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La Meccanica’s Pellet mills

26-03-2019 Simple and solid, La Meccanica’s pellet mills are characterized by high quality and reliability and very low maintenance costs. The optional are fully customizable to increase productivity.

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Pellet mill capacity and feed distribution

26-02-2019 Press capacity depends substantially on pellet quality (stability according to the PDI, Pellet Durability Index). The durability of pellets shall be determined by tumbling the test sample for 10 seconds at 500 rpm, in a dust-tight enclosure.

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Pelleting Dies

14-02-2019 Various types of dies are used by the feed manufacturing industry. Die thickness is a factor in the production of high-quality pellets and must be accurately balanced with the formulation and conditioning.

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The monitoring

22-01-2019 The pelleting system may be operated manually, but most installations are automated for efficiency and consistency of product produced.

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Pelleting wear and tear effects on equipment

03-01-2019 Feed components of a relatively high ash content or a high fibre content mean higher wear and tear than high-fat mixtures.

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Types of pellet mill

28-11-2018 There are many types of pellet mills that can be generally grouped into large-scale and small-scale types.

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The pellet mill

15-11-2018 A pellet mill, used to create pellets from powdered material, is one of the most important machines in industrial production.

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XPERIENCE: THE PELLET MILL 4.0 WITH BEACON TECHNOLOGY

13-11-2018 La Meccanica is presenting at the EuroTier Fair its new CLM 630 XPERIENCE pellet mill.

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The advantages of pelleting

25-10-2018 The purpose of pelleting is to take a finely divided, sometimes dusty, unpalatable and difficult-to-handle feed material and, by using heat, moisture and pressure, form it into larger particles

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The pelleting process

08-10-2018 Pelleting is a key to the production of high-quality nutritional feeds as they ensure that the feed formulation is in the correct quantities to meet the nutritional needs of each animal.

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La Meccanica’s ribbon mixer series MI

21-09-2018 The ribbon mixer is used to mingle large amounts of material. The blending is performed via two mixing ribbons mounted on a common shaft working in opposing directions. La Meccanica's mixer allows mixing materials with different granulometry and specific weights with a good variation coefficient.

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Why are plastic pellets produced?

20-09-2018 Since the vast majority of plastic is non-biodegradable, recycling is a part of global efforts to reduce plastic in the waste stream, especially the approximately 8 million tons of waste plastic that enters the Earth's ocean every year.