Grains

Raw material intake

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Getting off to the best start

You need quality intake and storage at the start of your process. With 150 years of experience in grain intake and storage, we can build customized solutions to suit your pet food production. This can include digital apps to monitor grain silos online and on your phone, backed by our 24/7 support.

 

Handling

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Safe handling and transport

Our conveyor lines cover all applications throughout your value chain, from raw material intake to conveying finished products. We customize a system to meet your space and process needs, using any combination of elevators, trough chain, belt and screw conveyors.

 

Weighing and dosing

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Precision at every stage

Our weighing and dosing equipment offers you the precision and accuracy you need. It can also help with internal processes and control by ensuring accurate weight registrations – from loading and unloading of bulk products, bagging and weight control to mixing systems for micro-components.

 

Mixing

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Even ingredient distribution

Secondary mixing is used to add new micro-components. Our broad range of mixing technologies can help you achieve a uniform distribution of your micro-components across almost every kind of pet food product.

 

Grinding

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Accurate size reduction

With our versatile grinding portfolio, consisting of horizontal and vertical hammer mills as well as roller mills, we can cover all of your size reduction needs. We can offer you solutions for pre- and post-grinding, coarse and fine grinding, as well as for creating crumbles of various sizes.

 

Weighing and dosing

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Secondary dosing

Secondary dosing allows you to further enhance your feed characteristics. Our weighing and dosing equipment offers you the precision and accuracy you need to ensure you add just the right level of critical components such as vitamins, minerals, probiotics, etc.

 

Mixing

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Even ingredient distribution

Secondary mixing is used to add new micro-components. Our broad range of mixing technologies can help you achieve a uniform distribution of your micro-components across almost every kind of pet food product.

 

Conditioning

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Conditioning

Preconditioning before extrusion allows replacing some of the mechanical energy with thermal energy and generates additional retention time. This enables you to improve product quality and achieve a higher degree of cooking at lower energy costs.

 

Extruding, cooking, forming

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Creating your end product

During extrusion, your solid raw materials are mixed, heated, cooked, gelatinized, dextrinized, shaped and granulated – all in one process. Our extruders are configured to the specific characteristics of your raw material formulations and the requirements of your end products.

 

Drying

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Drying

Bühler is the global leader in thermal processing technology. Our dryers offer an exclusive hygienic design that makes cleaning faster and easier, improving productivity and helping prevent costly recalls.

 

Coating

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Adding the final touches

Coating of your extruded pillows can make your end product look, feel and smell more attractive to the animals. In addition, coating can be used to add flavors and enrich the energy level of your product. Our coating solutions give you an even coating with fast cycle times.

 

Aqua feed

Our automation solutions enable you to align your machine processes for higher availability and faster cycle times. This also ensures central monitoring and control, with a real-time overview of production performance.