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A method for preparing a batch of animal feed from a plurality of ingredients

A technology of animal feed and equipment, which is applied in the field of preparing a group of animal feed by using multiple ingredients, can solve the problem that animal feed cannot be effectively converted into beef cattle, so as to avoid the formation of over-mixing and under-mixing, and ensure the formation of over-mixing and under-mixing , precisely determined effects

Active Publication Date: 2013-02-13
ALLTECH FARMING SOLUTIONS LTD
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Decreased ability to digest nutrients in animal feed resulting in ineffective conversion of animal feed into weight gain for beef cattle or milk for dairy cows

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example 1

[0071]

[0072] The animal feed group prepared using the ingredients in the table of Example 1 is particularly suitable for feeding dairy cows.

[0073] In Example 1, the duration of the mixing cycle was 106 revolutions of the paddle mixer 17 . Syrup, which is a liquid ingredient, is the first ingredient added to mixing chamber 14 at the beginning of the mixing cycle. The syrup is added first to bulk up the powder and to ensure that no powdered ingredients, such as concentrate, are lost. The next ingredient to be added to the mixing chamber 14 is the main fiber ingredient (straw in this example) and is added to the mixing chamber 14 when the number of revolutions of the paddle mixer 17 is counted as 10 from the start of the mixing cycle . The paddle mixer 17 was rotated 10 times between the start of the mixing cycle and the start of the straw addition operation to provide time for the addition of the syrup. The adding process of sugar syrup will continue the time that pa...

example 2

[0075]

[0076] An animal feed group prepared using the ingredients in the table of Example 2 is particularly suitable for feeding non-milking cows.

[0077] In Example 2, the duration of the mixing cycle was 188 revolutions of the paddle mixer 17 . In the table of Example 2, the straw is the ingredient that actually needs to undergo the most number of revolutions of the paddle mixer 17 . However, as in Example 1, the syrup ingredient is added to the mixing chamber 14 before the straw is added. The paddle mixer 17 was given 10 revolutions to allow sufficient time for the syrup to be added. Thus, in Example 2, the duration of the mixing cycle was calculated as the total number of paddle mixer 17 revolutions the straw experienced plus an additional 10 revolutions to facilitate the addition of syrup. The straw undergoes 178 revolutions of the paddle mixer 17, so the duration of the mixing cycle is 188 revolutions of the paddle mixer 17.

example 3

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[0080] The animal feed group prepared using the ingredients in the table of Example 3 is particularly suitable for feeding beef cattle.

[0081] In Example 3, the duration of the mixing cycle was 139 revolutions of the paddle mixer 17 . In the table of Example 3, the maximum number of revolutions of the paddle mixer 17 that the potato ingredients actually need to undergo is 129 revolutions of the paddle mixer 17 . In this example, however, the distillers grains component, which is a liquid component, is added to the mixing chamber 14 before the potatoes are added. Delaying the 10 revolutions of the paddle mixer 17 from the start of the mixing cycle (at which point the addition of distiller's grains begins) will provide sufficient time to add the distiller's grains to the mixing chamber 14 before adding the potatoes. Therefore, the duration of the mixing cycle for the animal feed group of Example 3 was determined to be the maximum number of paddle mixer 17 rotation...

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Abstract

A batch of animal feed from a plurality of ingredients is prepared in a mixer / feeder wagon (1) where the ingredients require respective predefined mixing periods during a mixing cycle in the mixer / feeder wagon (1). The mixer / feeder wagon (1) comprises a mixing compartment (14) in which a mixing rotor provided by a paddle mixer (17) is rotatably mounted. Stationary chopping blades (42) mounted in a base (43) of the mixing compartment (14) cooperate with the paddle mixer (17) for chopping fibrous material during the mixing cycle. The appropriate predefined mixing periods required for the respective ingredients are determined in order to avoid over-mixing and under-mixing of the ingredients, and the predefined mixing period is defined as the number of revolutions of the paddle mixer (17) to which that ingredient is to be subjected. The duration of the mixing cycle is defined as the number of revolutions of the paddle mixer (17) to which the ingredient which requires the largest number of revolutions of the paddle mixer (17) is to be subjected. The ingredient which requires the largest number of revolutions of the paddle mixer (17) is loaded into the mixing compartment (17) at the commencement of a mixing cycle. The counts of revolutions of the paddle mixer (17) from the commencement of the mixing cycle at which the respective remaining ingredients are to be loaded into the mixing compartment (14) are determined so that the number of revolutions of the paddle mixer (17) remaining in the mixing cycle from the count at which each ingredient is to be loaded into the mixing compartment (14) is equal to the predefined number of counts of revolutions of the paddle mixer (17) to which that ingredient is to be subjected by the paddle mixer (17).

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to a method of preparing a set of animal feeds using a plurality of ingredients. Background technique [0002] Mixer / feeder equipment, in particular mixer / feeder carts, are commonly used to prepare animal feed groups from multiple ingredients. Typical mixer / feeder carts are disclosed in PCT Application Publication No. WO 96 / 32836 and UK Patent Specification No. 2,139,911. An advantage of preparing groups of animal feed in such a mixer / feeder trolley is that, once prepared, the mixer / feeder trolley can be towed to a position for dispensing the prepared animal feed to the animals. Typically, when the animals are housed in the intensive housing unit, animal feed may be distributed along a longitudinally extending trough within the reach of the animals. When preparing animal feed, it is important to avoid overmixing and undermixing of the animal feed in such mixer / feeder carts. Undermixing of the animal feed results in insu...

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Patent Type & Authority Patents(China)
IPC IPC(8): A01K5/00A23K10/32
CPCA23K1/146A23K1/12A23K3/02A01K5/002A23K10/32A23K10/37A23K30/10Y10S366/603Y02P60/87
Inventor J·J·迈克柯迪O·T·奥内尔H·迈克纳布科尔J·J-V·埃翁S·D·韦尔林T·J·彭非尔
Owner ALLTECH FARMING SOLUTIONS LTD