MANUFACTURE AND EVALUATION A COMPATIBLE UNIT TO PRODUCE ANIMAL FEED PELLETS

FOUDA, TAREK; KADDOUR, OSAMA; DERBALA, ASAD; HELAL, ADEL; ABDEL-MOHSEN, KHALED

doi:10.21608/ejar.2014.157655

MANUFACTURE AND EVALUATION A COMPATIBLE UNIT TO PRODUCE ANIMAL FEED PELLETS

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ Faculty of Agriculture, Tanta University, Egypt.

² Faculty of Fish wearily, Suiz Canal, University, Egypt.

³ Agricultural Engineering Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Dokki, Giza, Egypt.

10.21608/ejar.2014.157655

Abstract

The main objective of this, research was to manufacture and evaluate compatable unit to produce a rabbit feed pellets including mixing and pelleting the formula in one step. The optimum results of this unit were 427.87 kg/h production rate , 37.96kW.h/ton energy, requirements , 88.29% mixing efficiency , 0.671gm /cm3 bulk density , 93.21% pellet durability , 49.01N hardiness, and 566.36 die L/D ratio of 5.5:1, 3.5 min of mixing retention time, and rollers teeth width of 10 mm and LE/ton cost using residues formulation including black seed meal.