Full-Cycle Engineering Feed-Mill Lines — From Grain to Finished Feed
A feed mill is a complex system of high-tech equipment designed to process grains, legumes, and other crops into balanced feed, covering the entire cycle: dosing, grinding, mixing, pelletizing, and packaging.
START-UP Conveyor Service, together with the global manufacturer Özbaşak Değirmen, designs and implements feed-mill lines for farms, livestock complexes, and industrial plants, ensuring recipe accuracy, consistent batch quality, automated processes, and a European level of safety.
Integration of the feed-mill line with conveying systems, aspiration, and STIF safety technologies ensures a safe, stable, and continuous production process.
Thanks to precise dosing, controlled granulometry, and minimal raw-material losses, customers benefit from lower feed cost (up to –25%), predictable productivity, and fast return on investment.
Your Problems — Our Solutions
Technological Processes
Milling and Dosing
Packaging Line
Pelletizing
Flaking
Turnkey Project Implementation Format
Engineering
Supply
Installation
Commissioning and Handover
FAQ — Questions Clients Frequently Ask
If your feed consumption exceeds ~0.5 t/h, an in-house line is often economically justified: up to –25% lower feed cost, full control over formulations, and a 12–24 month payback period.
Вибір продуктивності залежить від добового споживання кормів. Якщо господарство використовує 13 т/добу, раціонально встановлювати лінію 5 т/год із роботою в одну зміну або 3 т/год у дві зміни.
Комбікормовий завод 10 т/год доцільний для агрохолдингів із великим поголів’ям або для комерційного продажу кормів. Надмірна потужність збільшує інвестиції та термін окупності, тому проектування має базуватися на реальних розрахунках.
The cost of a turnkey feed mill is determined not only by its capacity (3–20 t/h), but also by the economic load of the farm.
For example, with a herd of 1,000 dairy cows, average feed consumption may reach approximately 13 t/day. In such cases, a 5–10 t/h production line with capacity reserve is typically the optimal solution.
Building your own feed mill can reduce feed costs by 20–30%, thanks to direct raw material procurement and full control over feed formulations. The final cost depends on equipment configuration, automation level, and energy efficiency.
Use IE4–IE5 drives, optimize conveying speed, minimize idle cycles —
overall energy reduction up to –15%.
With a daily consumption of 10–15 tons of compound feed, an in-house feed mill can generate significant monthly savings by eliminating the margin between purchased feed and in-house production costs.
For example:
Even a saving of €10–15 per ton at a volume of 300–400 tons per month creates a strong positive cash flow.
Under such conditions, the payback period typically ranges from 1.5 to 3 years, depending on the investment model and project scope.
Aspiration, explosion-relief panels, airlocks, temperature and speed sensors, CE/ATEX compliance.
We include all required systems as part of our standard solutions.
You need recipe correction, moisture control, and pre-screening before grinding.
We offer modules for raw-material analysis and adaptive feeding.
Underestimating aspiration needs, selecting equipment without reserve capacity, manual dosing, incorrect conveying layout, lack of service access.
We eliminate these risks at the engineering stage.
Typical timeframe: 2–6 months, depending on project scale, logistics, and facility condition.
Poultry — 2–4 mm
Swine — 4–6 mm
Cattle — larger pellets or flakes
Our hammer mills support the full 0.2–5 mm granulometry range.
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Elevator Systems
Kostiantyn Bushko
With over 10 years of experience managing engineering projects in the elevator and grain-processing sectors — including design, construction, modernization, technical audits, equipment supply, and capital procurement — I lead technical presales and integrated solutions for elevator facilities at START-UP.
My approach is based on operational reliability, engineering precision, and strategic partnership at every stage of project implementation.