chicken feed pellet making machine

RICHI Machinery produced the chicken feed pellet making machine as an industrial grade ring die feed pelletizing system. It presses various poultry feed formula ingredients into standard chicken feed pellets. Automatic operation saves time and labor. It helps farms improve feed utilization and reduce feeding waste.

Product Overview

RICHI’s chicken feed pellet making machine is built around the SZLH series ring die mill. It steams raw materials to cook and soften them. Then it pushes everything through a ring die to form hard pellets. Those pellets are easy for chickens to eat and digest. You get less waste and better feed conversion. The setup works for any poultry farm, from a few thousand birds to big operations.

Capacity: 1-40 T/H

Power: 22-315 KW

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Technical Structure of Chicken Feed Pellet Making Machine

We focused on solid, wear resistant parts and a smart layout. You won’t spend much time on maintenance. Each part below works together so the chicken feed pellet machine runs steadily for years.

Feeding and Conditioning System

You get a wide variable frequency feeder. Turn the feed speed up or down to stop jams. The conditioner is stainless steel with multi angle paddles. It blends raw materials and steam very well. That cooks and softens everything. Good conditioning means pellets come out hard and don’t fall apart. The feeder and conditioner connect directly with no material loss in between.

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Ring Die and Pelletizing Chamber

The ring die is made of high wear alloy steel. Need a different pellet size? Just swap the die. The chamber seals tight with no leaks. Dual rollers apply even pressure. Pellets come out uniform and compact. There is very little powder left. This design handles different chicken feed recipes easily. The chamber shell has a hinged door for quick access during die changes.

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Drive and Transmission System

A national standard motor connects to a hard tooth gearbox and high precision bearings. The system runs quiet and smooth. It has a protection lock. Too much material? The chicken pellet maker shuts down to protect the motor. You get low power use even when running all year. No need to call for repairs every week. The main shaft sits on heavy duty bearings that handle radial and axial loads.

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Overall Frame and Design

Thick steel plates are welded into a compact, rust resistant frame. The modular design means you can take parts apart easily. Daily checks are simple. The electrical control panel is clear and easy to read. Your staff can learn to run it after a short walk through. Everything is built to last. The whole chicken feed pellet making machine mounts on rubber vibration dampers to reduce stress on the floor.

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Feeding and Conditioning System

Ring Die and Pelletizing Chamber

Drive and Transmission System

Overall Frame and Design

Equipment Technical Parameters

These data are obtained by testing the chicken feed pellet machine for sale on a complete production line. Actual yields may vary based on moisture content, formulation and operator skill.

Model	SZLH250	SZLH320	SZLH350	SZLH420	SZLH508	SZLH558	SZLH678	SZLH768
Main Motor Power (Kw)	22	37	55	110	160	185	250	315
Feeder Power (kw)	1.1	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	2.2
Conditioner Power (kw)	1.5	4	4	7.5	7.5	11	11	11
Ring Die Inner Diameter (mm)	250	320	350	420	508	558	673	762
Finished Pellets Diameter (mm)	2-12	2-12	2-12	2-12	2-12	2-12	2-12	2-12
Production Output (TPH)	1.0-1.5	3-4	5-6	10-12	15-16	20-22	30-33	38-40

Operational Principles of Chicken Feed Pellet Making Machine

The pellet machine for chicken feed works in three steps that happen one after another. Each step is simple and does its job without interruption. This flow gives you stable pellet quality every time.

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Feed and Condition

Raw materials drop into the conditioner. There they meet high temperature steam. The steam softens them and adds moisture. This makes the material sticky. Good conditioning means pellets hold together and won’t break. Without this step, the pellets would come out loose and dusty.

Extrude and Pelletize

The conditioned mix moves into the pelletizing chamber. A rotating ring die and a roller press it through the holes. It comes out as long strips. A built in cutter chops them into even pellets. Pressure and heat bind everything tight. This is the core step where powder turns into solid feed.

Discharge and Cool

Finished pellets fall out of the discharge port on their own. You can connect the machine to a cooler and screener. The whole line runs automatically. You don’t need many workers. Pellets keep coming without stopping. Once they cool down, they get even harder for storage and transport.

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Key Advantages of Chicken Feed Pellet Making Machine

RICHI’s chicken feed pellet mills rely on a robust structure and mature configuration for production, truly helping farms save money, improve efficiency, and maintain consistent quality.

Save Feed

The variable frequency feeder stops blockages before they happen. The tough ring die cuts powder waste. You use almost all your raw materials. Over months and years, that adds up to big savings.

For a large farm running every day, this one advantage can pay for the machine. Less waste also means you buy less raw material over time. Your feed conversion ratio improves noticeably. That is real money back in your pocket.

Wide Capacity Range

Do you run a small farm or a big feed factory? We have a model for you. Pick the size based on your daily tons. You get steady feed supply without overpaying.

The smallest gives one ton per hour. The largest gives forty. That covers everyone. No matter how your farm grows, you can find a match. Upgrade later without changing your whole setup. This range works for both small startups and large industrial operations.

Easy Maintenance

The modular body lets you take it apart without special tools. Wear parts last a long time. Consumables run slowly. You spend less on daily fixes and replacements. If you need to change something, the job takes minutes.

Your workers can handle most maintenance. That means less downtime and more running hours. Your production line keeps moving. Even new staff can learn the basic care routine quickly. This saves you costly technician visits every month.

Flexible Raw Materials

Swap the ring die to handle corn, soybean meal, grass powder, or grains. One machine makes feed for chicks, broilers, and layers. The machine doesn’t care if you use wheat instead of corn. This helps you use cheap local ingredients.

You can adjust your formula when grain prices change. That keeps your feed cost low all year round. You are never locked into one type of raw material. This gives you real purchasing power in the market.

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Successful Cases of Chicken Feed Pellet Making Machine

RICHI’s chicken feed pellet making machine have been exported to many countries around the world. No matter what raw materials are used or what the climate is like, the machines can run steadily and have received excellent user reviews.

Chicken Farm Project in Kenya

The medium-sized poultry farm in Kenya wanted to lower feed costs substantially. They used to buy expensive commercial feed. We gave them an SZLH420 pellet mill to process local corn and wheat bran. Now they make their own high-quality feed on-site. The pellets stay hard during storage and transport. Chickens eat and digest them very well. The farm no longer depends on bought feed. They save a lot of money each month. The owner said the machine paid for itself in less than a year.

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Farmers Cooperative Project in Uganda

The small agricultural cooperative in Uganda used to buy imported feed regularly. That cost too much and hurt their profits. We set them up with an SZLH320 complete production line. Now they produce their own feed inside their own building. They control the recipe and quality completely. Market price changes no longer hurt them. They also sell extra feed to nearby farmers. Their chicken raising costs dropped significantly, and profit margins went up for all members.

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Poultry Farm Project in Bangladesh

The small chicken farm faces a very humid climate in Bangladesh where feed spoils quickly. We sent an SZLH250 unit to solve this serious issue. The chicken feed pellet making machine makes very tight pellets that do not break apart easily. Discharge is stable and there is almost no powder waste. Because the pellets are hard and dry, they last much longer in storage. The farmer reported less feed loss from spoilage. Overall raising costs went down and bird health improved a lot.

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Livestock Base Project in Ethiopia

The large livestock base in Ethiopia wanted to use local grains for stable feed production. We recommended the heavy-duty SZLH558 model for their daily operations. They now run it with grains grown on their own land. Feed waste is much lower than before. Chickens grow faster and reach market weight sooner. The base improved its overall efficiency. Their manager said the machine runs every day without trouble. Our team helped with the installation and training.

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Production Process Flow

From raw material cleaning to finished product packaging, RICHI provides you with a one-stop, full-process scientific pelleting solution to ensure balanced feed nutrition and high-efficiency absorption.

Initial Cleaning

Corn and soybean meal enter the bucket elevator to reach the cleaning system. The drum pre-cleaner and permanent magnet cylinder remove all impurities and metal bits. Then the rotary distributor sends the clean ingredients into different pre-crushing bins.

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Crushing Stage

The cleaned raw materials feed into the hammer mill through a variable frequency feeder. This machine crushes ingredients to the exact fineness based on chicken growth stages. Then a screw conveyor transports the fine powder directly to the next station.

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Mixing Stage

Our smart batching scale manages all crushed materials to control weighing errors strictly. The system dumps the ingredients into the mixer to blend them thoroughly until uniform. Then a bucket elevator lifts the blended mash into the pre-pelleting bin.

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Pelleting Stage

The variable speed feeder delivers the mash into the conditioner for steam sterilization. Then the conditioned feed flows into the chicken feed pellet making machine for pressing. The ring die and roller squeeze the material before a cutter chops the strips.

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Screening Stage

Hot pellets leave the chicken feed pellet making machine and enter the counterflow cooler. If it is chick feed, the cooled particles need to be broken into fine particles by an animal feed crusher. Finally, the grading screen filters out fine debris and sends qualified pellet feed to the storage bin.

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Final Packaging

The computer packaging scale weighs the finished pellets automatically and fills the bags. The belt conveyor moves these bags to the sewing machine where you place the label. Then the automatic stitching head seals the top to complete the production cycle.

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Initial Cleaning

Crushing Stage

Mixing Stage

Pelleting Stage

Screening Stage

Final Packaging

Application Scope of Chicken Feed Pellet Making Machine

RICHI’s chicken pellet making machine covers small-scale breeding to large-scale feed production, flexibly matching different scales of production needs.

Industry Applications

Small Poultry Farms: Used for self-use feed processing in small and medium chicken farms. Machine fits on-site production to handle daily feed supply for local flocks.

Commercial Feed Plants: Applied in bulk feed production for professional commercial feed factories. System works in specialized manufacturing lines to supply various nearby poultry farmers.

Large Breeding Bases: Used for full-capacity feed production in large scale breeding bases. It fits continuous high-output processing lines to meet entire company feed requirements.

Target Animals

Broiler Feed Lines: Applied in complete feed processing for broilers from brooding to marketing stages. System manages pellet extrusion for standard meat poultry growth formulas.

Layer Feed Processing: Used for producing specialized feed across all stages of egg-laying hens. Application fits manufacturing environments focusing on consistent nutrition for layer chickens.

Chick Starter Lines: Specifically used for making baby chick starter feed and crumbled pellets. Machine fits high-precision screening and sizing stages for tiny poultry feed.

Raw Materials

Main Grain Materials: Handles standard energy ingredients like corn, wheat, and bulk grains. System fits initial grinding and mixing stages before the pelleting process.

Protein Meal Ingredients: Applied in processing protein-rich raw materials like soybean meal and rapeseed meal. It handles these core nutritional powders during hot conditioning stages.

Fibrous Raw Materials: Supports pelleting of high-fiber ingredients like wheat bran and rice bran. Application covers diverse complex formulas requiring reliable compaction of organic fibers.

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Buyer’s Guide & Support Center

All your questions are answered here! Below are answers to frequently asked questions about the chicken feed pellet maker, providing you with comprehensive answers.

How should a beginner choose the right machine?

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You can easily judge the machine specification based on your daily feed demands and floor space. Our professional team combines your poultry farm scale to recommend the perfect chicken feed pellet making machine configuration. You do not need to guess or make blind choices at all. Picking the right setup saves money immediately and works beautifully for your daily chores.

Is the operating noise of the machine very loud?

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Do not worry about loud noise because our engineers designed special sound reduction features into every unit. Large models utilize precise gear transmission while small chicken feed pellet machines run on heavy-duty belts and worm gears instead. Every single gear undergoes a special hardening process to smooth the surface completely. Shock-absorbing connectors kill vibrations at the source to ensure quiet performance during long shifts. The body uses heavy steel plates to absorb residual resonance from the motor. This complete design package reduces operating noise significantly compared to ordinary gear on the market.

Can I customize the pellet size?

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Yes, you can customize the final pellet sizes on your machine setup easily. The final dimension depends on the specific die hole diameter you install inside the compression chamber. Operators swap out these ring dies quickly to produce different sizes for various growth stages of your birds. This flexibility allows one animal feed machine to handle multiple feed recipes seamlessly throughout the year.

What causes the finished pellets to be loose and poorly formed?

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Loose pellets usually mean your raw materials contain incorrect moisture levels or your roller gap needs a quick adjustment. You can fix the shape instantly by tuning the ingredient humidity and tightening the space between the roller and die. Feed processing requires an ideal moisture range between 10% and 15% to form properly. Staying within these specific numbers is vital to ensure durable pellets and smooth operation.

How long can a chicken feed pellet making machine last?

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The service life of the machine depends on manufacturing quality, material type, and maintenance habits. Generally speaking, a well-maintained pellet making machine runs reliably for 10 to 20 years or even longer. Regular lubrication keeps the inner bearings safe from wear. Investing in heavy-duty gear gives you a dependable production asset that serves your farm for decades.

Do you provide technical support for installation and operation?

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Yes, RICHI provides full installation and operational support for your chicken feed pellet making machine investment. Our team helps plan your facility layout to optimize the workflow before the equipment arrives on site. Experienced RICHI engineers visit your plant to guide the physical installation process to get things running correctly. We train your operators on daily maintenance and troubleshooting to build their confidence. RICHI delivers a complete support network to eliminate your worries during production.