Moisture Management in animal feed

 

Moisture management is a critical aspect of animal feed production and storage. Proper moisture control is essential to maintain the quality, nutritional value, and shelf life of animal feed.

Several steps in the feed production process influence moisture content. This may lead to process loss and operational inefficiencies such as decreased pellet durability and reduced throughput (also referred to as shrinkage or loss of bulk).

A common solution is adding water to compensate for losses experienced during production. However, this increases water activity (aW), resulting in higher availability of moisture for harmful microbes to grow.

The challenge is to find a solution to improve moisture levels without increasing chances of microbial growth. Ensuring a deep penetration of moisture inside the feed particle requires surface tension reduction, while simultaneously adding solutions to prevent the growth of harmful microbes, important for a longer shelf-life and nutritional quality.

 



Selko Dosing Equipment offers various moisture management systems, fitting for all sizes of feed mill production plants. One of these systems is the Moisture Management System (MMS) as part of the Feed Processing & Quality programme. MMS is a self-regulating solution that helps address issues causing variability and feed safety concerns during feed processing. A microwave sensor is installed below the mixer, in the unloading bunker. The sensor sends actual moisture level of the compound feed to the MMS, which compares the data with a set point and adjusts the dosage of the hydrated solution immediately.

 

Along with MMS, this system offers two more moisture control solutions like

ü  Moisture Dosing System (MDS) for batch dosing

ü  Continuous Moisture System (CMS) for continuous dosing on conveyor

 

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