How much does mash versus pellet share change the plant?

Substantially. A high mash share reduces conditioning, pelleting, cooling and crumbling duty and lowers energy per tonne, while a high pellet and crumble share drives CAPEX and wear-part cost. State the shares before requesting quotations.

Poultry feed projects

How to compare poultry feed mill proposals

Short answer

Normalise poultry mill proposals on the product mix first: the share of mash, pellet and crumble, and the smallest pellet diameter each line must produce at rated capacity. Then align grinding configuration and screen set, conditioning retention time and steam demand, pelleting die specification, cooling duty, crumbling and fines return, sieving, automation depth and bagging or bulk loadout. Compare expected tonnes per hour on your broiler or layer recipe rather than nominal capacity, add energy per tonne and wear-part cost, and adjust CAPEX for every excluded scope line before ranking.

Poultry mills look standardised and are not: crumble share, pellet diameter and starter feed requirements change the binding capacity case in ways that headline t/h figures hide.

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Product basis

Broiler, layer and breeder tonnage shares and their feed forms
Starter, grower and finisher diameters — the starter crumble usually binds capacity
Medicated line requirements, flushing and carry-over limits
Pellet durability target and acceptable fines level

Process normalisation

Grinding: mill type, motor rating, screen set for your grist target
Batching accuracy and micro-dosing for premix and additives
Mixing: CV specification, batch size, liquid and fat addition
Conditioning: retention time and steam capacity, boiler in or out of scope
Pelleting: die specification and guaranteed throughput on the starter diameter
Cooling, crumbling, sieving and fines return capacity
Bagging, palletising and bulk loadout rates

Economics

Expected tonnes per hour per product, not one blended figure
kWh per tonne for the quoted configuration
Die, roll, screen and hammer consumption per tonne
Labour headcount at the offered automation level
Scope-adjusted CAPEX per expected tonne per hour

Questions buyers ask

Which product should define the design case in a poultry mill?

Usually the smallest-diameter product produced at volume — commonly the starter crumble — because it sets the binding throughput and the crumbling and sieving duty, not the highest-volume finisher.

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