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Only the best for our furry friends

In recent years, the market for animal nutrition has expanded at a high rate. Keeping our pets and animals healthy, and not just ourselves, has become the norm for many people. When blending animal nutrition, it is crucial to ensure that all ingredients, with varying bulk density, particle sizes, and shapes, are uniformly distributed throughout the mix in order to achieve a consistent product quality. 

You have come to the right place. American Process Systems® blending equipment, manufactured in Gurnee, IL, are designed to produce a perfectly homogeneous mix, batch after batch. Whether you are blending nutritional pre-mixes for canned pet food, baked biscuits, baked treats, baked pet food, dried treats, semi-moist pet food and treats, or smoked treats, we will help you find the best suited blender for your application. We will help you make a tasty, nutritious treat for our furry friends! 

Which type of blender should you use for animal nutrition?

We usually recommend using a fluidizing paddle blender(FPB) or a fluidizing zone mixer(FZM) when mixing animal nutrition. These blenders provide numerous advantages, including: 

  • Increased productivity (substantially shorter mixing times).
  • Ability to mix ingredients of various bulk density, size, and shape.
  • Protection of fragile ingredients.
  • Low CV values.
  • Batch size flexibility.

But every application is different, and in some cases a plow blender or a ribbon blender is a better fit. Or, why not put our equipment to the test and do a mixing trial in our test lab

Whichever type of APS blender you choose, it can be customized to fit your specific application perfectly.

Reach out to our knowledgeable team

Don't know what type of blender best fits your needs? Contact us  and we will help you find the best choice for your application. Our team members’ process- and application expertise enables them to guide you and suggest solutions to your production challenges. They can make visits to see your facility and requirements in person as well as help you develop a mixing process in our test lab. Our teams will go above and beyond to make sure you end up very satisfied with your new mixing equipment investment. 

Questions? Contact the mixing specialists!
847-336-2444

Learn more - Download our product brochures

Application Focus AN
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Animal Nutrition

APS FPB
(pdf, 8 MB)

OptimaBlend® Fluidizing Paddle Blender

APS FZM
(pdf, 6 MB)

OptimaIIBlend™ Fluidizing Zone Mixer with twin agitators.

APS DRB
(pdf, 6 MB)

Double-Ribbon Blenders, Paddle-Ribbon Blenders, and Paddle Blenders

APS Dryer/Reactor
(pdf, 4 MB)

Dryers/Reactors and Plow Blenders

Test Lab Gurnee
(pdf, 915 KB)

Fully equipped, in-house test lab in Gurnee, IL.