Week 2 of the Credo Online Petfood School (OPS) commenced today. The programme is jointly organised by Progressus Agrischools and Perendale Publishers, and sponsored by Agentis Innovations, Tietjen, Andritz, Wenger, PLP Systems and International Milling Directory.
Session 2 began with a warm welcome from the session Roger Gilbert, CEO of Perendale Publishers. He introduced the days topics and speakers.
The session began with a presentation from Joe Kearns on ‘basic ingredients, dry, wet and frozen materials’ which covered topics such as:
- storage bins
- conveyors
- liquid storage
- frozen/fresh chilled meat inredients
- meat preperation
- effects of palatability enhancers
- hammer mills
- centrifugal sifter
The second presentation was given by Guiseppe R Bigliani on ‘Ingredients receiving, conveyance and storage’ covering topics such as:
- unloading systems
- cleaning systems
- storage systems
- liquid systems
- factors affecting grain storage
- monitoring systems
- aeration vs drying
- free & non-free flowing ingredients
The final presentation came from Thomas Runde, who discussed ‘It all depends on the grinding – particle size reduction for premium pet food’ where he spoke on the topics of:
- grinding module
- grinding basics
- the importance of grinding
- recipe consideration
- dosing
- chamber design and impact areas
- screen basics
- coarse and fine grinding
- grinding solutions explosion protection
The session ended with Roger Gilbert thanking all of the attendees, speakers and sponsors.
This session will be re-broadcasted this Friday 1 September for the U.S & Latin American audience. To register and watch it, click here.
Session 3 is scheduled for 7 September, at 14:00 Bangkok Time / 09:00 Central European Time, to access it and join, click here.
