Miller Magazine Issue: 141 September 2021

Livestock Feed Limited (LFL) headquartered in Pailles, Mauri- tius is a leader in animal feed production, storage and transport services throughout the Indian Ocean region. Founded in 1977 by Michel de Speville, the company has grown their presence and service offering to include aquaculture divisions, LFL Riche Terre and unloading and storage of bulk commodities such as maize with their division Agrobulk Ltd. Today, LFL’s operations produce 150,000 MT of feed annually. LFL’s strong team of nutritionists, process engineers and technicians work together to execute the companies mission to contribute to the sustainable development of the animal feed and aquaculture sector. With their vision to become the feed partner of choice for the Indian Ocean and East Africa region, LFL contacted AGI to partner with on their latest facility in Riche Terre, Mauritius. In 2018 LFL’s growth required a new facility for their incre- asing storage requirements for maize. Through previous work with AGI’s food division AGI SABE, LFL was introduced to team members from AGI EMEA to lead the project. AGI EMEA’s engi- neer and sales team worked with LFL Team to define their facility needs to build a high-performance, automated production plant. The new facility was completed in February 2021. LFL required their new facility for their increasing storage requi- rements for maize. With this in mind AGI EMEA included a control cabinet and electrical installation material with a PLC system to go with their storage and handling equipment which includes two flat bottom silos and one truck loading silo providing 16,000 MT storage capacity, chain conveyors and bucket elevators at 200 t/ hr capacity and a rotary drum pre-cleaner coupled with a hyper cyclone. • 2 FP 24/30 with accessories such as ladders, stairways, level sensors, catwalk, sweeps, aeration system, temperature system, fumigation system, tower. • 1CR 5/8 bulk loading silo with ladders, level sensors, and load cells • 3 Chain conveyors TCA.200 • 2 Elevators ELA.550.3018.JA with ductworks, slides, way val- ves, & intake pit filter • Rotary drum pre-cleaner with a hyper-cyclone • Control panel with electrical installation material With over 30 years of experience in grain storage and handling, AGI FRAME is one of Europe’s largest and most respected manu- factures of all types of corrugated steel silos for commercial and agricultural applications. From large grain ports to feed produc- tion facilities, AGI FRAME’s team of engineers worked with LFL to identify and construct the right combination of storage equ- ipment for the specific project. “Our project of setting up maize storage silos complete with all handling equipment was a very challenging one due to the space limitations on our existing plot of land, However, AGI EMEAmanaged to deliver an optimised so- lution by supplying us with high quality silos at competitive prices and at short lead times in spite of the covid pandemic.”– Kailash Issur, Engineering Manager, LFL Pailles AGI FRAME manufactured two flat bottom silos FP 24/30 and one truck loading silo CR 5/8 for LFL Pailles for a combined 16,000 MT storage capacity. The AGI FRAME silo design delivers the ne- cessary strength to withstand Pailles’s strong ocean winds, the gal- vanized storage silos are built to withstand up to 280 km/h winds. AGI PTM’s experience and skilled team of in-house engineers make for the right partner. AGI PTM delivers solutions across a ran- ge of applications and industries including; storage and mechani- zation of port installations to serving industry grain traders, millers, feed-mills, pelletizers, bio-fuel processing plants, engineering com- panies and contractors around the world. AGI PTM delivered LFL Pailles’ handling equipment including chain conveyors, elevators, slides & valves, with the necessary ductworks and shock absorbers. AGI EMEA’s team of sales, engineers and technical department worked together to deliver the best possible outcome for LFL Pail- les. The AGI EMEA team provided start to finish support for LFL, by first identifying LFL’s business and facility requirements. The next step was for the engineers to review the location before designing the layout for the facility. A key step to this process was conside- ring the climate and environment, recognizing Mauritius’ strong ocean winds, AGI EMEA provided a silo designed to withstand 280 km/h winds. “The professional approach from AGI EMEA’s team right from the design stage to the project execution stage with the delegation of a highly experienced supervisor, was greatly appreci- ated.” – Kailash Issur, Engineering Manager, LFL Pailles Communication and project management were key to the suc- cess of the LFL Pailles facility. The AGI EMEA team provided full-ti- me supervision for the project, ensuring an efficient delivery sc- hedule and timelines through commissioning were kept on track. AGI in Action: Customer Spotlight with Livestock Feed Limited