, ammonium salts and acid manures attack mild steel. Ask which contact parts are stainless or lined, and which are painted carbon steel.

Recycle rate

Oversize and fines are screened out and fed back. A high recycle rate means the granulator's headline figure overstates saleable output. Ask for saleable granules per hour, not throughput.

Before you ask for a price.

Send these with the enquiry. Without them, any number a factory gives you is a guess dressed as a quotation.

Your raw materials with moisture content, organic or mineral, and a bag of sample for a trial.
Granule size range you sell, and roundness if your spreaders need it.
Saleable tonnes per hour after screening.
Whether you have heat for a dryer, and what fuel.
The line scope: mixer, granulator, dryer, cooler, screen, coater and packing, or granulator only.

Turn the claim into a demonstration.

Require this	A pass looks like
Granulate your own material for a timed run and screen everything that comes out.	Share of on-size granules by weight recorded and inside the figure written into the contract.
Crush a counted sample of dried granules on a strength tester.	Crush strength measured on each granule and the average meets the agreed value for your spreader and bags.
Weigh saleable output against feed rate over the run.	Saleable tonnes per hour recorded, with recycle tonnes stated separately.

The documents that must arrive with it.

EU Declaration of Conformity for each machine in the line, under 2006/42/EC until 19 January 2027, then Regulation (EU) 2023/1230.
Electrical schematics citing low voltage 2014/35/EU and EMC 2014/30/EU, and a burner certificate if a dryer is included.
Material list for contact and wear parts, and a priced wear-part list.

The one people forget. The trial report on your own material, signed with sample weights and screen results. It is the only proof the process was chosen for your product and not the factory's demo powder.

When this is the wrong machine.

Buy something else if

Named, not hedged

You sell compost or manure as a loose soil improver.

A compost turner and a screen. Granulating adds drying cost that loose product does not need.

You blend bought granules into custom mixes.

A blending and bagging line. Bulk blending mixes finished granules and needs no granulator.

Where the numbers come from.

We name the kind of source, how many and when, and never the factory. Listed prices are asking prices, not landed cost. Where we do not hold a fact we say so: that is a GAP, not an estimate.

Listings · 14Fourteen fertilizer granulator listings on one marketplace, checked September 2026: four double roller, two disc or pan, two extrusion, one rotary drum, one stirring tooth and four other types. Most single machines asked US$800 to US$8,200; complete lines asked from US$60,000. Listed prices are asking prices, not landed cost.
GAPGAP - no supplier quotations logged for this machine yet. Three to five quotations for one configuration would give a real price spread.
GAPGAP - no listing we checked stated a saleable granule rate after screening. A trial report on a buyer's own material would close it.

Related machines.

Compost turner. Read it if your raw organic material is not yet stable compost.
Grain packing machine. Read it when finished granules need weighing into bags.

Every machine we source in this area is on the Agriculture & feed page. How a project runs, stage by stage, is on how it works, and what it costs is on pricing.

Straight answers

Questions buyers ask about this machine.

What is the best fertilizer granulator from China for organic fertilizer?+

Usually a wet process, disc or stirring tooth, followed by a dryer. Dry roller compaction suits mineral powders that bind under pressure. Test your own material before choosing.

Chinese vs European fertilizer granulator: how do I compare?+

On saleable output of your material, wear-part life and corrosion protection, not on machine price. Ask both for a trial run on your sample.

Does the EU fertilizer regulation cover the granulator?+

No. Regulation (EU) 2019/1009 governs fertilising products placed on the market with a CE mark, not the machine. The machine answers to the machinery rules.

What does the EU importer of a fertilizer granulator do?+

It checks the declaration and technical file exist for each machine and puts its name and address on the machine or papers.

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