Produce High Quality Feed Pellets step by step- Feed pelleting can be defined as conversion of finely ground mash feed into dense, free flowing pellets or capsules, in a process that involves steam injection (moisture and heat) and mechanical pressure.
There are several advantages for feeding broilers pelleted rather than mash feed.
The main advantage is the improved bird performance (improved feed intake, weight gain and feed conversion). Birds fed pelleted diets spend less time and need lower maintenance energy requirements during eating and digestion in comparison to those fed mash feed.
To produce high quality feed pellets is mainly physical changes. Without changing the nutrients contained in the raw materials, the raw materials and additives are mixed together.
Because the quality of feed pellets directly affects the animal’s feeding status, and ultimately affects the quality of products and the interests of farmers, it is very important for farmers to produce high-quality feed pellets.
How to Produce High Quality Feed Pellets
Note that several factors can effect the production of high quality pellets. First of all the feed formulation (raw materials and additives used).
Some feed ingredients have a good impact on pellet quality, while others could adversely affect the quality. Unfortunately, corn-soy diets are not the ideal diets to achieve the desired pellet quality.
Dietary inclusion of wheat grain or wheat by products (wheat midds, wheat gluten) can increase pellet durability, because of the high protein (gluten) and hemi-cellulose content of wheat in comparison to corn or corn co-products. Similarly inclusion of oat as a partial substitute of corn can increase pellet quality.
We can rank feed grains according to their positive impacts on pellet quality from best to worst as followings:
- oat,
- wheat,
- barley,
- corn,
- sorghum.
It was previously known that starch and its gelatinisation is the most important factor for achieving the desired pellet quality. However, recent reports indicated that the positive impact of protein on pellet quality is much more important than that of starch.
Here’s how to produce high quality pellets (the feed pellets processing steps):
1. Material Selection:
Choose materials and suitable additives that can provide the animals with the different nutrients they need. In addition, the ratio of each material must be strictly controlled, because it will directly affect the durability of the particles.
2. Crushing Material:
Use a hammer mill to crush the material into powder.
3. Mixing Material:
Mix the crushed ingredients evenly with a feed mixer
4. Pelletizing Material:
In this step, the modulation of the material and the control of the physical state are critical to the quality of the pellets.
Heat, water addition time, water addition, and evaporation are all important factors for granulation.
The die hole diameter and die thickness of the pellet machine also affect the pellet quality, relative hardness and yield.
Benefits of Feed Pellets Production on your own
1. From the perspective of the feed manufacturer, the benefits of feed pellets include reduced separation of mixed feed, increased bulk specific gravity, reduced dust content, and improved operating characteristics.
2. For those who produce their own animal feed, compared to buying feed pellets from other manufacturers, it will save a lot of cost.
Feed Pellets Production Machine
Advantages of Feed Pellet Production Plant
1. Excellent manufacturing: All machines have been strictly developed and manufactured to ensure high quality.
2. Easy installation and operation: This small feed pellet production line takes only a few minutes to assemble and install all the parts. You don’t need a technician or any qualified person, you can do it! Operation is as simple as installation.
3. Low investment: Because of its small size, compact structure, and low power consumption, a small investment is enough for you to buy this homemade feed pellet plant.
4. Low Production Cost: Only 1 or 2 workers are enough to make the whole production line work. Less labor, less cost, so it greatly expands your net profit.
5. Wide application: You can choose it for making many kinds of animal feeds, such as cattle, dairy cow, goat, sheep, horse, pig, chicken, broiler, duck, rabbit, fish, goose, etc.
Advantages of Feed Pellets for Animals
- Feed Pellets Improve Nutrient Utilization
In the granulation process, water, temperature and pressure is combined to improve the nutrient utilization. The pelletizing process destroys the plant’s cell wall, thereby increasing the digestibility of the feed. In the process of granulation, carbohydrate will undergo partial cracking, which will cause starch gelatinization so as to improve the utilization rate of feed energy. Pelletizing can destroy some toxic and harmful factors in the feed and improve the effectiveness of nutrients in the feed.
- Avoids Animal Being Picky about Food
Feeding the animals (livestock, poultry) with feed pellets can avoid the animal selecting the gains or food. The feed pellets contains a variety of nutrients, which ensures daily supply of feed at full price.
- Reduces Nutrient Consumption of Animal Feeding Activities
The feeding speed of livestock and poultry to pelleted feed is often higher than that of powder feed, and the feeding time is only one third of that of powder feed.
- Convenient Feeding and Reduction of Waste
The feeding of pelleted feed is convenient and saves labors, can can reduce the feed waste in the animal feeding. Due to the unreasonable feeding trough, there often has waste, the pelleted feed can reduce 8~10% of feed waste.
- Better for Transportation and Economic
Animal feed pellet is generally in small size. The volume of common pellet feed will reduce about 1/2-2/3 of the power feed of the same weight and the bulk density increased by 40%-100%.
In addition, pelleted feed is easy to store, pack and transport. Pelleted feed will save the bin capacity and will not produce automatic classification.
And it also plays an important role in maintaining the uniformity of trace components in the feed.
It is also not easy to damp, than the same weight of powder volume reduced by 1/2-2/3, bulk density increased by 40%-100%, easy to store, pack and transport.
At the same time can save bin capacity, will not produce automatic classification, especially to maintain the uniformity of trace components in the feed has an important role.
It is also not easy to damp, Not easy to damp, so it will helpful for the mechanized feeding.
- Improving Environmental Hygiene
Pelleted feed is not easy to fly and reduces natural loss, which can improve environmental hygiene.
