2. Pelleting
■ Conversion of mash feed into pellets is pelleting
■ Agglomerated feeds formed by extruding individual
ingredients or mixtures by compacting and forcing
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3. Advantages of Pelleting
■ Minimize feed wastage
■ Increased nutrient density and nutrient availability
■ Reduce dustiness and decreased microbial load
■ increase palatability and bulk density
■ Reducing feeding time about 3 times than mash feed
■ Decrease energy loss on prehention
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7. Conditioning
■ Modification of physical properties of mash by steam
addition
■ Steam has ability to carry heat and moisture
■ Grains and meals are good insulators of heat
■ Grinding and retention time in conditioner are
important
■ Conditioner has usually 1.5 to 4.6 m long with 38-76 cm
diameter
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8. ■ Types of conditioner are
1. Single shaft
2. Double shaft
3. Differential diameter
■ Conditioner shaft speeds varies from 90 to 500 rpm
■ Increase in temperature of 12-15 0C will add 1% moisture
to mash
■ High temperature, moisture and retention time gelatinize
the starch and activate some binding agents in feed
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12. Compression
■ Die selection usually based on these parameters
■ Die speed (pellet quality decreased by increasing die speed)
■ Number of holes in die (important for production rate)
■ Dimension of die hole (more length with less diameter
produce more hard pellet)
■ Die maintenance (should be properly maintained for better
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14. Cooling
■ Added moisture and heat is removed from pellets in cooler
■ Reduce temperature from about 85 0C to above 5-8 0C from
atmospheric temperature
■ Usually, removes 4-6 % moisture
■ Recommended air for 1-ton pellets is 3000-5000 cubic meter
with air speed of 25 meter per second
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15. Cooler Types
■ Horizontal (moving bed)
■ Vertical (2 columns of pellet moving down)
■ Counter-flow
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16. Factors Affecting Moisture
Removal in Cooler
■ Initial moisture of pellets
■ Temperature difference
■ Moisture difference of pellets and air
■ Air flow rate
■ Retention time
■ Diameter of pellet
■ Fat coating on pellets
■ Porosity of pellets
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17. Crumbler
■ Used to making crumbs by crushing the pellets
■ Consists one or two sets of rolls that rotates in opposite
direction with different speed
■ Crumbs size can be increased or decreased by increasing or
decreasing the gap between two rolls
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19. Size reduction of pellets in crumbler depends on
■ Material quality
■ Difference in speed of counter-rotated rolls
■ Corrugation type
■ Roll gap adjustment
■ Material volume fed to crumbler
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