Pet food extruder: used as part of pet food production lines.
ADVANTAGES
- Improves protein quality in feed
- Provides eatability of all feed components
- Helps regulate feed weight
- Disinfects harmful microorganisms and anti-nutritional substances
SEQUENCE OF OPERATION
Extruder capability:
- moisture of the mixture – from 10%;
- water input to the mixture – up to 15%;
- steam injection into the mixture – up to 6%;
- preconditioning of the mixture – up to 3 minutes;
- cooling of the screw part of the extruder.
The feed pellet comes out of this extruder with a moisture content of 16-24% and needs to be dried in a dryer before further processing.