Pelletizer for Fish Meal

Function                              :           Preparation of fish meal pellets
Specifications

Test Results

• Suitability for products:          Fish meal
• Capacity                    :           10 kg/h (fish meal)
• Power requirement     :           0.5 hp electric motor
• Labour requirement    :           One
• Cost of equipment      :           Rs 2,800
• Cost of pellitisation     :           Rs 36.60/q of fish meal

Salient Features:
            The pelletizer consists of a feed hopper, a barrel, a screw auger, a perforated dis   V belts, chain and frame. The fish meal which is generally a mixture of rice bran (60 %), groundnut oil cake (20%), tapioca flour (10%), silkworm pupa (5%) and fish waste (5%) is cooked for a suitable duration and then fed into the pelletizer. Normally pallets of 3mm diameter and 10mm length are produced by this unit. However, peilrts of varying sizes can also be made by replacing the disc with other one having desir size of holes. The pellets are to be dried before feeding to fishes,