Atiye Sazan Negin Faraz Co. offers the advanced technology for shrimp feed production
The today’s need for cost effective and at the same time, high quality feed clearly indicates that the best feed production requires the specialized processing technology. L.lion is among the leading companies in the field of providing technologies, systems, and services related to the advanced industrial equipment for aquatic feed industry.
Advanced Technologies
The production of high-quality shrimp feed depends on several factors, such as the raw materials and formulation, however, the use of equipment with appropriate characteristics is the key to the production of high quality feed.
L.lion provides the aquatic feed producers with advanced technology and equipment causing competitive advantage.
The main machinery used for shrimp feed production
- Hammer mill
- Pellet press
- Mixer
- Dryer
- Conditioner
- Vacuum coater
- Extruder
Shrimp feed
Having access to a flexible technology to match a wide range of nutritional needs and behaviors of different growth periods is of paramount importance for appropriate growth of shrimp. The place where the shrimp is cultivated is also another factor affecting the way in which the shrimp feed is produced. The use of tanks with recirculation may require a product different from when the shrimp is grown in an outdoor pond. L.lion has appropriate solutions for shrimp feed production.
The production of sinking feed with high stability in water is regarded as the first challenge to the shrimp production. This is possible by gelatinization of starch by grounding, feed conditioning, processing, post conditioning and extrusion.
Extruded shrimp feed
Usually, starch causes pellets to bind together. Starch is, however, of a low nutritional value for shrimp. Replacing starch with other protein resources increases the nutritional value of the feed. The raw materials are fine ground using high-speed hammer mills. In the next stage, the particles are reduced in size via pulverizer machine until the required size is reached. The greater size particles return to the process line via a screener and are ground again. All dry materials are completely mixed using a mixer. The extrusion technology allows feed producers to produce feed with low starch content. Therefore, the starch content reduces from 25%-35% to 15%-18%, and finally improves feed conversion ratio and leads to higher quality of the end product. Moreover, the extrusion technology allows for producing starter feed in extruder without the need for a crumbler.
Shrimp extruded feed advantages
- Better energy conversion
- Lower formulation cost
- More diversity of raw materials
- High degree of porosity
- Low density
- Higher stability in water
- Lower environmental pollution