This floating fish feed machine is driven by a diesel engine and is widely used in the production of aquatic feed pellets such as fish, catfish, tilapia, shrimp, and crab etc. The produced fish feed pellets can float on the water surface and do not dissolve for more than 12 hours. According to the processing technology, fish feed extruders can be divided into dry type extruders and wet type extruders. According to the power supply, it can be divided into diesel engine feed extruder and electric engine feed extruder.
| Model | Capacity | Horse Power |
| SDGP40-C | 30-40kg/h | 12HP |
| SDGP50-C | 60-80kg/h | 17HP |
| SDGP60-C | 100-150kg/h | 24HP |
| SDGP70-B | 180-200kg/h | 28HP |
Raw Material for Making Fish Feed
The raw material is: Flour, corn meal, soybean meal, maize meal ,meat meal, bone meal, fish meal etc.
Fitness: about 60-80mesh which were crushed and mixed.
Moisture content: about 20%-25%.
Process of Diesel Fish Feed Extruder
After the material is fed into the feeding device, it is extruded and extruded by the screw, pressurized and high temperature, so that the raw materials are fully cooked and sterilized. The expanded material is then pressed into pellets through a forming die. You can change different molds according to actual needs to make pellets with different diameters. The cutting device then cuts the pellets into different lengths as required.
This video is electric engine fish feed extruder working process
Features of Diesel Fish Feed Extruder
- According to different requirements, variety shapes of high-grade feed pellets for fish, shrimps etc.
- The finished pellets can keep floating for 12 hours without pollution to water.
- The floating time can be controlled by the puffing degree adjustment
- Floating fish feed machine can make pellet from diameter 1mm-12mm just by changing the mould.
- Electric heating device is adopted which can improve the feed expansion rate and pellets floating time.
- High temperature and high pressure cooking process can kill the salmonellosis and bacterial infections and also makes the pellets easily to digest.
- The cutting device can be adjusted to make pellets of different length.
- The wet type machine needs a boiler to make steam which can conduct steam to the conditioner and ripen the raw material in advance.
- Can using motor or diesel according to your requested.
Why You Need to Buy Fish Feed Extruder?
Fish farming is one of the most profitable industries and can almost guarantee a return on investment. Fish feed is the main cost of fish farming. To minimize input costs, it is cheaper to produce fish feed than to purchase ready-made fish feed (if you plan to engage in fish farming for a long time). High-quality fish feed can be made from local raw materials, but these locally produced feeds are unstable or non-floating, causing farmers to rely on foreign pellet feed.
How to Make Float Fish Feed?
The main processes for producing floating fish feed include grinding, mixing, extrusion, and drying. Although the initial capital expenditure for purchasing equipment may be daunting, the cost savings, increased production, and improved quality of the machine in the first year will make it worth the money. Therefore, for any serious fish farmers interested in sustainable and long-term business, it is wise to invest in a floating fish feed extruder. It can make floating feed pellets more economical, improve feed quality and increase farmers’ profits. Of course, you can also carry out commercial production and then resell it to other fish farmers.
A single fish feed extruder also can produce fish feed, but you need to buy the powder materials directly.
Why Extrusion Better than Pelleting?
The main raw materials for the production of fish feed are rice bran, fish meal, soybean meal, corn, peanut cake, etc., which are all available locally. In Nigeria, the challenge of making feed is not the source of raw materials, but the technology involved in the formulation and processing. There are usually two processing methods for fish feed: pelleting or extrusion. In order to obtain high-quality fish feed pellets, the extrusion method is more popular than the granulation method.
The pellets produced by the pelleting method drop into the pond or water tank and sink quickly. The pellets break up and contaminate the water in the pond, making it impossible to detect whether the fish are satisfied with the food and causing waste. Also using the pelleting method, some materials are not well-cooked. Extruded floating feed is more popular with farmers because it can observe the feeding process to prevent waste, and this processing method is also beneficial to destroy anti-nutritional factors and other pollutants. Floating feed pellets are also very stable in water.