Feed processing basic production process
â . Raw material receive and Cleaning.
a. In order to produce continuous, feed factory should set up a certain of silos, which foundation is to receive, storage and discharge the materials. Normally, it include raw material silo, intermediate silo (batching bin, buffer bin) and finished product silo.
b. Impurities mixed in raw material will affect growth of livestock and destroy processing machines. Raw material cleaning can ensure purity of feed products, improve product quality and ensure that processing equipment to achieve safe production.
â ¡. Crushing of raw material
Crushing is one of the most critical processes in the feed production process. It directly affects the quality, yield, energy consumption and cost of feed products.
Raw material after crushing, surface area increase, conducive to animal digestion and absorption; but also variety raw material can get uniform size, help to improve and raise mixing and other processing links.
â ¢.Batching & Mixing
1. Batching
Batching is the process in feed production normally happening between the grinding of ingredients and mixing of the feed. Normally there have two processes: first ingredient, after grinding then mixed, and first crushed after batching then mixed.
2. Mixing
Mixing is under external force, two or more kinds ingredients mixed with each other, so that the volume of each component evenly distributed in small particles
The feed will not be the balanced formulation it is designed to be unless it is properly mixed. So efficient mixing is the key to good feed production.
â £.Granulation
Pelleting is the mesh feed plus steam conditioning, and force to pellet by pelletizer, then cooling, crumble and classifying, to get required pellet feed.