To provide plastic pellet manufacturing equipment capable of properly draining a plastic pellet cooled by cooling water when manufacturing the plastic pellet.

As a draining means for separating (water-dripping) the plastic pellet 31 from the cooling water 21, a wire mesh conveyor 24 having a mesh size to prevent the passing of a chip (pellet chip) 32 generated when cutting rod-shaped plastic extruded from an extruder 11 by a cutter 12 is provided above the water level 21a of the cooling water 21 in a receiving water tank 22.