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3 benefits of automatic roller adjustment in feed mills

Find out how automated roller adjustment systems can deliver on enhanced feed mill safety, sustainability and efficiency.

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Automatic roller adjustment is a pellet mill feature which allows operators to adjust roller die clearance remotely while the pellet mill is running and can move the roller die clearance between two extremes.

“Automatic roll adjustments are not a new technology,” said Tommy Davis, sales manager – North America, Andritz Inc., during his TECHTalk held at the International Production & Processing Expo (IPPE), January 25 in Atlanta. “If you have pellet mills, you’ve probably been hearing about auto roll adjust for quite some time. It’s just really in the last couple of years, though, that it’s picking up in its popularity and interest level.”

With automatic roller adjustment, the operator enters the zero point, and then adds a set point to automatically create a die gap versus in a manual setup, which requires the operator to use a turnbuckle or push-pull device to set that gap manually.