News & events | La Meccanica

Press Review Animal Feed

La Meccanica’s expanders

07-08-2020 Thanks to the expander, it’s possible to add high amounts of greases and oils in the formula, still obtaining a high quality pellet.

Press Review Animal Feed

07-07-2020 Many scientific studies show that expander technology is an essential addition to a modern pelleting machine, as a useful tool to fulfill a wide range of customer needs in order to provide a different feed for every animal’s life stage.

Press Review Animal Feed

How does the expander works?

03-06-2020 The expander is installed right after the existing short-term conditioner and is suitable for any pellet mill brand. Conditioning of the feed takes place before the expander in the short-term conditioner with the addition of saturated steam and eventually liquids (molasses, fats), in order to ensure the success of the desired treatment.

Press Review Animal Feed

The importance of expander use in the pelleting process

12-05-2020 The expander has been known in the oil milling industry for years and its use, combined with the pellet mill, begins in the 90s as a tool to sanitize the feed. The expander can be integrated in any existing pelleting system without major supplementary space requirement or increasing specific energy consumption.

Press Review Animal Feed

The rotary screener

21-04-2020 The rotary screener consists of a grid of sieving rotating inside a cylindrical chamber. In this machine, the sieved product falls centrally on the screen and is centrifuged to the outside.

Press Review Animal Feed

The vibrating sifter

31-03-2020 Vibrating sifters are used to remove grit and fine particles from the pellet flow. These are very compact machines, particularly efficient for cleaning pellets or for classifying flours.

Press Review Animal Feed

The oscillating sifter

05-03-2020 The oscillating sifter is a pellet cleaning device equipped with oscillating motion, which ensures a high efficiency in the removing of dust.

Press Review Animal Feed

The purpose of the sifting process

04-02-2020 The sifting process is used to separate the undesirable undersized portions of the product from the correctly sized material

Press Review Animal Feed

La Meccanica crumblers

14-11-2019 La Meccanica crumblers, with single or double roller, are used to produce crumbled feed pellet with a specific and controlled particle size and with a minimum of dust and can be adapted to meet specific customer needs.

Press Review Animal Feed

Gear drive or belt drive?

31-10-2019 The crumbler’s transmission can be gear drive or belt drive. Belt drive is a method of transferring rotary motion between two shafts.

Press Review Animal Feed

Elements that can negatively affect the crumbling process

16-10-2019 When crumbling, careful attention must be given to the roll setting at both ends to keep the rolls parallel. The normal procedure is to set the roller gap and then catch the crumbles from each end of the rolls.

Press Review Animal Feed

The crumbling process

08-10-2019 A crumbler is a roller mill with rolls specially designed for crumbling feed pellets, as well as in the flour milling, oilseed processing and biomass production industries for coarse/fine grinding.