Semi-moist Pet Food Treat
Pet food is a growing market, the amount of demand increases almost
every year. IDAH offers a complete solution for pet food production
from the material intake up until the packaging. Every machine is
carefully and precisely manufactured to provide a high-quality machine
for feed and food production.
Idah has a patented contra-twin shaft extruder that utilizes a
combination of steam and mechanical energy from the screw, generating
lower SME during production. In Pet food system, IDAH incorporate the
carousel dryer which can precisely control temperature, producing
uniform moisture with quick product change-over
Features and Benefits of IDAH Process Design and Equipment
IDAH firmly believes in a strategy of design fit for purpose. We
recognize the constraints our customers face with rising ingredient
costs, energy costs, and overheads costs, yet in the face of these
challenges, it is still expected that high-quality products be supplied
into a very competitive market. Our design philosophy is to work
continuously to refine and improve processes and equipment to maximize
the success of our customers. The following describes some of the
features and benefits resulting from this philosophy.
Twin Shaft Mixer
Petfood safety is the key feature for the IDAH twin shaft mixer. IDAH
mixers ensure high accuracy of mixing and hygienic features such as
minimized residue and bacteria growth. IDAH mixers used for pet food
applications have been delivered to many countries including Japan,
Holland, Korea, China, Thailand, India, Taiwan, and others.
Extrusion Systems
IDAH has a wide range of extrusion cooking systems to produce the full
range of pet foods and small animal food with controlled shapes,
textures, and colors. And it is including directly expanded, semi-moist,
soft, and co-extruded products. IDAH extrusion cooking systems for pet
food include single screw extruder and ContraTwin screw extruder
systems.
Advantages of the IDAH extrusion cooking process
IDAH twin shaft pre-conditioners have an independent drive on each
shaft, which improves power consumption and noise, and also allows the
machine to be completely emptied by slowing and reversing the paddles.
The addition of misting steam and water injectors further improves
conditioner performance, followed by the use of steam jacketed mixer
conveyors after the conditioner which creates a homogenous mix with
little to no free water. Inappropriate pre-conditioning will cause
cracks on the pellet surface and creating more fines. ContraTwin screw
extruder is breaking new ground in terms of product quality (especially
when running high fiber formulations), low energy costs, and low wear
costs. Or machines offer very positive conveying action inside these
machines allows us to run high meat content and co-extruded products at
rates others find difficult to believe.
Drying Systems
IDAH Carousel dryer has an especially small footprint and height
compared to typical vertical counterflow dryers and also uses a lot less
electrical power than most other designs, cutting down on capital costs,
energy costs, maintenance costs, and noise. A round-shaped VCR dryer
generates a very homogeneous air flow stream inside the dryer which
allows an extremely uniform treatment of the product. This process of
airflow leads simply to the fact that over-drying of the product is not
given. Constant tumbling (up to seven times) of the product to be dried
leads to best results in uniform water evaporation.