Floating Fish Feed Production Line

The floating fish feed production line is an aquatic feed processing system specially designed for extruded feed, and is suitable for the processing of various types of extruded aquatic feed, pet extruded feed, and livestock and poultry extruded feed.

Richi Machinery is committed to providing customers with high-quality 1-60t/h floating fish feed line equipment and providing multi-faceted technical support.

According to the attributes of different fish feeds such as floating catfish food, floating trout pellets, floating betta food, tilapia floating fish feed, etc., the configuration and construction plan of the floating fish feed pellet production line are customized.

At the same time, optimize the combination of various types of equipment to finally meet the customer’s demand for high-yield and low-consumption extruded feed processing.

floating fish feed production line solution

• The scope of the floating fish feed mill design includes the production area, office and living area, as well as the relevant off-site railway and highway special lines, etc.;
• The content of the design includes the general plan, process, auxiliary production system, information system and civil engineering, etc.;
• Process design mainly includes the formulation of floating fish feed making process flow and equipment selection, workshop structure and equipment layout, transportation network and ventilation and dust removal network, workshop self-made equipment and facilities, and silo layout, etc.;
• The design of auxiliary production system mainly includes steam supply system and compressed air system, power distribution and transmission system, water supply and drainage engineering, environmental protection engineering and machine repair, accessories room, woven bag warehouse, label warehouse, etc.;
• Information system design mainly includes information management system (management software, monitoring, network), testing system and production automatic control system;
• Civil engineering design of the floating fish feed production line mainly includes the general plan, various buildings and structures, and roads.

With the rapid development of the aquaculture industry, the traditional breeding methods are far from meeting people’s needs. The requirements for aquatic feed are not only balanced nutrition, good stability of the feed in water, etc., but also the environment in which animals live——The quality of water bodies puts forward more stringent requirements.

Therefore, the requirements for aquatic feed processing technology are getting higher and higher. Better feed technology means better feed quality, higher feed processing efficiency and better breeding effect.

Featured floating fish feed production line design

Over the past decades, we have accumulated rich practical experience, tailored reasonable and practical scheme configurations for thousands of customers, and provided a full set of services throughout pre-sales, sales and after-sales. Below, RICHI will list several characteristic floating fish feed manufacturing line designs and equipment configuration solutions.

1.8-2T/H（Wet Type）Floating Fish Feed& Pet food Complete Line

• Application: floating fish feed
• Cost: 300000USD
• Floating fish feed production process：Crushing system——Mixing system——Extruding system——Packing system ——Electrical control system

Main equipment：

Fish food grinder	SFSP66*60	1
Fish feed mixer machine	SLHY1.0A	1
Extruder machine for fish feed	RCPH120*2	1
Fish feed drying machine	DHG-2000Q	1
Coating machine	RISP-2000	1
Cooling machine	SKLN17*17	1
Vibrating screener	TDZS80	1
Auto-packing machine	DCS-50	1

Auxiliary equipment:

Screw conveyor*TLSS20, Bin before crusher*2.5m³, Draught fan*4-72-3.2A, Pulse dust collector*TBLMa.12B, Air-locked screw conveyor*TLSS20, Bucket elevator*TDTG36/18, Bin before mixer*1m³, Screw conveyor*TLSS20, Permanent magnetic sleeve*TCXT20, Pre-Crushing bin*1m³, Pulse dust collector*TBLMa.24A, Screw conveyor (Air locked)*TLSS20, etc.

3TPH High Quality floating fish feed production line

• Application:extruded feed pellets
• Cost:646200 USD
• Floating fish feed production process：Raw materials recieving and crushing system——First-time crushing system——First-time batching and mixing system——Fine crushing system (Second-time crushing system )——Second-time mixing system——Puffing and drying system ——Automatic packing system——Oil adding system——MCC Control Center ;Mimic Control Panel

Main equipment:

Fish feed hammer mill crusher	SWSP66*60	1
Batching scale	PLC0.5A	2
Double ribbon mixer	SLHY1.0A	2
Ultrafine grinder	SWFL110C	1
Floating feed extruder machine	RCPH120*2	1
Fish feed dryer machine	SKGD200-3ZP	1
Rotary screener	SFJH125*1	1
Coating machine	YPLV80	1
Cooling machine	SKLN17*17	1
Automatic packing machine	DSC-50	1
Oil/Liquid adding system	SYTZ100	2

Auxiliary equipment:

Draught fan*4-72-3.2A, Pulse dust collector*TBLMa.12, Bucket elevator*TDTG40/23, Drum pre-cleaner*SCY63, Pulse dust collector*TBLMa.36, Air-locked conveyor*TLSS20, Permanent magnet drum*TCXT20, Powder pre-cleaner*SCQZ60*50*100, Rotary distributor*TFPX6, etc.

5TPH complete Floating Fish Feed production Line

• Application: extruded fish feed production
• Cost ：USD 961660
• Floating fish feed production process：Raw materials recieving and crushing system——First-time crushing system——First-time batching and mixing system——Fine crushing system (Second-time crushing system )——Second-time mixing system——Puffing and drying system——Automatic packing system——Oil adding system——MCC Control Center ;Mimic Control Panel

Main equipment:

Hammer mill feed grinder	SWSP66*60	1
Rotaory distributor	TFPX6	1
Batching scale	PLC0.5A	2
Feed mixer machine	SLHJ1A	2
Ultrafine grinder	SWFL130E	1
Fish feed dryer machine	SKGD200-5ZP	1
Coating machine	SYPL15C	1
Fish feed extruder	RCPH150*2	1
Rotary screener	SFJH125*1	1
Cooling machine	SKLN17*17	1
Automatic packing machine	DSC-50	1

Auxiliary equipment:

Draught fan*4-72-3.2A, Pulse dust collector*TBLMa.12, Inlet hopper, Scraper conveyor*TGSS20, Bucket elevator*TDTG40/23, Pnenmatic three-way*YSTZ22A, Drum pre-cleaner*SCY63, Storage bin, Premix scale*PLC0.1B , Double cyclone*SK800*2, Oil/Liquid adding system*SYTZ100, etc.

10TPH Floating Fish Feed extrusion Line

• Application：extruded feed
• Cost ：USD 1250340
• Floating fish feed production process：Raw materials recieving and crushing system——First-time crushing system——First-time batching and mixing system——Fine crushing system——(Second-time crushing system )——Second-time mixing system——Puffing and drying system——Automatic packing system——Oil adding system——MCC Control Center ;Mimic Control Panel

Main equipment:

Fish food grinder machine	SFSP66*80	1
High efficiency fish feed mixer	SLHJ2A	2
Micro pulverizer	SWFL130E	2
Floating feed extruder	RCPH185*2	1
Drying machine	SKGD200-8ZP	1
Rotary screener	SFJH150*1	1
Coating machine	SYPL25C	1
Pellet cooler machine	SKLN20*20	1
Automatic packing machine	DSC-50	1
Oil/Liquid adding system	SYTZ200	2

Auxiliary equipment:

Draught fan*4-72-3.2A, Pulse dust collector*TBLMa.12, Bucket elevator*TDTG50/28, Pnenmatic three-way*YSTZ22A, Permanent magnet drum*TCXT20, Pulse dust collector*TBLMa.48, Powder pre-cleaner*SCQZ60*50*100, Rotary distributor*TFPX6, Batching scale*PLC1.0A, Premix scale*PLC0.1B, Scraper conveyor*TGSU20, Storage bin*2m3, etc.

5-6T/H Animal Feed & 3-4T/H pet food & Floating Fish Feed combined Line

• Application: floating feed, pet food & poultry livestock feed production
• Cost： USD 186960
• Floating fish feed production process：Crushing and mixing system——Extruding system and pelletizing system——Cooling and Packing system——Oil adding system——MCC Control Center

Main equipment:

Stainless steel hammer mill	SFSP66*60	1
Fish feed mixing machine	SLHY2.5L	1
Floating fish pellet extruder	RCPH120*2	1
Animal feed pellet machine	SZLH350	1
Aqua feed drying machine	RH-WH2200	1
Oil spraying machine		1
Cooling machine	SKLN17*17	1
Automatic bagging machine	DCS-50	1
Oil adding machine	YZTG100a	1
Boiler system	1.5T,0.7Mpa	1
Air compressor and srorage tank	11KW	1

Auxiliary equipment:

Screw conveyor*TLSS20, Buffer bin*2.5 m³, Pulse dust collector*TBLMa.24a, Settling chamber, Screw conveyor (air locked)*TLSS20, Bucket elevator*TDTG36/18, Pneumatic gate valve*TZMQ30A, Draft fan*4－72-4A, Cyclone*ф1000, etc.

2T/H Floating fish feed production line& 5-6T/H animal feed line

• Application：extruded fish feed, shrimp feed, poultry livestock feed
• Cost：247290 USD
• Floating fish feed production process：PLC Dosing/Batching System( With 4 sets 20 Ton Silo )——Crushing and mixing system——Extruding and drying system——Cooling and packing system——Oil adding system——Electrical control system

Main equipment:

Feed hammer mill grinder	SFSP56*40	1
Aqua feed mixing machine	SLHY1.0A	1
Animal feed pelleting machine	SZLH350	1
Fish food extruder machine	RCPH120*2	1
Drying machine for fish feed	RH-WH2000	1
Cooling machine	SKLN17*17	1
Sewing + belt conveyour		1
Auto-packing machine	DCS-50	1
Oil/water adding machine	YZTG100a	1

Auxiliary equipment:

Discharging pit, Well shape frame(2.0*2.0*16m), Bucket elevator*TDTG36/28, Screw conveyor*TLSU20, Rotary distributor*TFPX-4, Cone Silos(φ3.67m*1.5C Volume 32.67m³ 22T), Batching scale*PLC0.5A, Weighting PLC screen*PLC-100, Pulse dust collector*TBLMa.12a, Stainless steel anti-caking bin*2m³, Stainless steel conditioner*TZ35*200, etc.

Floating fish feed production line project

For decades, RICHI’s floating fish feed pellet production line equipment has taken root in countries all over the world with solid product quality and services, and has served thousands of customers successively.

Under the concept of environmental friendliness and ecology friendliness, it has participated in local feed processing construction and agricultural resources development, create more value for customers, and become a beautiful local landscape.

Process Design of  floating fish feed production line

According to the characteristics of many varieties of aquatic feed, large changes in raw materials, high requirements for crushing fineness, and poor fluidity of materials, RICHI floating fish feed making line generally adopts secondary crushing and secondary ingredient mixing in the production process, and then undergoes puffing, drying, Spraying, cooling, crushing and screening to complete the processing of aquatic extruded feed.

(1) Cleaning of raw materials and primary crushing

There are generally two forms of raw materials used in aqua feed mills:

• Powder, no coarse crushing is required. Directly enter the cleaning sieve for impurity removal, and then perform magnetic separation to participate in the first batching;
• Coarsely crushed material – pellets. After impurity removal and magnetic separation, it is coarsely crushed by a pulverizer, and then enters the batching bin to participate in the first batching.
• Individual raw materials, such as shrimp shells, can be directly separated into the bin to be crushed after being magnetically separated without the initial cleaning.

The first coarse crushing is the pretreatment process of superfine crushing in aquatic  floating fish feed production line. Its main purpose is to reduce the particle size difference and variation range of materials, improve the working condition of the superfine pulverizer, and improve the working efficiency of the superfine pulverizer. , To ensure the stability of product quality.

(2) The first batching and mixing

The first batching is mainly the preparation of bulk raw materials, that is, the preparation of relatively large materials in the formula.

The first batching and mixing are also the pretreatment process of ultrafine pulverization, which is mainly to reduce the variation range of material particle size, improve the working condition and efficiency of the pulverizer, and ensure the quality of the product.

(3) Secondary grinding and mixing of secondary ingredients

In the secondary crushing process, the primary mixed materials are lifted by the elevator and then enter the bin to be crushed, and then enter the fine pulverizer. The material after the second crushing is subjected to secondary batching and mixing. Various raw materials enter the secondary mixer after secondary batching.

In the secondary mixing process, various materials must be fully mixed, and the coefficient of variation CV is less than 7%, which is the key to ensuring product quality.

(4) Extrusion and granulation process

In the extrusion process of floating fish feed production line, the material is extruded by an extruder to form wet and soft granules (moisture content is 25% to 30%). Due to its high moisture content, it must be dried in a dryer to make the material dry. Moisture drops to around 13%.

In the previous process, the nutrients that should not be added can be supplemented by external spraying, which can also improve the palatability of the feed and reduce the powder content.

The optimum working temperature for this process is around 80°C. After the material passes through the external spraying system, it can enter the counterflow cooler for cooling.

(5) Finished product processing and packaging

After being transported by the bucket elevator, the cooled material is crushed and enters the rotary screen for classification. The grading sieve is generally a two-layer sieve:

• The material on the lower sieve is the finished product, which can be directly put into the finished product warehouse, and then weighed and packaged.
• The material on the upper sieve needs to be returned to the crusher for crushing.
• The material under the lower sieve is generally finely crushed material, which can be returned to the batching bin as waste.

The above floating fish feed production line process is the conventional configuration of the current aquatic extruded feed processing technology. Using this process, extruded floating feed and extruded sinking feed can be produced.

Nowadays, as a new type of aquatic feed mill technology, the extruded feed processing technology has been recognized by more and more feed manufacturers.

Floating fish feed extrusion technology is the development trend of feed processing industry in the future, especially in the application of aquatic feed and pet feed, it will replace the traditional hard pellet feed processing technology.

Equipment for Floating fish feed production line

Generally speaking, the core production equipment of a floating fish feed factory is hammer mill, ultrafine pulverizer, mixer, fish extruder, dryer, cooler, spraying machine, screening machine, packing scale, etc. The selection of equipment plays a vital role in feed production and ensuring feed quality.

Advantages of extruded pellet feed

The extruded pellet feed is loose in texture and has a porous structure. The extruded pellet feed can float on the water surface for a long time, which is convenient for the breeder to observe the feeding situation of aquatic animals.

Adjust the feeding amount in time according to the amount of feed intake, and remove the excess feed out of the breeding pond to reduce the pollution of the feed to the water quality.

Extruded pellet feed is produced by fish feed extruder and floating fish feed production line. During processing, the materials are processed under high temperature, high pressure, and high shear. On the one hand, some harmful fungi and toxins in the raw materials are killed or destroyed, and on the other hand, the structure of the materials changes.

Therefore, after extrusion, the starch and protein in the raw materials are easily digested and absorbed by fish and shrimp. Extruded pellets are more stable in water and not easy to collapse and lose.

Floating fish feed production line business plan

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