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Why choose La Meccanica machinery for animal feeds

02-07-2024 La Meccanica design and produce for over 60 years machinery for pellet production plants. Development, engineering and manufacturing are completely in-house to ensure direct quality and control in real time.

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Focus on hammer mills

05-02-2024 Hammer mills are indeed commonly used in the production of animal feed.

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Reasons for pellet cooling

01-02-2024 In the pelleting process, cooling is essential for several reasons, cooling is required to prevent mold and stabilize the residual moisture.

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Reasons for conditioning

15-06-2023 Conditioning, or adding heat and moisture in the feed mill during the pelleting process, is a way to optimize pellet quality, but proper methods must be used to achieve the best results. When dealing only with the pelleting system, it is apparent that conditioning is the most important factor that influences pellet quality.

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Reasons for pelleting

18-05-2023 Pelletizing is the key to the production of high quality nutritional feed, as the substances that make up the formula are in the correct quantities to meet the nutritional needs of each animal.

energy consumption in pellet production processes

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Energy consumption in a pellet plant: how to reduce it?

08-02-2023 On average, electricity and thermal energy represent about 6% of the production cost of feed. Given the latest increases in electricity prices, this percentage has a huge impact on the cost of the final product.

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When does the pellet mill become clogged?

30-01-2023 Your pellet mill has blocked producing pellets? This can affect not only the production of pellets, but also the machine and spare parts. Let's find out when the pellet mill becomes clogged and how to overcome this problem.

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How is feed produced?

09-06-2021 Nutritionists of the animal food also called feed or animal feed, creates a formula to provide animals with the necessary, balanced nutrients for proper growth, development and maintenance