Hammer mill for animal feed grinding
Achieve precise granulation with high throughput and energy efficiency, while reducing downtime and maintenance effort, making it an essential tool for optimized production lines.
Grinds and Flakes Diverse Raw Materials Efficiently
The Granulex 5 Series from Bühler is a cutting-edge hammer mill designed to meet the stringent demands of food and feed industries. This versatile equipment excels in grinding and flaking diverse raw materials, such as grains, oilseeds, and biomass. It offers a significant increase in throughput while reducing energy consumption by over 10%, thanks to its optimized motor control. The Granulex 5 Series can handle continuous operations, processing up to 50 tons per hour, making it ideal for producing poultry feed, pet food, and industrial coatings.
Automation is seamlessly integrated with PLC controls, allowing for remote monitoring and easy operation. The innovative modular design enables fast screen and hammer changes, minimizing downtime. Additionally, the equipment is engineered with safety in mind, offering large sliding doors for safe access and active locking mechanisms during operation. Available in wear-resistant materials, the Granulex 5 Series ensures long-term durability and customization to suit specific application needs. Whether you’re producing soybean meal or advanced battery materials, this hammer mill supports efficient, high-speed processing with minimal input.
Benefits
- Increases production efficiency with over 10% higher throughput.
- Reduces operational costs through more than 10% lower energy consumption.
- Minimizes maintenance time with over 50% faster changeover.
- Enhances safety with secure access and active locking features.
- Adapts to specific production needs with a highly configurable design.
- Applications
- Chemicals,Animal feed,Flexible electronics,Printing inks,Pet food,Digital inks,Coatings,Cosmetics,Oil seeds,Advanced materials,Aqua feed,Flexible packaging,Biomass,Paints,Electronic materials
- End products
- Cosmetic powders,Battery materials,Dog kibble,Flexible circuit boards,Plastic films,Wood pellets,Inkjet printing inks,Fish pellets,Poultry feed,Semiconductor wafers,Automotive paints,Magazine printing inks,Industrial coatings,Soybean meal
- Steps before
- Grain handling,Dehulling,Conditioning,Premix and concentrates preparation,Oil seed cleaning
- Steps after
- Sifting,grading,Pelleting,Packing,Palletizing,Sorting,drying
- Input ingredients
- raw material,animal feed,aqua feed,pet food,oil seed,multifeed,premix and concentrates
- Output ingredients
- ground material,finished feed,processed oil seeds,granulated products
- Market info
- Buhler is renowned for manufacturing advanced process solutions for food, feed, and advanced materials. They are highly regarded for their innovation in milling technology and equipment quality.
- Throughput Increase
- Over 10%
- Energy Consumption Reduction
- Over 10%
- Changeover Time Reduction
- Over 50%
- Screen Change Time
- Rapid,no tools required
- Configuration Flexibility
- Smart modular design
- Safety Features
- Safety circuit,door monitoring
- Maintenance Time Reduction
- Reduced due to ergonomic handling
- Automated Granulation
- Optimized design for precise granulation
- Changeover time
- Over 50% reduction
- Batch vs. continuous operation
- Continuous
- Automation level
- Manual / PLC
- Cleaning method
- Manual
- Energy efficiency
- Over 10% reduction in energy consumption
- Flexibility
- Smart modular design
- Safe access
- Two large main doors with monitoring
- Density/particle size
- 0.5–2.5 g/cm³ / 50–1000 µm
- Machine footprint
- Compact design
- Screen size
- Uniform for all positions
- Access doors
- Large sliding doors
- Grinding chamber
- Safe access,modular design
- Hammer mill configuration
- Application-specific
- Screen change mechanism
- No tool rapid screen change latch
- Screen dimension
- Single-size dimension
- Safety access
- Sliding doors with safety circuit
- Hammer replacement method
- Independent,one-person operation
- Smart modular design
- Application-specific configuration