RAW MATERIAL HANDLING & STORAGE

PSci-505
Common Raw Materials

Raw material Source

 Course grains Maize, Rice tips, Sorghum and Wheat
 Cereal by products Rice polishing, Rice bran, Wheat bran, Maize bran,
Molasses
 Vegetable proteins Soybean meal, Canola meal, Sunflower meal, Rape
seed meal
 Animal proteins Fish meal, Poultry by product meal, Meat meal
 Micro ingredients Vitamins, Minerals, Amino acids, Feed additives
 Others Dicalcium phosphate, Limestone, Bone meal
Storage
 Grain storage
 Godowns
 Bagged
 Bulk storage
 Silos
 Meal storage
 Bagged
 Liquid storage
 Tanks & bin
 Vitamins storage
 Temperature
 Light
 humidity
Raw Material Storage
 Producer/ Farmer
 Merchandiser/ Middle man
 Government
 Feed mill

 Scope of storage can be different for them, but objective should

be the same

 Preserving value
 Preserving utility
Storage Management System

“Creating and maintaining a storage

environment that enables grain to be stored
without significant quality degradation”
How to store ?

 Traditional storage system

 Mud house
 Improved storage system
 Bags
 Warehouse
 Advanced system
 Silos
Mud House
Ware House
Storage silos

Types
 Concrete silo
 Steel silo
Concrete silo
Steel silo
Why steel silos ?

 Economical than concrete

 Designing
 construction
 Ease of installation
 Resale or Change of place
Feature of steel silo

 Silo loading system

 Silo un-loading system
 Temperature monitoring system
 Aeration system
 Fumigation
 Level indicators
 Inside outside ladders
Advantage of silo storage

 Less expensive and easily handling

 Quality control
 Lesser space requirement
 Provision of auto motion and mechanization for quicker handling and
maintain quality of stored food product
 Protection from losses due to birds and rodents
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