Pellets Livestock Feed and Biomass Products

The Pioneer Series Pellet Mill from CPM is engineered to enhance efficiency in the pelleting process across multiple industries, including animal feed, aquaculture, and biomass. It features a patented two-stage twin drive system that significantly reduces noise levels and allows for precise die speed selection, ensuring optimal processing at high speeds. This equipment stands out for its automatic lubrication and shock-absorbing belts, eliminating slippage and maintaining tension for continuous operation. It’s equipped with a stainless steel pellet chamber, reversible dies, and an overload system, ensuring durability and reliable performance. Designed for applications such as producing livestock feed pellets, wood pellets, and more, the Pioneer Series boasts an adaptable design for various granule and powder product types. The mill’s integration capabilities allow seamless incorporation into existing production lines, reinforced by PLC-controlled automation for remote operation and process control. With an emphasis on reduced energy consumption and enhanced safety, the Pioneer Series is ideal for manufacturers seeking robust, low-maintenance solutions in demanding processing environments.

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Turning wood and plastic byproducts into uniform pellets using a complete pelletizing system

The Complete Pellet Line from SALMATEC is a pelletizing system that includes multiple processes from conditioning raw materials and turning them into uniformly sized pellets. The entire system is specifically designed for the required product specifications. The conditioner helps the products achieve the optimum amount of moisture before feeding them to the pelletizer. The moisture content of raw materials can be controlled through a conditioning system in which the product moves inside a chamber while steam is also injected.

The pelletizer can be equipped with 2 or 3 rollers and multiple knives to cut the extruded products from the die into the necessary pellet size. The pellets then go to the cooler to prevent them from sticking to each other before storing them for at least one day in the silos. This process allows the structure of the pellets to stay intact and prevents them from breaking into tiny particles. Each complete system is designed according to the desired production capacity, raw material input, and high safety standards.

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Producing pellets using a modular pelleting press with an energy-efficient direct drive

The MAXIMA Pellet Mill from SALMATEC is an industrial-grade pelletizer capable of producing pellets for various applications like feeds, woodchips, recycled plastics, and many more renewable raw materials. The system has a vertical ring die with optional 2 or 3 rollers that can be equipped with a cooling system. The rollers press the product through the ring die at the highest possible pressure before cutting it down to the right size with its adjustable knife. The system has a lifting frame to support heavy parts such as rollers and dies removed during maintenance.

The unit has a central lubrication system that automatically lubricates the rollers and the main bearings. A maintenance drive is equipped inside a well-ventilated housing for larger units to ensure slow and safe die rotation for work on the press tools. The system is made from high-quality materials and complies with the latest safety standards and guidelines. The Maxima provides energy efficiency and equal power transmission thanks to a one-step operated v-belt drive. The system is available in various capacities of up to 50 tons per hour, depending on the type of machine and product application.

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Coating seeds through a rotating chamber with accurate dosage of coating mixture

The PRM-4210 Rotary Pelleting Machine from Seed Processing Holland is a system that coats seeds to produce pellets. The process starts with feeding the seeds into a weighing bin from two vibratory feeders –one for course dosage, and the other for fine dosage, until it reaches the desired weight. Then it is fed into the pelleting chamber where it is constantly rotated, with the use of a rotor. In the meantime, a preset amount of liquid and coating powder is dosed automatically until the desired pellet size is achieved. The 3-dimensional movement of the seeds from constant rotation allows for a good build-up of the pellets.

The system features a high-pressure fan where the air is blown under the rotor to avoid clogging between the rotor and chamber wall. The speed of the rotor can also be adjusted by the operator. The system is equipped with a transparent plastic hatch cover with a grip for easy visibility. Seed calibration and drying processes can be added optionally.

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Achieve a more efficient seeding process

The Seed pelleting machine by Seed Processing Holland is ideal for the conventional pelleting of seeds to make them better to sow. In other words, turning an oddly shaped seed into a perfectly shaped seed ready for germination and growth. By adding liquid and powders, the seeds are made more uniform, heavier, and as round as possible.

Boasting a polished stainless steel pan, this unit is designed with an opening that enables operators to visually follow the entire process and feed the necessary liquids and powders. A light fixture is further mounted in the pan to enhance its visibility. In order to ensure proper ventilation, a transparent dust suction hood is designed at the opening as well.

A compressed air spraying nozzle is also positioned near the opening of the steel plan, allowing operators to spray liquids on the seeds. Lastly, this unit boasts a maximum capacity of 1,000,000 pellets of 3.5mm and is suitable for different kind of seeds, including small flower seeds and larger vegetable seeds.

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Cleaning and dehulling seed for further processing in extraction plants

An oilseed preparation plant by Andreotti Impianti has a specific sequence of activities that meets the specific business needs of the following process plants of, for example, biofuel production. First, depending on the type of seed processed, the preparation plant handles the weighing of the seeds to stabilize the flow at the plant’s inlet. The process then continues with removing any coarse particles from the raw material, and further cleaning consists of destoning where stones and other impurities are removed. After this, the material is then conditioned to reduce the viscosity and adjust the moisture content to desired levels. The oilseeds now need to be further reduced in size, which happens by cracking them. Finally, the seeds are dehulled to modify the final meal protein content, leaving a material with a higher protein density.

Take, for example, sunflower seed processing. The dehulling directly impacts the protein levels of the end product for this type of seed. Therefore, there is the option for one-stage or two-stage dehulling, meaning that for the one-stage dehulling, the product contains less than 16 percent residual hulling fragments. The dehulling process can reduce this percentage to 11 percent with a second round, which will lead to an even higher protein level in the dehulled product.

The main goal of the preparation plant is to have the raw material, the seeds ready and modified for further processing by solvent extraction or mechanical pressing. After dehulling, as mentioned above, seeds can be flaked to improve extraction performance for solvent extraction in an extraction plant. In addition, sunflower seed and rapeseed need to be pressed to improve extraction performance. Other process steps in the preparation plant might include milling to homogenize the size of the meal and pelleting for the logistics of the final product.

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Reliable, standardised system focused on processing poultry manure

Dorset’s Pelleting line is a fully equipped standardised pelleting line, dedicated for volumes of 400 Kg/H or 800 Kg/H. It is a full processing line, mounted on a steel platform. It includes all the parts required for pelleting dry poultry manure: a crusher, dosing system, pellet press, dust sieve, cyclone, sanitation and a cooling system.

Most wastewater treatment plants processing slurry use techniques that result in waste streams which by itself have little or no value and are difficult to process further. However, this pelleting line for manure fertilizer combines these substances for effective and configurable production of green chemical fertilizer. This results in a customer specific supply of fertilizer to the end-user.

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Robust feed pelletizers with a proven design from an industry leader

Amandus Kahl produces pelletizing presses with proven success for many types of animal feed including compound feeds for all species, raw components, mineral mixtures, dried forage and straw mixtures. The presses use pan grinder rollers to compact the input material and force it through a flat pelletizing die forming continuous strands of compacted product. The strands are then cut to the desired length using rotating knives.

The pan grinder rollers and knives rotate slowly ensuring optimum pellet quality and minimized generation of noise and heat. The grinder roller gap and strand cutter are adjustable for optimized pellet quality for the customer’s particular needs. The presses are designed for maximized plant up-time and include reinforced press chamber, die supports and cutting knives, oversized and permanently lubricated roller bearings, and active gearbox lubrication. The flat die design ensures even distribution of feed material and optimized pressure in a more compact package than traditional ring die type presses.

Amandus Kahl works with customers to combine pelletizing machines and other supporting equipment including conditioners, coolers, dryers, and a coating system to provide an optimized plant solution for producing the customer’s product.

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Robust biomass pelletizers with impeccable pellet quality and high up-time

Amandus Kahl produces pelletizing presses with proven success for many types of biomass including wood, straw, dried forage, and agricultural byproducts among many others. The presses use pan grinder rollers to compact the biomass and force it through a flat pelletizing die forming continuous strands of compacted product. The strands are then cut to the desired length using rotating knives. The pan grinder rollers and knives rotate slowly ensuring optimum pellet quality and minimized generation of noise and heat.

The grinder roller gap and strand cutter are adjustable for optimized pellet quality for the customer’s particular needs.  The presses are designed for maximized plant up-time and include reinforced press chamber, die supports and cutting knives, oversized and permanently lubricated roller bearings, and active gearbox lubrication. The flat die design ensures even distribution of feed material and optimized pressure in a more compact package than traditional ring die type presses. Amandus Kahl has pelletizing presses with capacities from 300 Kg / h to 8,000 Kg / h.

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A pelletizing press for depositing pellets directly onto your conveyor

Amandus Kahl produces pelletizing presses with overhead drives that allow pellets to be deposited directly onto a conveyor from above-eliminating the adhesion issues of fresh pellets often encountered with pasty products. This line of presses uses the proven technology of Amandus Kahl’s other pelletizing presses but the drive unit is above the pelletizing die rather than below it allowing gentle direct deposition of the fresh pellets onto a conveyor. The presses use pan grinder rollers to compact the input material and force it through a pelletizing die forming continuous strands of compacted product. The strands are then cut to the desired length using rotating knives.

The pan grinder rollers and knives rotate slowly ensuring optimum pellet quality and minimizing generation of noise and heat. The grinder roller speed is infinitely adjustable. The grinder roller gap and strand cutter are also adjustable for optimized pellet quality for the customer’s particular needs.

Pellet dies are readily changeable without specialized tools for easy experimentation and process development aiding the customer in developing a process that is optimized for their product. A Kahl variable speed proportion screw is often used in conjunction with these units to ensure consistent and uniform feeding of raw materials.

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