Feed pellet production line
RICHI feed pellet production line is professional solution for producing high-quality feed pellets for various animals. With outputs ranging from 1–40 tons/hour and pellet sizes of 2–12 mm, our lines are suitable for small, medium, and large-scale operations. We offer complete feed production lines for:
Poultry Feed: chicken feed production lines, etc.
Livestock Feed: cattle, sheep, pig, horse, rabbit feed production lines, etc.
Aquatic Feed: sinking fish feed, floating fish feed, and shrimp feed production lines, etc.
We welcome you to contact us to customize the most suitable animal feed pellet production line for you.
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Different Types of Feed Pellet Production Lines
RICHI offers four main categories of feed pellet production lines. Each line can be designed either to produce feed for a single type of animal or to produce compound feed pellets for multiple animal types, fully customized to match different production needs. To help you better understand real applications, we also provide actual project videos for each category.
Poultry feed production line
This poultry production line is suitable for poultry such as chickens, ducks, geese, turkeys, birds, pigeons, and quails. Based on customer needs, the projects we have completed include:
- 2-ton feed production line + 500kg fish feed production line for sale Vietnam
- 3-ton poultry feed production line + 1-ton ruminant feed production line for sale Indonesia
- 1.5-ton pig feed production line + 800kg sinking fish feed production line for sale Philippines
Livestock feed production line
Suitable for multiple categories such as cattle, sheep, pigs, horses, camels, and rabbits, supporting:
- Single-category production lines (cattle feed/sheep feed/pig feed)
- Full-category mixed livestock feed mill (cattle + sheep + pig)
- Dedicated lines for premixes, concentrates, ruminants, etc.
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Aqua feed production line
Suitable for various aquatic products including sinking fish, floating fish, shrimp, tilapia, and ornamental fish. We can design:
- Single-screw extrusion process
- Twin-screw extrusion process
- Pelletizing process
- Shrimp feed pelleting process (three-layer modulator)
Pet food production line
The pet food production line primarily employs extrusion technology, using high temperature and pressure to fully cook and expand the feed, resulting in better taste and improved safety and hygiene.
This production line is not only suitable for producing cat and dog food, but can also be used to process a variety of pet foods, including guinea pig feed, rabbit food, bird food, hamster food, ornamental fish food, and reptile food.
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Processes of animal feed production lines with different capacities
Production process of 5-7T/H feed pellet production line
The feed pellet production line mainly includes raw material crushing systems, mixing system, pelletizing system, cooling system, and packaging system. According to the specific needs of customers, we can provide the design of a complete feed pellet line suitable for various animals. The following is the flow chart and video of small output feed production line that we can design for your reference.
Crushing system
The first step of the line is to crush the raw materials. The materials include the corn, soybean meal, wheat, they need crushing into powered materials. Then put them in to the next section.
Mixing system
After crushing, you can mix the crushed materials evenly through the feed mixer. Generally, the kinds of the raw materials used to make feed pellets are less than one kind, so we need to mix the raw materials, to ensure to provide uniform nutrition for the animals.
Pelletizing system
After mixing, the materials enter the pelletizing system. Put them into the conditioner of the animal feed pellet mill through the feeder, which can make the raw materials cooked. Under the pressure of the ring die and the rollers, the cooked materials finally pressed into uniform feed pellets.
Cooling system
After pelletizing, send the feed pellets to the cooling system. Due to the high temperature and moisture of the feed pellets, the feed pellets are soft and easily cracked. The temperature of the feed pellets needs cooling to room temperature, in case the surface of the feed pellets crack. In addition, the cooled feed pellets have a longer storage time.
Packing system
After cooling, the feed pellets can be packed manully or automatically, which makes it more convenient to store and transport. This flexible packing option also allows producers to adjust packaging methods according to production scale and labor conditions.
Below is a diagram of the production process corresponding to this output configuration, along with images of actual project examples, all from real-world implementations. If you are interested in this production line solution or project details, please feel free to contact us for more information.
Production process of 16-24T/H feed pellet production line
We can design feed pellet lines of various production capacity, below is a basic production process for a 16-24T/H feed pellet production line. The pictures show the equipment used in this process, helping you to understand the function of each system in more detail. If you have any pelletizing requirements, welcome to contact us to provide you with pelletizing solutions.
Cleaning&crushing system
The raw materials are put into the feeding hopper, then transported into the cleaning system vertically up by the bucket elevator. After a preliminary cleaning screen of a drum type precleaner, a permanent magnet cylinder, and then distributed by rotary distributor to different silos to be distributed. Then the raw materials enter the water-drop hammer mill for crushing, and the crushed raw materials are conveyed by bucket lift to the bin to be mixed.
Batching&mixing system
Batching scale is controlled by computer to achieve accurate batching, overall batching error is less than 3%. The mixing of each batch of materials is divided into three stages: the first stage is the large materials into the mixer to start mixing; Then the premix is put into the small materials feeding hopper to start the second stage of small materials mixing. Finally, the grease is fed into the mixer through the grease adding system to start the third stage of mixing. After the material is mixed, they are sent to the pre-pelletizing bins by the bucket elevator.
Pelletizing&cooling system
The materials are transferred to the tempering conditioner through the variable frequency speed feeder. The variable frequency impeller feeder can control the feeding speed, so that the feed pellet maker can work under ideal conditions as much as possible.
The mixed powder materials contact and fuse with steam in the conditioner. After the materials are modulated to a certain temperature and moisture, enter the ring die of the pelletizer. Under the strongly extrusion between the ring die and the press roller, the pellets are formed and then cut into the desired length by the cutter.
The feed cooling machine is placed under the feed pellet machine, saving both floor space and the use of conveying equipment and storage bins. Cooling the temperature of the feed pellets to room temperature can avoid the phenomenon of sudden cooling caused by direct contact between cold air and hot material, and thus prevent the surface cracking of pellets.
Automatic packing system
The system can pack the feed pellets into bags fully automatically, which makes it more convenient for storage and transportation.
RICHI packaging machine has an independent electric control cabinet, which can set the packaging weight on the program for automatic packaging.
Below is a flowchart of the feed production line for this output capacity, along with photos of the actual project site. We hope this will help you understand our solution more intuitively. If you are further interested in this project, please feel free to contact us.
Main Equipment Of feed pellet production line
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Below, we present a comprehensive overview of the main equipment configuration of a feed pellet production line, including the pellet mill and various key auxiliary equipment, helping you to more intuitively understand the structure and composition of the entire production line. The pellet mill section provides three different types, along with corresponding model numbers and parameter descriptions, allowing you to choose according to your raw materials, output, and actual needs.
This pellet mill is specifically designed to process pure grains or high-starch raw materials such as corn, wheat, barley, and soybean meal. It is particularly suitable for making feed for poultry such as chickens and ducks. Since poultry feed requires high density and consistent pellet formation, this machine is ideal. Below is a detailed parameter table for this model. If you are unsure how to choose the model that best suits your production needs, please feel free to contact us!
| Feed Pellet Machine for Grain Raw Materials | ||||||||
| Model | SZLH250 | SZLH320 | SZLH350 | SZLH420 | SZLH508 | SZLH558 | SZLH678 | SZLH768 |
| Main Motor Power (kW) | 22 | 37 | 55 | 110 | 160 | 185 | 250 | 315 |
| Feeder Power (kW) | 1.1 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 2.2 |
| Modulator Power (kW) | 1.5 | 4 | 4 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
| Die Inner Diameter (mm) | 250 | 320 | 350 | 420 | 508 | 558 | 673 | 762 |
| Finished Pellet Diameter (mm) | 2~12 | |||||||
| Output (T/H) | 1.0-1.5 | 3-4 | 5-6 | 10-12 | 15-16 | 20-22 | 30-33 | 38-40 |
For high-fiber raw materials such as straw and forage, we recommend the CZLH series pellet mill. It’s perfect for producing feed for ruminant animals such as cattle and sheep. It can not only process pure forage pellets but also stably produce mixed pellets of grains and forage, making it highly adaptable. Below are the detailed parameters for the CZLH model. You can choose the appropriate model based on your raw material type, production requirements, and pellet specifications.
| Feed Pellet Machine for Straw and Forage Raw Materials | ||||||
| Model | CZLH320 | CZLH350 | CZLH420 | CZLH520 | CZLH678 | CZLH768 |
| Main motor power (kw) | 22 | 37 | 90 | 132 | 185 | 250 |
| Arch-breaking feeder power (kw) | 2.2 | 2.2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| Forced feeder power (kw) | 0.75 | 0.75 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
| Ring die inner diameter (mm) | 320 | 350 | 420 | 520 | 673 | 762 |
| Finished particle diameter (mm) | 4~12 | |||||
| Output (T/H) | 0.5-0.6 | 1.0-1.2 | 1.8-2.0 | 2.8-3.0 | 4-5 | 6-8 |
A twin-screw feed pellet extruder machine is a feed processing equipment whose core advantage is high-efficiency extrusion molding. It is widely used in the production of aquatic feed and various pet foods, and can flexibly produce floating, sinking, or slow-sinking pellets with uniform size and good palatability. Meanwhile, some poultry or livestock feed mills with high feed quality requirements also use twin-screw extrusion to improve feed digestibility and added value.
| SPHS model Twin-screw feed pellet extruder machine | ||||||
| Model | SPHS75x2 | SPHS120*2 | SPHS150*2 | SPHS185*2 | ||
| Main Motor Power (kW) | 55 | 90 | 110 | 200 | 355 | |
| Screw Diameter (mm) | 75 | 120 | 120 | 150 | 185 | |
| Feeder Power (kW) | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 2.2 | |
| Conditioner Power (kW) | 7.5 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | |
| Conditioner Specification | DC400-244 | DC500-244 | DC500-244 | DC600-300 | DC600-300 | |
| Differential Conditioner Power (kW) | 11 | 11 | 11 | 15 | 15 | |
| Differential Conditioner Specification | DC400*300-244 | DC500*400-300 | DC500*400-300 | DC600*500-300 | DC600*500-300 | |
| Production Capacity (T/H) | 0.5-1.0 | 1.5-2.0 | 3.0-4.0 | 5.0-6.0 | 10-12 | |
Drum type precleaner
RICHI Machinery Drum type precleaner is widely used in the raw material receiving part of feed pellet plant and other industries. Mainly used to remove large impurities such as rice straw, straw, hemp rope, corn cobs and etc to protect the feed pellet processing equipment from failure or damage.
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Feed Hammer mill
RICHI water-drop hammer mill can crush the raw materials into powder, to ensure the best pelletizing effect. It can crush almost all kinds of feed raw materials, such as corn, wheat, beans, crushed cake and other materials. It has the characteristics of high efficiency, low labor consumption, small in size.
Single-shaft paddle mixer
The single-shaft paddle mixer can mix the raw materials evenly. It adopts a double-layer rotor design, and is widely used in the feed pellet production line and other feed plants. It is featured as reasonable design, easy operation and maintenance, high mixing uniformity, and short mixing time.
Feed Dryer Machine
Feed dryers are primarily used to rapidly cool freshly pelleted feed pellets with high moisture content, preventing mold and clumping. Through uniform heating and stable moisture removal, the pellets have a better appearance and are easier to store and transport.
Counterflow Cooler
RICHI counterflow cooler adopts advanced theory of counterflow cooling to cool high temperature and high moisture feed pellets. It is widely applied in feed processing industry for cooling of all kinds of pellet materials.
feed Spraying Machine
A spraying machine is mainly used to evenly coat the surface of feed pellets with oils, vitamins, or functional additives, resulting in more even nutrient distribution and improved palatability. After spraying, the feed pellets are more aromatic, less likely to produce fines, and easier for animals to consume.
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Permanent magnet cylinder
The permanent magnet cylinder can clean the iron filings in the raw materials to protect the pelletizing equipment. It is mainly used for separating magnetic metal inclusions in raw materials, suitable for various scales of feed pellet mills, feed processing plant, etc.
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Bucket elevator
RICHI Machinery bucket elevator is a kind of professional conveying equipment. It has novel appearance, safe and simple operation, compact structure, high production capacity. It is widely used for vertical lifting of feed pellets and raw materials in the process of producing feed pellets.
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Pulse dust collector
Pulse dust collector is a centralized dust removal device, which can greatly reduce the dust generated during the process of manufacturing feed pellets. It is applicable to stand-alone or centralized air suction and dust removal or recycling filtration in feed processing, feed pellets plant, and etc.
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Automatic Packing System
RICHI Machinery automatic packing system is a professional quantitative weighing and packaging equipment. It is suitable for quantitative weighing and packing pellets and powdered materials. The equipment is featured as high packing accuracy, fast packing speed and high efficiency.
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Global Feed Pellet Production Line Project Cases
With over 30 years of experience in feed processing equipment manufacturing, we have completed pellet production line projects in more than 140 countries worldwide. Our solutions cover animal feed, aquaculture feed, and livestock feed production lines, serving poultry farms, fish feed plants, and integrated feed mills of different scales. Below are six real, completed feed and aquaculture pellet production line projects. You can click “LEARN MORE” to explore detailed configurations, capacities, and on-site applications for each case.
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Poultry Feed Mill In Afghanistan
- Country: Afghanistan
- Time: May 4, 2023
- Production Capacity: 10T/H Chicken feed processing
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02
Animal feed processing machine in Ethiopia
- Country: Ethiopia
- Time: December 5, 2024
- Production Capacity: 10T/H Chicken feed, cattle feed, etc.
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03
Fish Feed Production Line In Russia
- Country: Russia
- Time: May 2024 & July 2023
- Production Capacity: 1.5–2T/H & 5–6T/H Floating fish feed, etc.
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Fish Feed Production Line In Uzbekistan
- Country: Uzbekistan
- Time: June 21, 2024
- Production Capacity: 1-1.5T/H Floating fish and sinking fish feed, etc.
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05
Animal Feed Pellet Production Line in Iran
- Country: Iran
- Time: September 2, 2023
- Production Capacity: 5-7T/H Poultry feed + livestock feed pellets
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06
Animal Feed Production Line in Zimbabwe
- Country: Zimbabwe
- Time: August 17, 2022
- Production Capacity: 5T/H Animal feed processing plant
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Application of feed pellet production line
- Can process various raw materials into feed pellets.
- Can produce feed pellets for almost all kinds of animals.
- Widely used in the large scale and medium scale feeding production plant, animal farms and individuals who raise animals.
- Make feed pellets like for chicken feed pellet, rabbit feed pellet, cattle feed pellet,pig feed pellets and etc.
- Process corn, cotton seed cake, corn stalks, straw and etc into feed pellets.
Features Of The feed pellet production line
- Simple operation, can reduce the labor consumption. The small production line only needs 1-2 persons. Even the large production line needs 5-10 persons.
- Reasonable craft, easy to install. The installation of the small production line does not require on-site civil construction and welding.
- Novel structure, compact, safe, low failure. Have a long working service life. Every production lines designed by RICHI use the high-quality feed processing equipment.
- Wide application. It can produce almost all kinds of animal feed pellets, such as chicken feed pellets, cattle feed pellets, fish feed pellets, shrimp feed pellets, pig feed pellets, ect.
- Small volume, low noise, and adjustable production speed. We designed every feed manufacturing lines according to your real requirements, and tmost to save your cost and cover an area of space
- It is suitable for the feed production plant of different scales, farms and individuals who raise animals.
- Equipped with the dust removal system, can protect the working environment. Using SKF bearings and Siemens motors
Frequently Ask Question
Frequently Ask Question
Why to use feed pellet line?
The animal feed pellet production line can make many kinds of animal feeds, such as cattle, shrimp, goat, pig, chicken, duck, rabbit, fish, goose, etc. Oobviously, using a feed pellet line can improve your production efficiency and reduce your labor consumption.
What materials can be processed into feed pellets?
Many raw materials can be used to make feed pellets. Commonly used to make wood chip pellets are:corn, straw, soybean straw, hay, wheat, soybean, soybean meal, rapeseed meal, cotton meal, and etc.
If you don’t know if your raw materials can be used to make wood pellets, you can send us your samples, we will do a test freely for you.
How does a feed pellet production line costs?
Different production capacities of wood pellet production lines have different prices. Each kind of capacity of the line has a big difference from different configurations. Generally speaking, the simplest configuration of 8-10 t/h animal feed production line costs 150000 USD, the highest configuration of the same production capacity is 300000 USD. You can contact us to get your customized feed production line price.
What is a feed production line?
The animal feed processing plant can process feed pellets for various animals, such as chickens, cattle, fish, pigs, rabbits and shrimps. Due to the pelleted feeds are nutritious, easy to digest and absorb, easy to store and transport, more and more farmers tend to make feed pellets for their animals. The main equipment in this manufacturing line are: animal feed pellet maker, feed crushing machine, feed mixing machine, feed cooling machine, feed packaging machine, etc.
With 30 years of experience in in feed machinery manufacturing and development, RICHI Machinery can not only provides animal feed pellet production lines of various scale, but also can customized animal feed production business plan according every customers’ requirements. If you have any need in making feed pellets, welcome to contact RICHI, we will reply to you within one business day.
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Why Choose RICHI Machinery?
RICHI Machinery has been deeply involved in the feed pellet manufacturing industry for 30 years. Its customers are spread across Europe, America, Africa, Asia Pacific, Middle East and other regions, and its sales network covers more than 140 countries and regions. It has successfully completed more than 1,200 complete sets of pellet projects with a high level of professionalism, making it a recognized leader in the industry.
Efficient and comprehensive after – sales service:
RICHI Machinery has a comprehensive and well – established after – sales service system. It has multiple overseas logistics routes to ensure that machine arrives safely and on time. Later on, if there’s any abnormality with the customer’s machine, we’ll provide after – sales staff to offer preliminary solutions right away. And within 48 hours, we’ll send professional technicians to the site for service, minimizing the customer’s downtime.
Scientific customized services:
We have a diverse and rich product system. With over 200 products, we can meet the needs of various feed pellet production customers. The company is equipped with a professional R&D and design team. According to your actual situation, whether it is a small feed factory or a large industrial feed factory, we will design personalized solutions for you based on the actual situation.
Excellent equipment quality:
RICHI Machinery has won many international authoritative certifications. The company has passed BV certification, ISO9001 International Quality Management System Certification, European CE Certification, and Swiss SGS Certification, among others. You can find us on YouTube.
Our Honors & Certifications
At RICHI Machinery, quality and innovation go hand in hand. Over the years, we have earned numerous international certifications and national patents, covering product design, manufacturing excellence, and quality control. These certificates reflect our strong R&D capabilities and global trust in our feed and biomass machinery solutions. We remain committed to delivering reliable technology and long-term value to our customers worldwide.
