Innovative Solutions for Corn and Soy for Animals
As a global leader in extrusion technology, Insta-Pro continues to push the boundaries of what’s possible in animal feed processing. These innovations are not just technical upgrades; they are practical solutions to the most pressing challenges faced by feed millers, livestock producers, and integrators.
Our extruders feature optimized barrel and screw configurations specifically engineered for processing high-starch and high-protein inputs like corn and soy. The result is precise control over residence time, moisture, and temperature, critical factors in maintaining protein quality while maximizing starch gelatinization.
Optimized Extrusion for Corn
Corn is a staple energy source in livestock diets, but the digestibility of its starch varies widely depending on how it’s processed. Our high-shear dry extruders for cereal grain, like the Model 2000CG, generate the intense mechanical and thermal energy needed to gelatinize starch upwards of 90%, effectively improving the energy utilization by animals. This gelatinization value can be delivered in one extrusion pass, without requiring external steam systems, making it easier and more cost-effective to install and operate.
The enhanced gelatinization is particularly valuable in nursery pig diets, where digestibility is key to early growth, and poultry starter feeds, where uniform pellet quality affects feed conversion rates.
Soybean Meal & Oil Stability
When it comes to soybeans, processing is essential to deactivate anti-nutritional factors like trypsin inhibitors and urease. High-shear dry extrusion achieves a full cook, resulting in a safer and more digestible protein ingredient. We’ve engineered our extruders to process with precise temperature and shear profiles. This maximizes the rumen bypass protein in ruminant diets and improves amino acid availability for poultry and swine.
The process also enhances shelf stability for both the soybean meal and oil. Reducing moisture and deactivating spoilage-causing enzymes and microbes, the process produces ingredients that resist rancidity and degradation. This gives producers an edge, offering a clean-label, value-added feed option that performs in the field and stores well in the bin for long periods.
Increasing Capacity High-Shear Dry Extruders
Insta-Pro continues to innovate its equipment size and output, such as the Model 9000 extruder which produces 4 TPH, have been released in the last couple years. It allows for a 57% smaller building footprint, fewer moving parts, and larger economies of scale. This will allow for more larger-scale animal operations to operate with fewer pieces of equipment, higher capacity, while meeting the quality output and return that our extruders can provide.
High-shear dry extrusion continues to revolutionize corn and soy processing for animal feed. Innovations in design, consistency, and increased capacities are responding to the demand for sustainable, high-performance animal nutrition. High-Shear Dry Extrusion will remain a cornerstone of the feed industry’s future and the innovations will continue moving forward.
