Cow Feed Production Line in Algeria

First, a loader delivers dry alfalfa bales into a disc-type bale breaker to break them apart while simultaneously cutting the long alfalfa into shorter lengths. The chopped alfalfa is then piled in a temporary storage area for further drying and moisture stabilization.

A loader transfers the chopped, short alfalfa into a small 2m³ buffer hopper, ensuring a stable and uniform feed rate to prevent clogging caused by inconsistent feeding into the pulverizer. The material first passes through an iron remover to capture metal debris—such as wire and nails—thereby protecting the hammer mill and the downstream pellet mill.

The hammer mill further pulverizes the short alfalfa to the fineness required for cattle feed pellet production.

The pulverizing process is equipped with a cyclone and pulse dust collection system. This system uses negative pressure to capture dust generated during the operation, thereby improving the workshop environment and meeting environmental protection standards.

Qualified alfalfa meal is conveyed to a buffer bin to ensure a steady feed supply to the cattle feed pellet machine. The material undergoes steam conditioning—which enhances plasticity and eliminates pathogens—before being formed into cylindrical pellets through powerful extrusion.

Freshly formed cow feed pellets are hot and soft; they must be fed into a cooler to rapidly lower their temperature, increase pellet hardness, reduce moisture content, and prevent mold growth.

The cooled pellets drop into a screening machine located beneath the cooler, which separates the qualified pellets from fine powder and fragments. The screened-out fines are recycled back into the pelleting process, thereby improving raw material utilization and minimizing waste.

Qualified cow feed pellets are conveyed to the finished product silo and quantitatively bagged, completing the finishing process.