Research and development
ANDRITZ FEED & BIOFUEL focuses on developing process technologies and products for production of feed and biofuel pellets. The focus lies on developing complete plant designs and overall process solutions as well as single process machines, either for greenfield projects or for process optimization, with the goal of minimizing operating costs and maximizing energy efficiency and environmental protection.
ANDRITZ FEED & BIOFUEL continuously develops and explores the possibilities for product improvements to meet the increasing demand for higher production capacities, controllability, traceability, low maintenance cost, easy operation, and energy-efficient production in order to make our customers more competitive in their respective markets.
R&D activities in 2011
In order to improve production capacities in pelleting plants using biomass raw materials (especially wood or straw), the business area launched the BioMax pellet mill. BioMax provides double the throughput compared to the highest capacity machines so far available in the market. The higher capacity mill results in fewer lines being required for each plant, lower operating costs due to the reduced need for staffing, as well as increased energy efficiency and low maintenance requirements.
Based on the demand from the aquatic feed and pet food industries, as well as feed ingredient processing industries, the business area also launched a new extrusion program for the production of all kinds of fish feed, shellfish feed, and pet food. The extruders have been improved in terms of capacity, energy efficiency, controllability, wear part and maintenance cost, lifetime, hygienic standards, as well as cleaning.
R&D on complete plant designs and overall process solutions as well as single process machines
