Premix or Blend consistency and accuracy are key to nutritious diets.
Why is PFT important? It helps determine the following characteristics.
- Particle Size Determination
- Flowability (the ability of feed ingredients or premixes to flow during handling)
- Bulk density (a measurement of the weight of a given volume)
- Wall friction (the amount of friction between a powder and a given wall surface)
- Compressibility (a measure of the change in volume resulting from the application of external pressure)
- Normal stress (stress applied perpendicularly to the sample)
- Shear stress (stress between parallel layers of ingredients or between a layer of ingredient and the PFT sample lid)
