Animal feed production uses compressed air for grinding, mixing, pelleting, conveying and packaging. The environment is dusty and the processes run continuously, so the air system must be robust and reliable.
Key applications
- Pelleting and extrusion controls
- Pneumatic conveying of meal and pellets
- Mixing and batching systems
- Bagging, sealing and palletising
Air quality
Control air must be dry and oil-free for reliable actuation, and conveying air needs a low dew point to prevent meal clumping. Heavy-duty intake filtration protects the compressor from feed dust.
System design
Provide receiver capacity for the batch mixing demand, use variable speed control for the fluctuating load, and plan redundancy for continuous pelleting lines. Manage dust with proper filtration and cleaning.