The real process of making fish feeds is not so difficult, but there are some necessary machines you should prepare, which will make your production easier. This article will show fish feeds how large fish feed factories make fish feed. What should you do if you want to expand production?
Fish feed production process
There are six main steps to manufacturing fish food pellets: grinding, mixing, pellet extruding, product drying, and cooling.
1. Grinding:
If you want more quality fish feeds, this step will be crucial. The raw materials include fish meal, soybean meal, corn, wheat, rice bran, vitamins, minerals, oils, and additives.
Grinding not only influences the following mixing and extruding, but also decides the final effect of the products.
2. Mixing:
This step is for the raw materials to be uniformly mixed to ensure that each feed pellet has a balanced nutritional profile.
Adding appropriate water during mixing will help the pellets become more compact and less fragile.
3. Pellet extruding
The raw materials are mixed and extruded out of the die in a high-temperature and high-pressure environment. Then the cutter quickly cuts them into granules of uniform size.
When the fish feed leaves the high-pressure environment inside the machine, the water in it quickly vaporizes, causing it to expand and form a porous structure, which is the key to producing floating fish feed.
4. Product drying and cooling
Freshly made pellets are hot and wet, making them difficult to store. A dryer removes excess moisture, preventing mold growth and extending shelf life. Finally, using a cooler to increase their hardness and prevent breakage for the following packaging.
Machines that need to be prepared
The basic machines for processing fish foods are a grinder, a mixer, a fish pellet extruder, a dryer, and a cooler. If you really want to purchase some, here are some simple introductions about them. For more details on specific equipment, you can click the links.
We offer a variety of grain grinders that can help you easily grind crops into flour. It can produce 300-600kg/h of beans, corn, or other grains meeting normal production needs.
Taizy mixer is stainless steel, which has high safety in processing food. Its volume is 1.5cbm, which can process grains, corns, meat, fish meal, etc.
Pellet extruding is also called a fish food-making machine. It can produce floating or sinking fish feed with a capacity of 40 to 2,000 kg/h.
The dryer is a machine that dries and dehydrates semi-finished products. It reduces moisture in stuff to improve the palatability of the feed.
Our cooler is equipped with 4 fans to reduce the high temperature in a timely manner for extending the shelf life of the food pellets.
Besides these machines, we also have the seasoning machine, the pellet packaging machine, etc. If you want to know more information about these machines, please contact me.
Why choose Taizy fish foods making machine?
- Taizy is a professional machinery supplier with international certifications: ISO, CE, etc., which have international credibility and are a trustworthy company.
- We have our own factory to support machine customization. The production process is transparent to ensure machine quality.
- We not only provide single machines, but also provide the entire production line with mature production technology.
If you have any ideas for choosing machines, we are looking forward to your consultation. We will provide the most suitable solutions for your business for free. Besides, if you want to know the complete production line, click here to gain it: Feed Pellets Extruder Floating Fish Feed Production Line.
