Food Extruder Machine

A double screw food extruder for cooking and forming food products where the recipe demands more control than a single screw machine provides.

The two screws convey material positively rather than relying on friction against the barrel, which means the machine handles sticky, fatty and high moisture mixes that a single screw cannot move consistently. It also allows co-extrusion for filled products. Contact us with the products you intend to make, current and planned, and we will confirm whether the twin screw configuration is required.

An artificial nutrition rice extruder producing fortified reconstituted rice grains, formed from rice flour with added vitamins and minerals and shaped to resemble natural rice.

Fortified kernels are blended with ordinary rice at a low ratio, which allows a whole population's staple to be fortified without changing how people cook or what they buy. It is used in government and donor nutrition programmes in a number of the markets we supply. Grain shape and size are set by the die to match the local rice variety. Contact us with your fortification specification and target output for a recommendation.

A floating fish food pellet machine for aquaculture feed production, forming expanded pellets that remain at the water surface during feeding.

Buoyancy comes from expansion during extrusion rather than from any additive, so the pellet composition remains entirely feed with nothing added to make it float. Pellet diameter is set by the die and changed as the stock grows. Supplied standalone or within a complete line including drying, oil coating and cooling. Contact us with your species, stock numbers and target output for sizing.

A single screw extruder machine for cooking and forming food and feed products, using one screw within a heated barrel.

Single screw machines cover the majority of standard extruded products, including snacks, breakfast cereal, aquatic feed and dry pet food, at considerably lower capital cost than twin screw machines. They are also simpler to maintain, which matters where technical support is not locally available. Contact us with your intended products and formulations and we will confirm whether a single screw machine will run them.

A floating fish feed pellet granulator machine producing expanded granules and pellets for aquaculture, covering the sizes used from fry through to grow-out stock.

Fry feed is the demanding end: the particle has to be small enough to be taken by a very small fish yet still float and stay intact in water, which is a harder specification than a grow-out pellet. The machine covers the full range through die changes. Contact us with your species and the stages you are feeding for a die recommendation and sizing.

A fish feed pellet extruder producing expanded aquatic feed pellets, cooking the mix under heat and pressure and expanding it at the die.

Extrusion both creates flotation and gelatinises the starch, which raises digestibility so that more of the feed converts to fish growth and less settles on the pond bottom. That affects feed conversion and water quality together. Pellet size is set by the die and changed as stock grows. Contact us with your species, pond capacity and target output for sizing and a die recommendation.

A small extruder for pilot production, product development and small scale manufacture, running the same extrusion process as production equipment at lower throughput.

Small machines serve two purposes: they let a business start production without a large capital commitment, and they let an established producer develop products without interrupting the main line. Both are legitimate reasons to buy one. Contact us with your intended use and products, and we will specify a machine suited to that purpose rather than quoting a single model.

A diesel engine floating fish feed machine, driven by its own diesel engine rather than requiring a mains electricity supply.

Grid power is absent or unreliable across much of the inland aquaculture we supply, and a machine that stops mid-batch wastes the material in it. A diesel drive removes that dependence and allows the machine to be sited at the pond rather than in a building with a supply. It produces the same expanded floating pellet as the electric version. Contact us for engine options, fuel consumption figures and a quotation.

A single screw fish food extruder for producing aquatic feed, suited to standard formulations with moderate fat and moisture content.

For a farm or mill running a consistent recipe, a single screw machine does the job at a lower price and with fewer parts to maintain than a twin screw. Where formulations vary widely or carry high oil inclusion, the twin screw machine is the better choice. Contact us with the recipes you intend to run and we will compare the two against them honestly.

A floating fish feed machine producing expanded buoyant pellets for surface feeding species such as tilapia and catfish.

Feeding at the surface lets the farmer watch the response and stop when the fish stop rising, which is the simplest effective control on both feed cost and water quality. Pellets that sink uneaten do neither. Pellet size is changed by die through the growing cycle. Supplied as a single machine or as part of a complete line with drying and oil coating. Contact us with your species and pond capacity.

A floating fish food plant supplied as a complete installation producing expanded buoyant feed from raw materials through to bagged product.

The plant covers grinding, mixing, conditioning, extrusion, drying, oil coating, cooling and bagging. The stages after the extruder determine whether the feed stores: pellets leave hot and wet, and feed bagged before it is properly dried and cooled will mould in storage, which is a total loss. Contact us with your target output and building dimensions for a layout drawing and equipment list.

A floating fish food extruder machine producing expanded buoyant feed, with the degree of expansion controlled through moisture, temperature and screw speed during running.

How long a pellet needs to float depends on the species and how quickly it feeds. Slower feeders need a pellet that stays up longer, and that is a matter of adjusting the process rather than buying different equipment. The adjustability is what lets one machine serve several species. Contact us with your species and we will advise on settings and die selection.

A laboratory twin screw extruder for research, product development and pilot production, with the full control range of a production machine at small scale.

Twin screw lab machines are used by food companies, feed producers and research institutions to establish process parameters before committing to production equipment. The value is in the transferability: parameters established on a properly specified lab machine scale predictably. Contact us with your intended work and the production equipment you expect to scale to, and we will specify accordingly.

A small single screw extruder machine for low volume production and development work, covering snacks, feed and cereal products.

At this scale, ease of cleaning and of die changing matter more day to day than throughput, since runs are short and products change often. A machine that strips down quickly is worth more to a small producer than one with marginally higher output. Larger production machines can be specified later using the recipes developed on this one. Contact us with your intended products and run pattern and we will recommend a configuration accordingly.

A laboratory double screw extruder for product development, recipe trials and small batch production, running the same process as a production machine at a fraction of the throughput.

Developing recipes on a production line is expensive in both material and lost output, and it ties up a machine that should be making saleable product. A lab machine lets formulations be proven before scaling, and the settings transfer. Contact us with your development requirements and we will advise on the configuration that will scale to your production equipment.

A twin screw food extruder for cooking and forming food products, with two intermeshing screws giving positive conveying and close process control.

Twin screw machines are specified where the recipe demands it: high fat, high moisture, fresh meat or fish inclusion, or co-extruded filled products. They cost more to buy and maintain, so they should be chosen for a reason rather than as a general upgrade. Contact us with your current and planned product range and we will say plainly whether you need one.

A corn flakes manufacturing machine covering the extrusion route to breakfast cereal, where the flake is formed from a cooked extruded pellet rather than from whole grits.

Extruded flakes give more control over shape, thickness and fortification than the traditional grits route, and the line is shorter because the long cooking and tempering stages are replaced by the extruder. The trade is in texture, which differs from a traditional flake. Contact us with your intended product and output and we will set out both routes honestly.

Macaroni making machines from a China based manufacturer, supplied and exported to pasta producers internationally in capacities from small scale to commercial.

We manufacture rather than resell, which means dies, spare parts and specification changes come from the same source as the machine. For a pasta producer, continuity of die supply matters particularly, since the range is extended through tooling rather than through new machines. Contact us with your product range and destination port for a quotation covering equipment, tooling and delivery.

An industrial pasta making machine for commercial pasta production by extrusion, covering mixing and forming with cutting at the die.

Die material affects the finished product as much as the recipe does: bronze gives the rough surface that holds sauce and signals a premium product, while PTFE-lined dies give a smooth glossy finish and run faster with less wear. The choice should be deliberate. Contact us with your product positioning and range and we will recommend a die specification alongside the machine.

A double screw extruder with two intermeshing screws, giving positive conveying and close control of temperature and moisture through the barrel.

Twin screw machines handle what single screw machines cannot: high fat and high moisture recipes, fresh meat or fish inclusion, and co-extruded filled products. They cost more and are more complex to maintain, so they are worth specifying where the product range genuinely needs them rather than as a default upgrade. Contact us with your formulations and product plans and we will advise honestly on whether it is necessary.

A steam extruder using injected steam to preheat and condition the material before and during extrusion.

Steam preconditioning raises moisture and temperature before the material reaches the screw, which improves cooking, reduces the mechanical energy the extruder has to supply and lowers wear on the screw and barrel. It is standard on larger feed and pet food lines for exactly those reasons. Contact us with your products and throughput and we will advise whether steam conditioning is worth the additional complexity at your scale.

Twin screws for extruders, supplied as replacement screw elements and complete screw sets for twin screw extrusion machines.

Screws are wear parts. As they wear, the clearance against the barrel opens up, conveying becomes less positive and product consistency drifts, usually gradually enough that it is attributed to raw material before the screws are suspected. Replacing them restores the original performance. Contact us with your machine model and screw configuration for a quotation on replacement elements or a complete set.

Twin screws for food extruders, supplied as individual elements or complete configured sets for food extrusion machinery.

Screw configuration is as significant as the machine itself: the arrangement of conveying, kneading and reverse elements determines how much mechanical energy goes into the product and therefore how it cooks. Changing configuration can adapt a machine to a different product without replacing it. Element material and hardness are specified against the abrasiveness of your formulation. Contact us with your machine model and the products you intend to run for a configuration recommendation.

Food extruder dies, the tooling that determines the shape, size and surface of the extruded product as it leaves the barrel.

The die is where a product is defined. Extending a range is usually a matter of adding dies rather than buying another machine, which makes die tooling the cheapest route to a wider product line. We manufacture dies to standard profiles and to custom designs. Contact us with your machine model and the shapes you want to produce, and we will quote the tooling.

A food extruder cutter, the rotating knife assembly that cuts the extrudate to length as it leaves the die face.

Cut quality depends on blade sharpness and on the gap between blade and die. A dull or badly set blade tears rather than cuts, leaving ragged pieces that are visible in the finished product and that behave inconsistently in drying. Blades are consumable and we supply them as spares. Contact us with your machine model and product for a cutter and blade recommendation.

A food extruder barrel heater, the heating element that brings the extruder barrel to working temperature and holds it there through the run.

Barrel heaters are a consumable item on any extruder and failure of one zone shows immediately as inconsistent product, since the cook is no longer even along the barrel. Holding spares is sensible rather than optional, particularly where delivery times are long. We supply heaters for our own machines and for common extruder types. Contact us with your machine model and zone specification.