Animal feed is used for feeding a stock of animals such as cow, cattle, sheep, goat, chicken, horse, camel, fish, pig etc. These animals are reproduced and raised for their egg, meat, milk, wool etc. Raising these animals for gaining the greatest benefit is only possible if they get genuine complete combination of all the vital elements the livestock would need. it includes proteins (fish, beans, oil cakes etc), energy (corn, wheat bran, etc). This feed helps in gaining all the nutritional value for a healthy and fast growth.
Our Animal Feed Processing plant are modular design and designed based on different feed requirements and customer needs. The following pictures illustrate different kinds of Animal Feeds that our machine can produce such as Mashed Feed, Crumbled Feed, Compressed Feed Pellet, Extruded Feed Pellet, Pet Feed and Floating Fish Feed respectively.
As reliable Animal feed processing plant manufacturer in Ethiopia, Bejai Ethio Industrial and Engineering Solutions is ideal in providing turnkey feed production project including process design, factory layout, equipment manufacture, feed plant installation and commission, and site training of electric control, plant operation, animal feed processing processing technologies and formulations.
The following pictures are about Animal Feed Processing Plants we built for our clients. The feed production output ranges from 1 ton/hr to 30 ton/hr.
Bejai Ethio Industrial and Engineering Solutions brings the best and highly efficient Animal Feed Processing plants with assured reliability in Ethiopia.
Production process of animal feed can be divided into several stages
Step 1: Raw Materials preparation, Receiving and Storing
There are different types of raw materials for animal feed. This includes Maize, Sorghum, Wheat brain, Lime, Oil seed cakes like cotton, sesame, nigger, soya bean, Molasses, Vitamin and mineral additives etc… it is in these storage facilities from which the raw materials will be taken to the succeeding stages of the production line.
After weighted the raw materials, it will be added in to suck dump in order to be transported and mixed through screw conveyor which transport the raw material to hammer mill and surge hooper.
Step 2: Feed premixing and Grinding Process
Depending on the variety of feed and the fineness requirement specifications, the process of grinding raw materials is done accordingly. Then the ungrounded but mixed materials arrive at the gate of miller and according to the size of sieves and speed of the mill rotor the material arrived will be crushed, grounded, mixed and de-lumped then directly flows down to the gate of the second screw in turn mixed and transported with ungrounded raw materials.
Step 3: Surging pre ground and mixed
All The materials transferred to surge Hooper except liquid and micro nutrient, surge Hooper surges the materials until the mixer releases the preceding batch.
Step 4: Feed Mixing Process
All the feed components are blended with respect to the feeds formula by horizontal paddle mixer which always run to receive the materials from the surge Hooper, Molasses/ liquid add system and hand add micro nutrients. The paddle with rubber tip makes easier all mixing process throughout its residence time without minute left over. The plumber will de-plume the agglomerated particles while in the mixing process then the mixer discharges the compound feed to mix receiving Hooper to transport the feed gently without de-mixing.
Step 5: Mix receiving and transporting process
The mixed feed received and transported through the screw conveyor which further helps to control agglomeration, de-mixing and de-lumping.
Step 6: Product receiving
Product silo receives the product from the mix receiving screw conveyor.
Step 7: Product Rectification
Mashed feed type: mashed feed is the easiest solid feed form that can be manufactured. It only consists of grinding and mixing all raw materials in to the correct amount to meet nutritional requirements of the animals.
Pelleted feed type: feed pelleting is a conversion of finely ground mash feed in to dense, free flowing pellets or capsules, in a process that involves moisture, heat and mechanical pressure.
Crumbled and Flacked: crumbled feed is a type of feed prepared at the mill by pelleting of the mixed ingredients and then crushing a pellet to a consistency coarser than mash.
Floating Fish feed: floating feed floats on the water surface due to law bulk density, air sacs in extruded feed, low moisture, water stability and other extrusion properties.
Step 8: Measuring and Packing process
After this process, you can get finished feed which is highly suitable for animals then measuring and packing machines are available for the finished feed to be measured and packed.
- After installation and adjustment of the plant, we will train our customer’s how to operate, mechanical maintenance, electrical trouble shooting and maintenance, safety, process and ethics. Beside that we will supply different tools that are useful for full maintenance.
This new model of multi-function complete animal feed plant has peculiar characteristics as follows;
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- Low cost due to the material availability for the equipment.
- Low power consumption with high efficiency.
- No left over batch to batch while applying medicine for some animals.
- Labeled and designed for local Ergonomics and local raw materials.
- Labeled & designed for safety matters.
- Easy to operate.
- The system is easily maintainable.
- You can customize for many product mixes and flexible for feed formulations.
- Durable spare parts and wearing parts.
- It will meet the current production standard.
- Uses easily available raw materials.