EFFICIENCY OF MECHANIZED, AUTOMATED AND ROBOTIC FEED ADDITIVES’ PRODUCTION LINES FOR COMBINED FEED PLANTS

Introduction. Feed additives – are components of breeding cattle’s various age groups rations formulation, which affect the animal body through feed raw materials in various ways manufacturing. The purpose of the study is effectiveness of the of mechanized, automated and robotic technological lines use for feed additives for feed plants producing determining. Research methods – analysis of literature data and own research on digital modes of cattle feed additives in the feed plants effectiveness inclusion’s formulation. The results of the research. The process of feed additives preparing includes several stages. For example, for the of dry malt milk producing there at the first stage, liquid beer pellets with a humidity of 90-92% as feedstock are used. Next, as two–stage pressing is carried out to a humidity of 75-70%, with two-stage of drying till 40-45% humidity, followed by evaporation to a humidity of 20-25%, and at the final stage - to a humidity of 10%, a dry powder obtaining. The entire production control system is automatically carried out. For the preparation of feed additives and their introducing into the compound feeds’ formula, mechanized, automated units, so as industrial robots from KUKA (USA-Germany), ABB (EC, Germany), Fanus (Japan), Yaskawa (Japan), Sabi Agri (France) manufacturing, as well as "smart" feed module "Optimum" are used. The Russian module "Optimum" is a feed plant with robotic auto–loading and auto-unloading of components for granular feed with automated control (ACS) for 30 kW, the introduction of micro-macro additives and liquid feed components using additional dosing modules. robotic units have the highest productivity, automated and mechanized ones have the lowest. Conclusion. The productivity of robotic units is in 6 times higher than automated ones, and in 10 time then mechanic one.