by Bob Seeley, Micron Bio-Systems
Micron Bio-Systems is an international
biotech company that produces feed preservation additives, mycotoxin
remediation treatments and probiotic feed supplements for livestock including
beef and dairy cows, calves, lambs, pigs and chickens. Blending of these nutritional supplements
is a critical step of the manufacturing process due to the diverse sizes,
shapes and bulk densities of ingredient particles, supplement-to-feed ratios as
low as one to 400, and the need to achieve 100 percent batch-to-batch
uniformity.
Micron Bio-Systems blended its products
successfully for more than 40 years using a 708 litre Rotary Batch Mixer from
Munson Machinery, Utica, New York, so when increased demand for its products
called for higher throughput, the company specified a new 1415 l version of its
original mixer design.
Updating
a proven process
Shannon Lineberry, Production Manager,
Micron Bio-Systems explained, “The original mixer was reliable, and we replaced
very few parts on it over the years. The new one also gives us a good homogenous
blend with uniform ingredient distribution, even though the materials have
varying particle sizes and densities.”
Whereas the original unit had a screw drive
that augured raw ingredients in from a hopper, the new feed system features an
overhead hopper into which an operator manually empties bags of ingredients.
The company is also upgrading to an automated bulk bag discharger with
programmable logic control to feed primary ingredients into the new mixer.
Read the full article here.
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