Co-granule Enzyme Dosing for Animal Feed
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Solution Overview
Problem
The existing methods for mixing two enzyme activities in animal feed face challenges in achieving proper dosing due to differences in shape, size, and physical features of individual enzyme granules, leading to inconsistent distribution and dosing issues.
Innovation Solution
The development of co-granules comprising a core with two or more enzyme classes coated with a protective layer, ensuring homogeneity such that the quantity and ratio of enzymes in each co-granule are consistent across 90% of the composition, facilitating reliable and consistent dosing.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If two individual enzyme granulates are mixed into the premix or feed, then two enzyme activities are provided, but proper dosing is difficult to achieve due to differences in shape, size and physical features affecting distribution
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple enzyme granulates into a single co-granule structure, merging enzymes from different sources into one unified particle. This eliminates the distribution problems associated with mixing separate granulates, as the homogeneous co-granule ensures consistent dosing while maintaining multiple enzyme activities.
Solution Approach 2:
The co-granule structure provides homogeneous physical and chemical properties throughout the particle, ensuring that enzymes are uniformly distributed within each granule. This homogeneity translates to consistent dosing performance and reliable distribution in the premix or feed, resolving the dosing accuracy problem.
2Adaptability or versatility
If two enzyme co-granules are mixed, then two enzyme activities are achieved, but adequate mixing for proper dosing is problematic
Solution Approach 1:
By merging multiple enzymes into a single co-granule rather than requiring mixing of separate granules, the patent eliminates the mixing efficiency problem. The co-granule is treated as one unit with uniform properties, making it easy to handle and distribute without complex mixing requirements.
3Adaptability or versatility
If individual enzyme granules with different physical features are used, then multiple enzyme activities are provided, but their distribution within a mixture is inconsistent
Solution Approach 1:
The co-granule structure ensures homogeneous composition by uniformly distributing multiple enzymes within a single particle. This homogeneous structure maintains stable distribution characteristics, eliminating the inconsistency problems associated with mixing granules of different physical features.
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AI summary
An animal feed comprising an animal feed additive, said additive comprising co-granules, each co-granule comprising at least two classes of enzymes, said co-granules comprising a core unit and a protective coating such that the dose of each of the enzymes in the feed is set in each granule rather than by the level of homogeneity of single-enzyme granules or by the efficiency of the mixing.