High-Speed Mixers for Animal Feed Granulation

FEECO HIGH SPEED MIXERS

FEECO high speed mixers are used in the production of phosphate based animal feeds. These vertical mixers are mounted on top of pug mills to provide a thorough reaction of the feed components and mixture of materials prior to further mixing and granulation in the pug mill.

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HOW HIGH SPEED MIXER GRANULATION WORKS

The high speed mixer is composed of a vertical tube with a shaft running down the center. The shaft is affixed with several paddles that spin as the shaft rotates. The shaft spins at around 300-400 RPMs to create a homogenous mixture of the feed components. This allows for intimate mixing and a thorough reaction of the materials.

Once thoroughly mixed, material exits the high speed mixer, where it is fed by gravity into the pug mill. The reaction finishes, and granulation takes place in the pug mill. The granules are then dried in a rotary dryer.

The high speed mixer approach to animal feeds granulation is unique to FEECO, and produces a high quality, premium animal feed product. The thorough mixing provided by the high speed mixer improves the reaction, increases granule uniformity and overall crush strength, and also produces more on-size pellets than a traditional pug mill to dryer approach.