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Technology Selection in Feed Plant

20 July 20164 min reading
“The plant’s working efficiently depends on many issues such as the calculations to be made, capacity compatibility of preferred machines, accurate layout, sufficient and suitable stations, automation system, etc. Therefore, the plant should be installed by qualified and experienced people who can realize these calculations and compatibility.” 7 Feed Plants consists of 4 units as dosing, grinding-mixing, pelleting and packaging. In the first one of these units, dosing unit, the most sensitive weighing is aimed with the most serial way as much as possible. In dosing unit, it is important to determine the daily number of raw materials to be used as to the variety of feeds and to choose suitable conveying equipment for raw material to be weighted. Also it is important that weighing bunkers should be produced in a way for not losing its weighing sensitivity in time. In grinding unit, significant issues can be listed as follows: providing particle size differing as to needs, operating grinding mill nonstop with full capacity, having minimum energy cost and enabling mills running with high speed to operate vibration free. Providing full homogenous mixture as soon as possible in mixing unit, preventing liquid or dust losses (liquid materials such as premix and oil, vinasse, vibrotal, maceration), leaving no residual during discharging mixer and bunkers in order not to affect receipt quality and the most important, enabling grinding and mixing processes run compatibly are the prominent issues. In addition, due to its effect on feed quality, molasses unit that is used in ruminant feed production should be planned in the best way and molasses mixer should be of sufficient quality for not making agglomerate even during intense molasses. Pelleting unit includes many machines such as steam, conditioner, press, cooler and granule; and every machine has its own technicality. Machines developed for feed production runs with high speed and heavy goods. Significant points to be considered in feed machinery production are the quality of the material to be used, sensivity and technological efficiency of processing machine used in machinery production, making engineering calculations as to required capacity and organizing the most suitable customize flow. PRIORITY TOPICS IN INVESTMENTS Production technologies of plants making ruminant feed and poultry feed for cattle and small cattle animals are close to each other; but there are little differences such as raw material variety and molasses line. In plants producing ruminant feed, poultry feed can be produced easily. For fish and pet feed, a completely different technology is used. As Oryem, we preferred to major in installing plants making ruminant and poultry feed; and improve ourselves on this subject. Investors who are planning to build a new feed plant should determine the variety of the feed that he will use, the capacity he needs, the number of employees that he is planning to employ in the plant he will build; namely determine his preference between the cost of plant and the cost of production. Experienced teams make customize solutions about remaining issues for investors. EFFECT OF REGIONAL DIFFERENCES The preferred machines and conveying elements in the plan to be built offer varieties as to the raw material structure, manpower costs and the variety of feed to be produced. Conveying equipment, for instance, is at low costs in African countries where manpower costs are low. However, automation becomes prominent in the countries where electricity and manpower is expensive. EFFECT OF PROCESSES ON EACH OTHER AND QUALITY In feed production process, as each production point affect plant capacity and product quality, it has extra importance. For instance, particle size in breaker may affect pelleting capacity; or molasses, mixer and cooling units may affect the quality of obtained product seriously. Thus, the capacity of the plant and quality of the product are not independent from each other and should be discussed together. TRUE CHOICES, EFFICIENT FACILITY However high you plan the plant capacity in feed plants, capacity decrease which can appear in any unit during any financial bottleneck determines the complete plant capacity. Thus, equipment to be used and technology preference is highly significant. The plant’s working efficiently depends on many issues such as the calculations to be made, capacity compatibility of preferred machines, accurate layout, sufficient and suitable stations, automation system, etc. Therefore, the plant should be installed by qualified and experienced people who can realize these calculations and compatibility.
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