Welcome to Wenger Manufacturing World Supplier of Extrusion
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Welcome to Wenger Manufacturing
World Supplier of Extrusion Systems since 1935 • Focused on core product – extrusion systems of Pet Foods. Aquatic Feeds, and Textured Vegetable Proteins and other Food applications • Approximately 85% of Pet Foods worldwide are produced on Wenger systems
History of Extrusion Technology 1948 2012 Manufacturer of Extrusion and Drying Systems
Our Company 1935 – Brothers, Joe and Louis Wenger started the Wenger Mixer Company - and began the manufacture of mixers and other basic feed milling machines. 2012 – Still family owned and operated, Wenger Mfg. Company employs over 300 people world wide, including those at our sister company Extru-Tech Inc. ; a wholly owned & operated business.
1929 Brothers Joe & Louis Wenger - sons of Swiss immigrants and the youngest of nine brothers - confront the U. S. Great Depression by rebuilding their feed mill which had just been destroyed by fire. The economic situation of the time requires the two young brothers to innovate new solutions to solve old problems.
1935 The brothers form a second partnership Wenger Mixer Company - and begin the manufacture of mixers and other basic feed milling machinery. The first mixers were designed to mix molasses and other liquid ingredients with whole grains.
1948 Wenger builds its first extruder, a novel machine designed to blend molasses with dry feedstuffs and compress it into pellets.
1954 Wenger fills its first foreign order a pelleting mill for installation in Venezuela.
1958 La. Von Wenger, son of Louis, patents the first commercial cooking extruder for the production of expanded pet food.
1965 Wenger builds a research plant in which to demonstrate its equipment and develop new processes.
Wenger Manufacturing, Inc. Worldwide service Sabetha, Kansas Antwerp, Belgium Beijing, China Kansas City Taichung City, Taiwan Sao Paulo, Brazil
Wenger Manufacturing, Inc. Research and Development The Wenger Technical Center • Demonstrations and R&D for 1 or 2 Clients/Day • Staffs 24 Employees • Cereal Chemists • Process Engineers • Service Engineers • Over 1, 500 Test Runs • 2, 500 Square Meter Processing Area
2010
Wenger Manufacturing, Inc. Research and Development Extension Research Centers at 6 University Sites • Demonstrations and R&D 150 Days/Year • Assisting Staff as Required • Cereal Chemist • Process Engineers • Service Engineers • Over 775 Test Runs per Year • Each Research Center has Specialized Field
The Markets We Serve
The Markets We Serve
Trends Impacting Feed and Food Industry: 2 Major Issues are Food Safety and Energy Efficiency 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) 8) 9) 10) Food safety: Challenges with contaminated ingredients and products Energy efficiency and water conservation: Higher energy costs and concerns about water availability Raw material costs: Volatile ingredient markets Market conditions: Current economic recession is impacting consumer buying habits Emissions control: Reducing odor and particulate emissions Supply chain cost reductions: Shipping costs are higher Automation: Reduces labor costs and assists in food safety Labor costs: Uncertainties in the labor pool Flexibility: Ability to react quickly to new market directions 10) Lean manufacturing: Cost cutting and improving efficiencies
Applications for Extruded Products • • Dog Food Cat Food Lab animal feeds Aquatic Feeds Livestock Feeds Bird Feeds Exotic Animal Feeds Individual ingredients (Full fat soy for Bio-diesel plants) 100 to 37, 000 lbs / hour
Pet Foods
Pet Treats
How Are Dog and Cat Foods Made?
First, ingredients are mixed together and ground into flour. grinder / mixer
Then, the flour is fed into an extruder to cook into a shape! Extruder (continuous pressure cooker)
Pet foods expand as they come out of the extruder and are cut by a rotating knife.
When the pet food expands at the end of the extruder, steam escapes into the air.
After the extruder, the wet product is often sent to a dryer. Dryer
Pet foods are dried at 300º F for 20 -25 minutes In Out
After drying, pet foods are coated and then packaged.
Extruders and dryers are operated by computers in a control room.
Some extruded foods have a filling injected and then are cut into pillows.
Many different shapes, flavors, and colors are possible.
Co-Extruded Petfood
Why Extrusion Cooking ? 1) Cooks starch and other ingredients in the recipe 2) Shapes and sizes the product 3) Controls the product density (expansion) 4) Pasteurizes the pet food
Examples of Extruded Fish Food 1) Floating a) Catfish b) Carp c) Tilapia 2) Slow Sinking a) Salmon b) Trout c) Cod 3) Fast Sinking a) Shrimp b) River Crab c) Sea bass/bream
Aquatic Feeds
Flaked and Expanded Breakfast Cereals
Direct expanded snacks of light densities Snack Pellets (half products)
Extruded and Fried Snacks Multi-Grain Chips Fried Cheese Curls
Textured Vegetable Proteins SMA MINCED CHUNK FSP HMMA
Breading
Breaded Shrimp
Wenger ~ Precooked, Reformed Rice, Dahl, and Pasta
Precooked “Pulse” Analogs
1988 Extrusion in 1948 1958 Extrusion Today
Extruder Barrel Twin Screw Single Screw
- Wenger extruder machine
- Manufacturing cost vs non manufacturing cost
- Job order vs process costing
- Manufacturing cost vs non manufacturing cost
- Manufacturing cost vs non manufacturing cost
- Additive manufacturing steps
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