High-throughput hammer mill for animal feed production
Ideal for high-throughput operations, this hammer mill ensures precision grinding and reduced energy consumption, optimizing your production line efficiency.

Reduces Energy Costs and Changeover Time
The Granulex 5 Series from Bühler is a modular hammer mill designed for diverse applications, including animal feed, aqua feed, and advanced material processing. This equipment boasts a unique modular design that accommodates specific configuration requirements, enabling precision in grinding processes. With a significant reduction in energy consumption and changeover times, it optimizes operational efficiency, handling throughputs with consistent granulation. The Granulex 5 includes swift, tool-free screen changes and ergonomic access to wear components, facilitating seamless maintenance. It operates under continuous high-speed conditions, ideal for handling diverse inputs like cereals, grains, and battery materials, ensuring compliance with industry standards and supporting extensive engineering customization for specific production lines.
Benefits
- Increases throughput by over 10%, enhancing production efficiency.
- Reduces energy consumption significantly, lowering operational costs.
- Minimizes downtime with over 50% reduction in changeover times.
- Ensures safe, ergonomic access for maintenance, boosting productivity.
- Flexibly configured for diverse applications, meeting specific production needs.
- Applications
- Snacks, Grain, Cosmetics, Chocolate, Dairy, Chemicals, Biorefinery, Printing inks, Pulses, Paddy, Spices, Aqua feed, Biomass, Breakfast cereals, Batteries, Cocoa, Animal feed, Pet food, Nuts, Rice, Advanced materials, Paints, Electronic materials, Wheat, Confectionery, Coffee, Coatings, Oil seed
- End products
- Dog kibble, Wood pellets, Lithium-ion battery components, Wheat flour, Candy bars, Curry powder, Jasmine rice, Graphite powder, Face cream, Fish meal, Instant coffee, Offset inks, Detergent chemicals, Cornflakes, Acrylic paint, Cattle feed pellets, Cheese powder, Almond flour, Conductive inks, Sunflower oil, Ethanol, Chocolate bars
- Steps before
- Grinding, Dispersing, Dehulling, Conditioning, Raw material handling, Extrusion, Shaping
- Steps after
- Sorting, Drying, Packing, Palletizing, Pelleting, Sifting, Grading, Refining
- Input ingredients
- raw material, animal feed, aqua feed, oil seed, multifeed, premix and concentrates
- Output ingredients
- ground material, precisely required granulation
- 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%
- Automation
- PLC-controlled
- Screen change system
- No tool rapid change latch
- Safety mechanism
- Active door locking
- Configuration flexibility
- Smart modular design
- Access method
- Large main sliding doors
- Grinding chamber access
- Easy, safe access
- Hammer replacement
- Independent by one person
- Maintenance downtime reduction
- Significant reduction
- Automation level
- Manual / PLC / SCADA
- Changeover time
- Over 50% reduction
- Batch vs. continuous operation
- Configured for specific applications
- Energy efficiency
- Over 10% reduction in energy consumption
- Screen change method
- No tool rapid screen change latch
- Safety access
- Safe access to the grinding chamber with monitoring and active locking
- Material compatibility
- Non-abrasive
- Machine footprint
- Compact design
- Grinding chamber access
- Sliding doors
- Screen change mechanism
- No tool rapid screen change
- Control panel type
- Modular design
- Discharge method
- Optimized granulation
- Changeover time
- Over 50% reduction
- Capacity
- High throughput
- Modular Design
- Smart modular design increases flexibility
- Screen Change
- No tool rapid screen change latch
- Grinding Chamber Access
- Safe access with sliding doors