Poultry/Swine Feed Mill 6TPH

Description

ABC Hansen Africa has developed as part of our feed milling equipment line, a complete line for the production of high energy feed, usually utilised in the production of poultry (both meat and egg production type feeds) and pig feeds (for either complete dry feeds, or additive feeds in liquid feeding systems), with a simple yet effective design, for mid range capacity feed mill operations with a capacity of 6TPH.

The system is a completely automated batching process, controlled by our in-house designed Compri-Batch batch controller, which is based on the widely used Unitronics Vision Series controller. By having the entire batching process automated, users will be able to produce reliable, repeatable results on their feed mixtures – taking out the risk for human error. The only responsibility for labour in the system would be in the raw material silo filling function and during packaging.

The Compri-Batch controller is able to batch up to 24 different ingredients, for up to 36 different recipes and can be fitted to batch either granular material, using a positive weighing system, or liquid materials, such as molasses and other additives using pulse measurement devices.

All raw material is milled down to a similar particle size before entering the raw material bins, using the proven industrial – Hippo Mammoth Hammer mill, and from the batching bins are batched into a weighing bin that is mounted onto load cells – which feed back to the batch controller, which then stops and starts each raw material bin’s unload auger, or raw material tank’s discharge pump – depending on the recipe – when the required quantity has been loaded into the weighing bin.

Once the batching has been completed, the controller opens the weighing bin’s pneumatic or electrical discharge gate and discharges the batch into the waiting 2 x 3000 liter Blenders. Blending time is usually around 4-5 minutes, which runs on a timer – again controlled by the Compri-Batch controller – once mixing time is completed, the controller opens the mixer(s) discharge gates, and the mixer discharge to the post blending silos.

From the post blending silos, the operator can select to either discharge the mash feed to a packaging line, or to send the mash feed further to be pelleted and cooled in the pelleting line.

The mash feed is then pelleted using  ring-die type pellet mills, which discharge into a single bucket elevator, which then ejects the material to a counterflow pellet cooler, where the pellets are cooled down rapidly using ambient air – driven by a centrifugal fan – to prevent breakage of the pellets and condensation on the pellets

After cooling – the pellets are discharged directly from the cooler onto a grading screen to remove any broken pellets and unpelleted material from the pellets before further processing.

The grader outlet under the cooler is also then fitted with a selection valve, to either discharge the pellets directly to a bucket elevator, which will load the packing silo at the end of the line, or otherwise the pellets can be discharged to a roller crusher – the roller crusher then crushing the whole pellets down to produce what is known in industry as crumbs – which are normally fed to smaller animals, which would benefit from feeding on a pelleted type feed.

Packaging of the mash, pellets and crumbs are as standard quoted for the semi-automatic packaging into either 25kg or 50kg bags

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