HFE305 Feed Manufacturing Technology

The course provides theoretical and practical insight into the entire process from feed ingredient raw materials to finished compound feed, as well as quality evaluation methods for processed feed. In the course, we will learn about the concentrate feed industry and concentrate feed factories in general, and we will then follow the raw materials all the way to a fully processed feed. The course will be based entirely on the textbook "Animal Feed Technology" and will have the following topics: Raw materials and chemical changes during processing, Reception, Transport and storage, Grinding, Dosing and weighing, Mixing, Conditioning, Pelleting, Extrusion, Cooling and drying, Addition of liquid raw materials after pelleting/extrusion, and Loading and delivery of concentrates.

Knowledge

• After the course, the students should be able to specify procedures for processing for optimal suitability of the concentrate for different animal species.
• The students should be able to specify the most important unit operations in the feed process and be able to account for the effect of process adjustments, as well as be able to say something about important chemical and physical raw material changes as a result of the processing, and their importance.

Skills

• Students must account for key quality factors and methodology.
• Students should be able to present process settings for typical feeds for key animal species.

General competences

• Through this course, the students will acquire general knowledge about feed processing as it takes place for different animal species.