Development of a Densification Machine for Crop Residue based Animal Feed Blocks

Authors

  • A Singh Principal Scientist, Division of Agricultural Engineering, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi-110012, India Author
  • JS Panwar Principal Scientist, Division of Agricultural Engineering, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi-110012, India Author
  • Adarsh Kumar Senior Scientist, Division of Agricultural Engineering, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi-110012, India Author
  • SK Jha Scientist, Division of Agricultural Engineering, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi-110012, India Author
  • A Pandeya Research Associate, Division of Agricultural Engineering, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi-110012, India Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.52151/jae2002391.0992

Abstract

A laboratory model and a commercially viable hydraulic machine, capable of compacting animal feed materials into feed blocks were developed. The bulk density of the roughage based feed blocks from these machines was found to be 4 to 5 times more than that of the original feed material. The commercial model produced 30 to 40 blocks of 20 cm x 20 cm with variable thickness per hour. The machine has been tested extensively for different crop straw and menu based feed mixtures for cattle

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Published

2002-03-31

Issue

Vol. 39 No. 1 (2002)

Section

Regular Issue

How to Cite

A Singh, JS Panwar, Adarsh Kumar, SK Jha, & A Pandeya. (2002). Development of a Densification Machine for Crop Residue based Animal Feed Blocks. Journal of Agricultural Engineering (India), 39(1), 9-15. https://doi.org/10.52151/jae2002391.0992