摘要 |
APPARATUS FOR THE TREATMENT OF PKE AND PKM TO CONVERT IT INTO A HIGHLY NUTRITIOUS FEED FOR MONO-GASTRIC ANIMALS, COMPRISES A ROTATABLE DRUM HAVING AT ONE END A CENTRALLY LOCATED INLET AND OUTLET SYSTEM IN THE FORM OF A FEED SCREW ROTATABLE WITHIN IN A TUBE OUTSIDE THE DRUM AND A SEMI-CYLINDRICAL GUTTER INSIDE THE DRUMEXTENDING AXIALLY OF THE DRUM OVER A PART OF ITS LENGTH, THE SCREW FEEDING MATERIAL INTO THE DRUM WHEN ROTATED IN ONE DIRECTION AND DISCHARGING MATERIAL FROM THE DRUM WHEN ROTATED IN ONE DIRECTION, THE DRUM HAVING A HELICAL VANE ON ITS INSIDE SURFACE, SUCH THAT ROTATION OF THE DRUM IN ONE DIRECTION CAUSES THE MATERIAL IN THE DRUM TO PASS ALONG THE DRUM TOWARDS THE END REMOTE FROM INLET/OUTLET END AND ROTATION OF THE DRUM IN THE OTHER DIRECTION CAUSES THE MATERIAL TO MOVE BACK TOWARDS THE INLET/OUTLET END AND AT LEAST ONE SCOOP AT THE INLET/OULET END FOR LIFTING MATERIAL AT THE INLET/OUTLET END AND DROPPING IT INTO THE GUTTER OF THE FEED SCREW, SENSOR MEANS FOR MONITORING CONDITIONS OF MOISTURE CONTENT, TEMPERATURE AND PH, AND MEANS FOR PASSING HEATED DRY AIR INTO THE DRUM FROM END OF THE DRUM REMOTE FROM THE INLET/OUTLET... A METHOD FOR CONVERSION OF PALM KERNEL EXPELLER OR PALM KERNEL MEAL TO A HIGHLY NUTRITIOUS FEED FOR MONO-GASTRIC ANIMALS USING THE APPARATUS IS ALSO DESCRIBED.(FIG. 2)
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