Animal Feed, Breweries & Distilleries

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Drying Solutions for Animal Feed, Breweries & Distilleries

Feed mills dry extruded fish, shrimp, poultry and pet feed, while breweries and distilleries must deal with spent grain, DDGS, yeast and stillage. Fruit pomace, oilseed meals, fodder and insect meal round out the list. Correct moisture protects feed from mould and preserves pellet durability, and drying by-products converts a disposal cost into a feed ingredient. GEM supplies band, conveyor, tube bundle and paddle dryers with matching coolers.

Quick answer

For animal feed, breweries & distilleries, GEM dries 43 materials across 6 application areas. The dryers specified most often are the Band Dryer (Beltotherm), Rotary Tube Bundle Dryer and Paddle Dryer, chosen per material after a pilot trial.

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The pressure

Why animal feed, breweries & distilleries plants invest in drying

  • Wet spent grain and stillage spoil within days, and disposal or low-value wet sales leave revenue on the table.
  • Extruded aquafeed with uneven moisture develops mould in storage or loses pellet durability during transport.
  • Distillery spent wash and stillage must meet discharge or zero liquid discharge conditions, pushing plants toward evaporation and drying.
  • Pet food buyers expect consistent kibble colour, texture and moisture, and variable drying produces costly off-spec batches.
Equipment

Dryers behind these applications

Each material page names the recommended dryer and the alternatives. The machines below are the ones specified most often across the 43 materials for this industry.

Why GEM

How we work with animal feed, breweries & distilleries plants

By-product to revenue

Drying spent grain, DDGS, yeast and pomace to a stable moisture lets plants sell them as feed ingredients instead of paying to remove wet material.

Uniform feed drying

Multi-zone band and multi-pass conveyor dryers give even moisture across extruded pellets, with coolers that bring product to a safe storage temperature before bagging.

Indirect options for stillage

Tube bundle and paddle dryers handle sticky DDGS, wet cake and syrup blends indirectly, keeping exhaust volumes low and making use of steam already available in the plant.

FAQ

Animal Feed, Breweries & Distilleries: questions buyers ask

Which dryer is used for DDGS?
DDGS is commonly dried in steam-heated rotary tube bundle dryers or in direct rotary dryers. Indirect tube bundle drying gives lower exhaust volume and suits plants with available steam. Syrup recycle ratio and target moisture influence the design.
Can brewer's spent grain be dried for animal feed?
Yes. After mechanical dewatering, spent grain can be dried to a stable moisture that stores and ships as a feed ingredient. Band and tube bundle dryers are both used, depending on volume, heat source and how well the grain is pressed first.
What dryer suits extruded fish and shrimp feed?
Extruded aquafeed is usually dried on band or multi-pass conveyor dryers that give uniform residence time, followed by a cooler. Sinking and floating feeds have different moisture and density targets, which we review against your extrusion parameters.

Send us a sample. See it dried.

We trial your material in our pilot facility before any equipment decision, then size the dryer from real data.

  1. Tell us the material, moisture and throughput.
  2. An engineer confirms the trial plan and sample shipping.
  3. You get drying data and a sized recommendation with a budget quotation.

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