Feed mill equipment: what to specify, by category and country
Short answer: Feed machinery quotes only become comparable once the RFQ states the numbers suppliers are held to — batch size and mixing CV, capacity at your hardest recipe, live silo tonnage at real bulk density, micro-dosing accuracy in grams, and conveying rate per leg.
Each page below covers one machine group in one market: the scope of supply to define, the spec lines to write into the RFQ, indicative installed-cost bands by mill capacity, the local sourcing, power and logistics factors that change the specification, and a prefilled request you can send to suppliers that quote into that market.
Feed Mixers
Quote a feed mixer on batch size in kg, mixing time to a coefficient of variation of 5% or better, discharge type and liquid-addition capability — not on the headline tonnes-per-hour figure.
Pellet Mills
Quote a pellet mill on capacity at your hardest recipe and die size — not the catalogue maximum — plus motor kW, conditioner retention time, die and roller specification, and cooler and crumbler scope.
Silos & Raw-Material Storage
Quote silos on live capacity in tonnes at the bulk density of your worst-flowing ingredient, plus roof and wind loading, aeration, level sensing and discharge type — capacity in m³ alone tells you nothing.
Weighing & Dosing Systems
Quote dosing on the smallest ingredient you must weigh: state the micro-dosing accuracy in grams, the scale range and division, the number of macro and micro bins, and the legal-metrology approval required in your country.
Bulk Conveying & Material Handling
Quote conveying at 1.2–1.5× your peak mill rate for each leg, stating t/h, centre distance, material and moisture, plus aspiration and explosion-safety scope — under-sized handling throttles the whole plant.