Pelleting is the mesh feed plus steam conditioning, and force to pellet by pelletizer, then cooling, crumble and classifying, to get required pellet feed.
Advantages of pellet feed:Full nutrition and evenly distributed, avoid livestock picks eat caused malnutrition.Due to the combined effect of moisture, temperature and pressure, starch paste, enzyme activity increased, improve the digestibility of feed.Small volume and high density make pellet feed easy to storage and transport, and feeding mechanization.In pellet process, after high-temperature sterilization by steam, feed not easy to mold and pests.Avoid grading of feed ingredients, reduce pollution of air and water when feeding livestock.Good liquidity, not easy to bond.
Pellet feed suit for feeding pigs, cattle, sheep, horses, chickens, ducks, fish…..etc.
In this process, main equipments are: pellet mill, cooler, crumbler, classify sieve, silo and transport machine.
Feed pelleting process flow: