Vertical mixers for animal feed industry
Efficiently combine a variety of powdered and raw materials with precision, ensuring consistent texture and homogeneity essential for producing top-quality feed and fertilizer products.

Efficiently Blends and Mixes Powdered Compounds
The Ottevanger VM Series Vertical Mixers are expertly designed solutions for efficiently blending powders in animal feed, pet food, fertilizer, and chemical production. These mixers utilize a heavy-duty vertical shaft driven by a direct-coupled motor reducer or V-belt transmission, ensuring consistent, thorough mixing. Ideal for applications requiring complex mixture integrity, such as poultry feed and fish meal, they integrate seamlessly into pre-processing and processing departments, handling batch and continuous operations with ease. The mixers are customizable with options like stainless steel construction and ATEX 22 components for enhanced durability and safety in demanding environments. Available in various capacities, from the compact VM500 to the larger VM12,000, these mixers offer scalable solutions tailored to your processing needs, backed by Ottevanger’s engineering expertise.
Benefits
- Ensures uniform blending, enhancing product quality and consistency.
- Customizable configurations meet specific production requirements, boosting efficiency.
- Provides robust performance in both batch and continuous operations.
- Lowers maintenance costs with durable construction and reliable components.
- Enhances safety with ATEX 22 compliance and customizable material options.
- Applications
- Animal feed,Chemical mixtures,Pet food,Fertilizer,Organic fertilizer,Sugar (beet pulp),Fish meal
- End products
- Compound fertilizers,Dog kibble,Fish pellets,Cat food,Poultry feed,Sugar beet pulp pellets,Organic compost,Chemical granules
- Steps before
- Grinding,Dosing,Weighing,Product intake
- Steps after
- Pelleting,Extruding,Drying,Cooling,Coating
- Input ingredients
- raw materials,animal meal,fish meal,powdered finished products
- Output ingredients
- mixed animal feed,mixed pet food,prepared ingredients for rendering,mixed organic fertilizers,prepared chemical mixtures
- Market info
- Ottevanger Milling Engineers is renowned for designing and manufacturing innovative milling equipment and complete production lines for the grain processing industry, including feed mills, flour mills, and biomass processing, with a reputation for quality, efficiency, and customized solutions.
- Material of Construction
- Normal or stainless steel
- Mixing Capacity
- 500 - 12,000 liters
- Mixing Shaft Bearing
- Heavy-duty,vertical
- Drive Mechanism
- Direct-coupled motor reducer or V-belt transmission
- Output Power
- 3 - 18.5 kW
- Trough Thickness
- 3 mm
- Cover Thickness
- 3 mm
- ATEX Components
- Available
- Pneumatic Slide Equipped Outlet
- Yes
- Mixing Mechanism
- Vertical mixing shaft
- Shaft Type
- Heavy-duty vertical
- Drive System
- Direct-coupled motor reducer or V-belt transmission
- Batch Operation
- Batch
- Installation Position
- Upstream of hammer mill,pelleting,and extruder lines
- Material Handling
- Raw materials and powdered finished products
- Output Power
- 3 – 18.5 kW
- Capacity
- 500 – 12,000 liters
- Density/particle size
- 0.5–2.5 g/cm³ / 50–1000 µm
- Industries served
- Animal feed,Pet food,Fertilizer,Chemical
- Product type compatibility
- Powder,meal
- Powder handling
- Animal meal,Fish meal
- Vertical Mixing Shaft
- Heavy-duty
- Material
- Normal or stainless steel
- Mixing Tank Volume
- 500 - 12,000 liters
- Diameter
- 1,000 - 12,000 mm
- Trough Thickness
- 3 mm
- Cover Thickness
- 3 mm
- Discharge Method
- Pneumatic slide
- Drive System
- Direct-coupled motor reducer or V-belt transmission
- Material
- Normal or stainless steel
- Outlet type
- Pneumatic slide
- Mixing shaft bearing
- Heavy-duty,vertical
- Drive type
- Direct-coupled motor reducer or V-belt transmission
- ATEX components
- ATEX 22
- Internal coatings
- Special internal coatings available