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Animal feed in pellet form, process and apparatus for preparing same

  • US 20060170128A1
  • Filed: 01/05/2006
  • Published: 08/03/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/18/2002
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A process for pelletizing animal feed comprising:

  • providing a powder composition on an inclined disc defining an upper and lower zones through which the disc passes during rotation, the powder composition consisting of powders of a food-grade hydraulic binder, a food-grade phosphate salt, and at least one substantially insoluble feed ingredient;

    rotating the disc such that the powder composition is carried towards the upper zone;

    spraying water onto the powder composition as the disc is rotated so as to cause the powder composition to agglomerate into pellets of animal feed; and

    causing some of the powder composition to tumble towards the lower zone by gravity.

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