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Flexible production of different particle sizes

The ability to produce different particle sizes in animal feeds is currently of great interest to feed manufacturers all over the world. While a growing number of farmers demand specific animal feed consistency and structure for their businesses, more and more animal feed manufacturers have come to appreciate the advantages of being able to produce animal feeds to different particle sizes on their production lines. The innovative Magi-Mill concept can do that.

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Quickly changing your hammer mill screens

Changing the screen of a hammer mill requires technical skills and extends down time. If this can be done automatically, production will be more flexible and efficient. Innovation in this area is scarce, but some companies supply automatic screen changers.

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Nutritional effects of fine grinding feeds

In today's feed milling industry much has been made of the effects of particle size uniformity as it relates to growth performance. To many companies particle size is reduction equipment and a vast knowledge of the market place should be contacted regarding proper equipment selection.

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China: Grain for over a billion people

One of the world's biggest grain terminals is under construction in China. The country is thereby ensuring sufficient food supplies to feed its population. Two additional high-capacity Portalink ship unloaders to this effort.

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Hammering or rolling the grain

Increasing the surface area of raw materials increases the amount of materials exposed to the animal’s digestive system, thus leading to a more complete digestion. A larger surface area can be obtained by grinding the materials. Hammer mills are the most commonly used, but the roller mill is gaining ground when energy consumption is a limiting factor.

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New compact, low-cost milling concept

A small German engineering company enters the feed processing equipment field with Multicracker – an innovative high-throughput system offering energy savings of over 95%

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Off-the-shelf output transforms into tailor-made production

Three major developments can be distinguished when discussing developments in animal feed manufacturing during the past decade: innovation and cost control, consumers playing a leading role and safety beyond all doubt. In this article, especially written for the 10 year anniversary of Feed Tech, Harm Klein of Tebodin CCE elaborates on these events and how they have affected compound feed manufacturing.

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Right particle size reduces feed costs

Most pork producers know that particle size has an impact on feed efficiency. As particle size is reduced, the digestibility of the diet improves, a Kansas State University animal scientist explained.

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