Vol. 12, Issue 12 (2023)

Author(s):
Shruti, Pavan Kumar, Vishwaradhya M Biradar and Chandralekha

Abstract:
With increasing emphasis on self-employment as a means of improving the standard of living. The pelletizing machine is mainly used for supplying required nutrients to animals and poultry feed. There are high-cost machineries available in the market. Our aim is to support the small-scale producer with economized machine to increase the rate of production and rate of supply. It is driven by electric motor makes it more energy saving and environmentally friendly. The experimental work was carried out by testing the machine and operation capacity was found to be 250kg/hr. Raw materials are mixed together in the oily form and feed into pellet machine. This paper represents the design, fabrication, development and testing of a cheap electrically operated pellet machine with locally available materials and promote their business well in the field. The effect of moisture addition during steam conditioning of feed on pellet quality and electrical energy consumption in pelleting process was investigated. Complete mixture for cattle (from 15 to 25 kg) was conditioned up to moisture content of 15.97%, 19.40%, and 21.88%. Pellets, produced from conditioned material with higher content of moisture, were more stable and less hard. Higher moisture content of conditioned material resulted in decreasing of energy consumption during pelleting process. Electrical energy consumption in pelleting process, along with achieving targeted pellet quality, could be significantly lower by choosing proper conditioning process parameters.