March 25, 2021

Adiveter embraces Industry 4.0 with Pellet Plus On-line System

Press release

We face a new industrial revolution whose objective is to achieve new manufacturing systems that allow greater customisation, integrated solutions and the adaptation of both products and services to customers.  In this new era of digitalisation, technology plays a very important role in information flow, and avoids human error, thus optimising production processes.

The incorporation of Industry 4.0 allows feed mills to be more competitive, aligning them with market trends and enabling further growth in the sector.

Feed moisture level control plays a fundamental role in the production process of feed mills and has an impact on overall profit of the mills, also affecting feed safety, nutritional value and shelf life. The real-time adjustment and monitoring of moisture level in the final feed allows for a greater homogenisation of the finished product and increases its quality.

Adiveter, whose main objective is to help customers produce safe and efficient feed, has developed cutting-edge technology for moisture level control through big data, and equipment and data management tools to automate the moisture level of feed and the feed production process - on the Pellet Plus On-line system. The digitisation process allows for generating additional value to data, generating more interpretable and immediate information, and maximising benefits for customers.

The Pellet Plus On-line System allows for on-time measurement of moisture level through the installation of a sensor in the mixer. A SCADA (Supervisory control and data acquisition) control computer interrelates the moisture values detected by the sensor with the target moisture value depending on the type of feed manufactured. Based on these values, the SCADA control computer determines the required amount of Re-Hydra Pro solution to be used in the dosing equipment.

Re-Hydra Pro is a surfactant and wetting solution developed by Adiveter with more than 15 years in the market, based on a unique combination of surfactants and organic acids that increases pellet durability and optimises and homogenises the amount of moisture in the final pellet.

Pellet Plus On-line technology brings several advantages to feed mills: 1) Increases pellet quality, production capacity (t/h), pelletising yield (kwh/t), protein digestibility, metabolisable energy, starch gelatinisation, palatability, and antimicrobial protection of feed; 2) Decreases: production costs, fines return, energy consumption, roller slippage, die blockage; feed rejection, water activity, and die wear.