Today’s manufacturers of high quality dry pet foods and pet treats for dogs and cats rely on manufacturing processes which are cost-eficient, time-saving and sanitary in design. Whether manufacturing in a batch pro-cess or in higher volumes via continuous methods, Coperion and Coperion K-Tron feeders and material handling equip-ment as well as Cope See full list on petfoodindustrysolutions.com Major ingredients such as grains and flour arrive at the plant in a variety of forms, including railcar, truck and bulk bag sys-tems. These major ingredients are usually stored in specialized silos and then conveyed to the specific weigh batch stations as required for the blend. PLC systems featuring recipe control for multiple ingredients can easi... See full list on petfoodindustrysolutions.com Depending upon the volumes required, other possible sources of ingredient delivery include boxes, sacks, bulk bags or super sacks. Pneumatic conveying systems can be used to transfer these ingredients in all steps of the process, utilizing either positive or negative pressure (vacuum) dilute phase convey-ing or a combination of vacuum and pressure ... See full list on petfoodindustrysolutions.com In-line or off-line screeners are often used during the raw ingredient transfer process for Coperion ZRD rotary valve with FXS extraction device the removal of foreign materi-als prior to the introduction of the bulk material into the conveying line. Screeners can also be integrated directly into the conveying line for additional conditioning of th... See full list on petfoodindustrysolutions.com When creating pet meal blends, two types of operations are used. In a continuous approach, various components including meat and grain meals, vitamins, minerals and other ingredients are fed to a continuous mixer. This approach is often accom-plished with weight belt feed-ers, provided the number of ingredients is limited. In batch applications, a ... See full list on petfoodindustrysolutions.com The mixed meal can be fed to the extruder using either volu-metric or gravimetric feeders. Volumetric feeders are typi-cally used only with meal that is “preconditioned*”, or optimal for screw feeding flow, without a possibility of bridging or buildup. However, the addition of other proportioned ingre-dients such as water, steam, animal fat, and mo... See full list on petfoodindustrysolutions.com Belt and Screw Feeders for Raw Ingredients Powder Premix Feeding via LIW Feeder LIW Meat Slurry ZSK Mv PLUS EXTRUDER Vacuum Degassing Homogenous Mixing Steam Plasticizer Kneading/Plasticizing Cooking Water via Liquid LIW Feeder Steam Forming Cutting See full list on petfoodindustrysolutions.com Packaging Pet Treat Process Flow: equipment for all process steps in blue are manu-factured by Coperion / Coperion K-Tron. Equipment for all process steps green/yellow can be supplied as part of a complete system. feeds (dry or liquid additives) can be managed by coordinat-ing them to the dry feed system proportionally. See full list on petfoodindustrysolutions.com Vitamins, minerals Loss-in-weight Screw Feeder Raw ingredients such as flours, grains, soy, rework, etc. Smart Weigh Belt Feeders Continuous Mixer Dry premix Prefeeder Loss-in-weight Screw Feeder Water, Plasticizer, Oil, Flavors Liquid Feeders ZS-EG Side Devolatilization Extruder Unit Steam cal processing of dry and semi-dry dog and cat food and tr... See full list on petfoodindustrysolutions.com The cooked and “baked” pet food product by itself is rather unpalatable. Typically various animal fats and flavors are gravi-metrically added to the product after drying and before packag-ing. Due to the higher cost of these ingredients, and a definite need for overall quality control, the use of weigh belts, loss-in-weight feeders and Coperion K-T... See full list on petfoodindustrysolutions.com After coating and drying the finished product, it is often con-veyed to the packaging line via dense phase positive pressure conveying. Dense phase con-veying allows for much gentler transfer of the inished product and minimizes damage or attri-tion which may occur with other methods of automated transfer such as dilute phase pneumatic transfer or ... See full list on petfoodindustrysolutions.com Complete systems design integration of the pet food manufacturing process for one source supply. Global systems engineering group with extensive applica-tion experience for the entire pet food processing line en-sures optimal design with an emphasis on product safety, quick product changeover, and increased eficiency. Engineered solutions from both... See full list on petfoodindustrysolutions.com
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