อุตสาหกรรมอาหารสัตว์เลี้ยงจำเป็นต้องมีการควบคุมกระบวนการผลิตอย่างเข้มงวด เนื่องจากโรงงานผลิตอาหารสัตว์เลี้ยงหลายแห่งผลิตสูตรอาหารที่หลากหลาย (บางแห่งอาจมีมากกว่า 150 สูตร) เพื่อให้ตรงตามคุณค่าทางโภชนาการที่ระบุบนฉลากของแต่ละผลิตภัณฑ์ การควบคุมคุณภาพที่ดีจะช่วยลดการผลิตซ้ำ ลดต้นทุน และเพิ่มผลผลิต
เทคนิคการวิเคราะห์ด้วยคลื่นใอินฟราเรดใกล้ (NIR) เป็นเครื่องมือสำคัญ ที่ช่วยวิเคราะห์วัตถุดิบและอาหารสัตว์เลี้ยงสำเร็จรูปอย่างรวดเร็ว (ใช้เวลาน้อยกว่า 1 นาที) สามารถวิเคราะห์ปริมาณความชื้น โปรตีน ไขมัน ใยอาหาร เถ้า และสารอาหารอื่น ๆ ได้พร้อมกัน ช่วยให้ควบคุมคุณภาพตั้งแต่เริ่มต้นกระบวนการผลิตจนถึงผลิตภัณฑ์สำเร็จรูป
เครื่องวิเคราะห์อาหารสัตว์เลี้ยง Unity Pet Food Analyzers ใช้เทคนิค NIR มีหลายรุ่นให้เลือก ขึ้นอยู่กับความต้องการใช้งาน
Quality and Process Control in a Pet Food Mill
The pet food industry has several characteristics that make tight process control a requirement for profitable feed
production. A key aspect to modern pet food production is the requirement to meet labeled specifications for each product. This is complicated by production of many different recipes and products per feed mill, with some mills producing over 150 distinct products. A fast and reliable means to analyze both the incoming ingredients and the finished product is required to ensure the efficient production of assorted products that meet the label requirements while minimizing re-work
and out of specification production. The second key aspect of modern pet food production is the variety and high cost of the incoming ingredients. These relatively expensive ingredients can show significant variations in nutritional quality batch to batch and across various ingredients. Least cost formulation in
combination with accurate and timely compositional analysis can provide the inputs required to consistently formulate various recipes
in the most cost effective manner.
Process Control Analysis Points in a Pet Food Mill
There are multiple points in a pet food mill where accurate and timely analytical values can help control the process, saving
money and improving yield, including:
• Raw material testing to verify supplier integrity
• Raw material testing to guide proper ration supplementation
• Raw material testing to control meal formulation
• Monitoring and controlling mixers and optimizing the addition of liquid fat
• Monitoring and controlling moisture levels in extruders and driers
• Verifying production batch values and optimizing fat spraying on pellets
• Verifying and documenting finished pet food label claims
NIR analysis is a proven technique that provides simultaneous results for moisture, protein, fat, fiber, ash, and other parameters in under a minute. Applications for pet food production can include the analysis of both the raw ingredients as well as the finished product which enables optimization of the process from
start to finish. The speed of analysis allows 100% measurement of incoming ingredients and finished pet food. Raw ingredients suppliers can be verified to ensure they are providing quality materials. The use of NIR ensures consistent quality in manufacturing and reduced re-work costs.
Value Proposition
There are many areas in a pet food mill where rapid analytical results can lead to increased efficiency and large cost savings, but perhaps the easiest to quantify is the moisture levels in the finished product. Typical moisture calibrations have an error of less than 0.5%. These highly accurate results combined with increased testing and immediate results from NIR analysis often times allows operators to run 1% closer to the labeled moisture levels, increasing yield and reducing raw feed costs.
Quality and Process Control in a Pet Food Mill
Unity Pet Food Analyzers are based on the SpectraStar Analyzer, featuring a sealed analyzer case and touch screen operation ready for at-line process control in pet food plants. The pet food analyzer packages are configured with several calibration options: The US-2600-PET1 Pet Food Analyzer Basic is designed for the analysis of hard and soft flours and includes:
• SpectraStar 2600XL(Rotating) Spectrometer (1100 – 2600 nm)
• Large open sample cups with plunger US-LGOP-0001
• Unity calibrations for dry, finished pet food
• 1 year free calibration support
The US-2600-PET2 Pet Food Analyzer Deluxe adds INGOT calibrations from
Aunir for finished feeds and over 70 ingredients. The Pet Food Analyzer Deluxe
includes:
• SpectraStar 2600XL (Ro vtating) Spectrometer (1100 – 2600 nm)
• Large open sample cups with plunger US-LGOP-0001
• Ingot calibrations for finished feeds including dog, cat, ferret, rabbit, guinea pig, avian pet foods
• Ingot calibrations for feed ingredients including cereals, oil seeds, nuts, vegetable and fruit pulps, legumes, roughage and animal meals
• 1 year calibration support and guarantee from Aunir The US-2600-PET3 Pet Food Analyzer XLR includes the extended range XLR
spectrometer for maximum versatility. The Pet Food Analyzer XLR includes:
• SpectraStar 2600XLR (Rotating) Spectrometer (680 – 2600 nm)
• Large open sample cups with plunger US-LGOP-0001
• Ingot calibrations for finished feeds including dog, cat, ferret, rabbit, guinea pig, avian pet foods
• Ingot calibrations for feed ingredients including cereals, oil seeds, nuts, vegetable and fruit pulps, legumes, roughage and animal meals
• 1 year calibration support and guarantee from Aunir
