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High Accuracy Batching of Dry Ingredients for Wet Pet Food Applications

The accurate and automated addition of dry ingredients including majors, minors and micros to the wet pet food process is critical to maintaining low overall cost of high value ingredients, improved product quality, and overall process efficiency. In addition, automated material handling methods such as pneumatic transfer and automated dispensing eliminate typically manual steps and greatly improve overall pet food product safety. Coperion K-Tron’s extensive line of products specific to the pet food industry, as well as its process expertise based on numerous installations, all ensure the optimal in process design and product quality. This application sheet will focus on the various methods available for automated transfer and batch weighing direct to the wet pet food production process.