How Dry Pet Food Is Made
While there are numerous ways to making dry pet food, the most commonly used process is extrusion. This process was adapted for making pet food in the 1950s based upon technology used to make puffed breakfast cereals. The diagram on Making Pet Food by Extrusion illustrates the process:
Ingredients are brought together in a mixer. Dry ingredients may be ground prior to introduction to wet ingredients. Once mixed together, they form a moist dough.
The dough is heated in the preconditioner prior to introduction to the extruder.
The extruder, essentially a giant meat grinder, is where the primary cooking phase for dry extruded pet food products occurs. The dough is cooked under intense heat and pressure as it moves toward the open end of the extruder. At the end of the extruder, hot dough passes through a shaping die and knife (similar to the action of a meat grinder) where the small pieces expand rapidly into kibble once they are under standard air pressure.
Kibble is dried in an oven until its moisture content is low enough to make it shelf stable like a cookie or cracker. The drying oven is followed by a cooling phase.
After cooling, kibble may pass through a machine that sprays on a coating, which is generally a flavor enhancer.
Packaging (bags, boxes, pouches, etc.) is filled during the last step to precise amounts to meet the weight advertised on the label. The final result is finished pet foods or treats.
Technical Parameters of Pet Dog Food Machine:
Model | SLG65 | SLG70 | SLG85 | SLG95 |
Installed Power | 76Kw | 95Kw | 178Kw | 280Kw |
Production Capacity | 100- 160Kg/h | 200- 260Kg/h | 500- 600Kg/h | 1000Kg- 1200Kg |
Line Size | 16*1.8*2m | 18*2*2.2m | 25*2.6*3m | 30*3.2*3.5m |
Layout of Dog Pet Food Processing Line
We will design the whole animal pet dog food machine production line according to customers' factory structure and size.
Sample photos of pet dog food Animal Feed:
We can get different shape pet dog food by changing the mould of extruder. We can also design the mould according to customers’ requirement
Pet Dog Food Extruder Machinery
Drying Oven for removing the extra moisture of pet animal dog food
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