With the rapid development of aquaculture, the demand for high-quality fish feed pellets continues to rise. To enhance farming efficiency and promote faster fish growth, upgrading pellet quality using a reliable fish feed pelleting machine is essential for any fish feed production plant. Choosing the right fish feed pelleting machine can significantly improve the fish feed making process efficiency, reduce production loss in a fish feed processing plant, and ensure the color, shape, and nutrition of the fish feed pellets remain consistent.
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What Is a Fish Feed Pelleting Machine?
A fish feed pelleting machine is a specialized device that compresses powdery or semi-moist mixed feed through compression, friction, and shearing using advanced fish feed machinery to form uniform pellets. The fish feed manufacturing process usually operates at low temperatures between 60°C to 95°C to preserve the bioactivity of proteins, vitamins, and trace elements in the pellets. This makes it ideal for producing either floating or sinking pellets suited for various fish species in a professional fish feed production plant.
Four Major Types of Fish Feed Cover Over 90% of the Market Demand
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Floating fish feed pellets: Suitable for species like tilapia, goldfish, and koi. The pellet density is usually below 1 g/cm³, allowing pellets to float on water surface, making feeding observation easy.
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Sinking feed for fish: Designed for species such as bass, catfish, and bottom-dwelling shrimp. Pellet density is above 1.2 g/cm³, ensuring pellets sink and meet different fish feeding habits.
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Neutral density pellets: Pellet density lies between floating and sinking types, suitable for fish with specific water layer preferences.
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Specialty aquatic formula feed: Protein content up to 45% and fat content as high as 18%, meeting the needs of high-end aquaculture operations in aqua feed mills.
Raw Materials for Fish Pellet Manufacturing
Due to the different production requirements, raw material composition, plant layout and budget of different customers, we are unable to provide uniform fish feed machinery configuration and price quotes in this article. If you would like to get a complete solution for your fish feed plant, a detailed equipment specification list or a customized quotation, please feel free to contact ABC Machinery, our engineers team will provide you with one-to-one technical consulting and selection advice according to your actual situation.
Fish Feed Pelleting Machine production process core analysis
In modern fish feed processing production lines, Fish Feed Pelleting Machine is not only a key fish feed processing machine in the fish feed processing line, but also a core link that affects pellet quality, nutrition retention and stability in water. The following five process steps are key nodes to ensure efficient and stable production of feed.
Controlled at ≤0.5mm of Raw material pretreatment: crushing accuracy
The uniformity of fish feed pellets starts from the source. Through high-speed crushing equipment, raw materials such as corn, soybean meal, and fish meal are refined to less than 0.5mm, which significantly improves the integration of subsequent conditioning and granulation of the fish feed production line, laying the foundation for the formation of fish feed pellets.
±1.2°C of Intelligent conditioning treatment stable
The conditioning stage of the fish feed pellet production line determines the bonding strength and nutrition preservation of the feed pellets. The ABC Machinery intelligent PID temperature control system is used to achieve segmented steam conditioning, minimize the protein denaturation of fish feed pellets, and the nutrition retention rate can reach more than 95%, which is suitable for the formulation of thermosensitive enzymes and probiotics.
Efficient pelleting within ±0.2mm
The pelleting process affects the palatability and feeding efficiency of fish. ABC Machinery's Fish Feed Pelleting Machine supports 1.0–10mm diameter adjustment. The fish feed pellet production process is equipped with high-precision molds and pneumatic pelletizing systems to ensure that the diameter error of fish feed pellets is ≤±0.2mm. The forming rate of the fish feed pellet production line is as high as 98%, which is suitable for fish species at different stages.
10–12% of Multi-layer moisture drying and cooling maintained
The stable drying process prevents pellets from mold and cracking. The entire line uses a combination of multi-layer hot air dryers and countercurrent cooling towers to achieve balanced removal of pellet moisture, keep the final product moisture between 10–12%, extend the shelf life and improve packaging safety.
Stability ≥ 30 minutes Finished product screening and stability testing
The last link is to verify the quality of fish feed pellets. By removing unqualified particles through a vibrating screening system and conducting a disintegration resistance test in water, the particles produced by the ABC Machinery production line can remain stable in water for 30-60 minutes, reducing the waste of raw materials for fish feed particles, improving feeding efficiency, and avoiding water pollution.
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Trusted Fish Feed Pelleting Solutions Worldwide
ABC Machinery’s technology and engineering expertise empower aquafeed mills globally with efficient, intelligent, and stable fish feed production plants widely recognized in the market:
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Energy-efficient fish feed production process design reduces unit energy consumption by approximately 15% compared to traditional setups, with intelligent standby and adaptive feeding support.
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Modular design reduces footprint by 20% versus conventional plants.
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24/7 multilingual technical support with remote diagnostics and video guidance.
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Dust emission control below 30mg/m³ with dust removal efficiency ≥99.5%, exceeding many national environmental standards.
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Integrated weighing, traceability, stacking, and dispatch systems reduce manual intervention to under 20%.
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RFID systems track raw materials to finished products, increasing traceability efficiency by over 80%.
Setting up Fish Pellet Production Project for Sale
As global aquaculture expands, fish feed pelleting machine technology continues to evolve toward higher efficiency, intelligence, and eco-friendliness. Whether you are establishing a small-scale fish feed factory or expanding your complete feed mill plant, ABC Machinery offers mature and customizable fish feed pelleting machine solutions. Contact us now to receive detailed equipment specifications, successful case studies, and personalized quotation plans!
