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APPENDIX E - Equipment Requirements for 8-Ton-an-Hour Feed Mill

Item

Quantity

HP each motor

Size and Capacity

Receiving

Truck Hoist

1

10

8 ton

Power Shovel

1

3

-

Conveyor, drag

1

5

9 in × 45 ft

Elevator, bucket

1

10

8 in × 5 in bucket

Magnet, plate

1

-

8 in

Scalper

1

1

25 t/h

Distributor

1

¼

10 positions

Storage tanks

2

-

5 000 gal

Diverter valve

1


8 in

Processing

Conveyor, screw

1

3

8 in.

Hammermill

1

60

8-12 t/h

Elevator, bucket

1

2

8 in × 5 in bucket

Diverter valve

1

-

8 in

Mixing

Feeder conveyor

9

3-2, 6-3


Feeder, loading board

1

-

-

Weigh hopper and scale

1

-

120 cu ft

Vertical mixer with surge bin

2

7 ½

100 cu ft each

Conveyor, screw

1

3

12 in × 20 ft

Elevator, bucket

1

7 ½

8 in × 5 in bucket

Continuous mixer

1

5

5 t/h

Molasses pump, heating


7


tank and other


5 ½


equipment

1


10 gal/min

Fat system

1

3

10 gal/min

Diverter valve

1

-

8 in

Pelleting

Pellet mill

1

75,5, ½

7-10 t/hr

Cooler, fan collector

1

20 ½

7-10 t/hr

Crumbler

1

10

6 in × 60 in

Scalper

1

1

60 in × 72 in

Elevators, buckets

2

1

8 in × 15 ft

Distributor

1

3 ¼

8 in × 30 ft 8 hole

Packing

Scale belt feeder

1

¾

7 × 50 lb/min

Bag conveyor

1

1

7 bags/min

Sewing machine

1

1/3

7 bags/min

Warehousing

Forklift

1

-

3 000 lb

Bulk Loadant

Conveyor, drag

1

5

12 in × 30 ft

Travel weigh hopper

1

1

3 t

Miscellaneous

Boiler

1

1

150 hp

Air compressor

1

1

-

Control panel

1

1

-

1/ Adapted from "Feed Manufacturing Costs and Capital Requirements" ERS-USDA, Agricultural Economic Report No. 335, 1976


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