Poultry and cow feed mill in Lebanon

animal feed factory project

The first request distinguished two processing needs: approximately 500 kg/h for dogs, cats and floating fish feed, and around 2–3 T/H for livestock and poultry pellets. It also asked for continuous processing through packing. These were enquiry targets, rather than the final capacities of equipment installed under the first contract.

Haidar introduced himself as a mechanical engineer and supplied the warehouse height at the start of the discussion. This gave the design team a useful physical constraint before arranging the machinery. The available height needed to accommodate equipment, receiving points, transfer connections and maintenance access—not just the bare height of the pellet press.

The first-phase decision reduced the number of product technologies that had to be purchased and learned together. Poultry and cattle feeds share a weighing, grinding, mixing and ring-die pressing concept. Dry pet food and floating fish feed require extrusion and additional finishing duties, so they remained a separate development stage.

Project detailFirst-phase boundary
CustomerHaidar Haidar; mechanical engineer
Initial contactOctober 6, 2020
Contract signedJune 7, 2023
Warehouse height supplied5.8 metres; clearances require layout review
Intended destination portBeirut
Purchased process focusPoultry and cattle pelleting
Later development intentionPet-food and fish-feed extrusion

The selected animal feed production line therefore centred on poultry and cattle pellets. Keeping that first feed pellet production line distinct from the extrusion proposal helped define the machinery, services and products being purchased. The first-phase scope does not include a completed pet-food or floating-feed factory.

The project was planned in the 1–2 T/H class, with an SZLH250 press identified for the first phase. For equipment assessment, a conservative published reference for this model is 1–1.5 T/H with a 22 kW main motor. The actual poultry and cattle recipes require separate trials; the upper project figure is not a guaranteed output for every diet.

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The poultry feed production line and cattle-feed programme draw on grain, milling by-products and protein meals. Corn, wheat bran, soybean meal and barley provide different nutritional and processing contributions. Alfalfa meal can be considered for the cattle formulation, but its fibre and bulk characteristics must be included in the equipment assessment.

Ingredients may be purchased from Lebanese mills and distributors or supplied through imports. For this small feed mill in Lebanon, the relevant receiving information is the material identity, condition and analysis, rather than a blanket local-origin claim. For Haidar’s mixed product plan, each lot must be suitable for the diet that will actually use it.

IngredientSelection and preparation
CornClean grain; diet-specific grinding
Wheat branQualified milling by-product
Soybean mealAgreed protein and quality specification
BarleySuitable analysis and grinding setting
Alfalfa mealPrepared meal; cattle-formula fibre assessment
Premixes and mineralsAccurate weighing and controlled incorporation

A cattle pellet is defined by its role in the ration. This compact grain-and-meal system can prepare an agreed concentrate or supplement; it does not eliminate the need for suitable forage. Long hay, fresh forage and wet material need preparation outside the ordinary meal-feed route before any pelleting assessment. Poultry recipes follow their own nutrient and particle specifications.

The animal feed mill plant layout has to work within the reported warehouse height while leaving room for equipment connections and service access. A low-profile arrangement may use shorter lifts, side-by-side machines and controlled transfers, subject to the actual floor plan. The 5.8-metre figure alone cannot establish a finished layout or required building area.

The material route is: ingredient weighing and cleaning → recipe-specific grinding → batch mixing → steam conditioning → ring-die pressing → counterflow cooling → size screening → weighed bagging. Transfer heights and access points are checked along that complete route, rather than around isolated machine drawings.

Process stageMaterial or operating check
GrindingParticle specification for the selected diet
MixingIngredient weights and complete batch cycle
SZLH250 poultry feed pellet making machineConditioned mash and recipe-specific die
livestock feed pellet machine coolingAdequate air and stable outlet condition
ScreeningAccepted size and compatible fines return
PackingWeight, closure and lot identification

The SZLH250 small feed making machine can be assessed for further livestock diets when the formula and physical grade are specified. That assessment includes fibre, ingredient preparation, pellet diameter and die performance. A sheep feed, rabbit diet or horse product requires a dedicated formulation, not an automatic extension of a poultry recipe.

The poultry and cattle pellet line in Lebanon should make poultry and cattle batches easy to distinguish. Recipe sheets, material routing, screen settings and bag identification follow the selected diet. This package does not list a crumbler, so young-bird crumbs should not be presented as a supplied product capability without a separately specified crumbling and grading step.

Product groupCurrent process roleQualification needed
Poultry pelletsRing-die pelleted dietsFormula, diameter and measured rate
Cattle pelletsConcentrate or supplementRation role and fibre preparation
Young-bird crumbsNo crumbler listedAdditional crumbling and grading scope
Pet food and floating fish feedLater extrusion intentionSeparate equipment and product trials

The poultry feed mill equipment selection needs an agreed power supply, starting sequence and steam service, along with suitable material handling. The press main-motor rating is only one item in the electrical schedule. Grinding, mixing, cooling, transfers and packing must all be included before the installation load is settled.

Haidar’s small scale feed mill uses one press rather than parallel small presses. The following equipment duties keep the arrangement focused on the first-phase products. Auxiliary sizes depend on the batch cycle, the agreed prepared-mash rate and the actual finishing load.

MachineSelection or boundary
Hammer millPrepared-mash supply and agreed grind
Horizontal mixerFull-cycle batch rate
SZLH250 small animal feed pellet machineOne press; 22 kW main motor
Counterflow coolerHot-feed load and available cooling air
Vibrating screenPellet grading and controlled fines return
Semi-automatic baggingWeighing, bag closure and removal

The model reference, project target and packed output describe different things. A catalogue range helps select a press; the site target defines the intended production duty; packed output is what remains after cooling, screening and acceptance. Keeping those quantities separate gives Haidar a realistic basis for orders, staffing and ingredient purchasing.

At a reference 1.5 T/H of accepted pellets, 25 kg bags require 60 complete bags each hour, while 50 kg bags require 30. The station must weigh, close and remove the bags at that rate. These are arithmetic planning examples, not a measured speed for the contracted packing machine or a factory production record.

Planning basisCalculated demandInterpretation
250 kg batches at 1 T/H15-minute complete cycleIllustrative batch schedule
250 kg batches at 1.5 T/H10-minute complete cycleIncludes filling and discharge
1.5 T/H in 25 kg bags60 bags/hourOne complete bag/minute
1.5 T/H in 50 kg bags30 bags/hourOne complete bag/two minutes

The poultry and cow feed mill in Lebanon needs a coordinated installation drawing based on the actual warehouse. Clear height should be checked below beams, roof members and other obstructions. In addition to the production path, the drawing should show access for die removal, cooler inspection, screen replacement and movement of ingredient and finished-feed bags.

Building or service interfaceRequired check
Overhead clearanceMachine, transfer and maintenance envelopes
Floor layoutOperating aisles and bag movement
Installation routeDoors, unloading and lifting access
Electrical serviceComplete load list and restart sequence
Steam serviceDelivery, condensate removal and isolation
Future equipment areaSeparate extrusion layout assessment

For the livestock feed production line, inbound handling also matters. The enquiry named Beirut as the intended port, but that does not establish a delivery record. Equipment dimensions, unloading arrangements, door openings and the route to each machine position need to agree before the shipment and installation programme are finalised.

Pet food and floating fish feed remained part of Haidar’s longer-term intention. An extrusion stage would require its own preparation specification, conditioning, extrusion, drying, cooling and, where needed, coating. The proposed 500 kg/h enquiry target would also need an explicit basis—prepared feed, wet extrudate or released finished product.

Planning ahead can preserve access, possible utility connections and a candidate equipment area. It cannot prove that the current 5.8-metre building can accommodate every future dryer, transfer and service requirement. An extrusion layout and utility review should therefore be completed separately before the owner commits to that next phase.

The poultry and cow feed mill in Lebanon is a phased purchase with a specific starting constraint: one compact pellet route inside an existing building. Its useful engineering brief links the poultry and cattle recipes to ingredient preparation, a realistic press duty and a bagging plan. That connection matters more than treating every future product as an immediate machine capability.

For a similar project, send RICHI the poultry and cattle feed types, ingredient analyses, desired pellet diameters and required packed quantities. Include a building plan with clear heights and available electrical and heat services. These inputs allow equipment and transfers to be checked against both product demand and the space available.

Keep pet food and aquafeed targets in a separate expansion brief if they are part of the business plan. RICHI can then distinguish the first pellet package from later extrusion equipment, identify shared interfaces and develop each phase around its own operating and finished-product requirements.

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