Design and Development of Screw-type Pellet Machine for Aquatic Feeds with Dual Operations

Year 2023, Volume: 6 Issue: 2, 70 - 79, 30.01.2024

Jamilu Ya'u Muhammad , Yusuf Alhajı Abubakar Muhammad Shıtu Abdulkareem Mika’il Alhajı Umar Muhammad Ahmad Audu Taofeek Olanıyı

Abstract

Fishes and many animals have always been fed in a primitive way; this involves grinding of cereals on stones into meals. In this research work, a screw-type pellet machine was developed for aquatic feeds with dual-operations system whereby the electric motor was used to run the machine electrically and a handle was used to replace the motor in the absent of National Grid to operate the machine manually. Three dies with different holes diameters (2 mm, 3 mm and 4 mm holes diameters) were used to test the performance of the machine. The result revealed that the dryness of the feed materials is proportional to the temperature of the materials and time taken for the removal of the moisture content in the materials and 76.67% was the machine’s efficiency whereas the efficiency of the pelletizing was 93.33%.

Keywords

Aquatic, Die, Efficiency, Pellet, Temperature

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