Dosing and mixing: Accuracy counts

02-10-2017 | Feed processing | Article

Feed additives can be added during processing as dry or liquid form. Liquid addition always causes micro-agglomeration or clustering by binding small sized particles to larger particles. Photo: RBI

Accurate dosing of feed additives is the first step to achieve the required feed specification. Extra care should be taken when dosing liquids, as inaccuracy may cause problems in the mixer. In this article we explain how this can be done. Dosing accuracy has become an important topic because of the need to comply with today’s high quality standards in feed production. Dosing influences the homogeneity of the mix which in turn determines quality parameters of the feed. The degree of homogenei