APEC Blog

Welcome to the APEC Blog! Your resource for finding insights and equipment solutions for process automation, ingredient handling, weighing and batching, and more. Whether you’re an animal or pet food manufacturer, working in the food production industry, or another manufacturing industry, we cover a wide range of topics to help improve efficiencies, maintain quality, and solve your production challenges.

With a variety of different blog types, we have the resources to support manufacturers looking to streamline operations, reduce downtime, and stay ahead of industry trends. Check out our latest articles below.

How to Save Time and Money with an Automated Cattle Feed Mixer

August 2, 2022 Animal Feed
Mixing cattle feed is a more complicated process than many people might think. Cattle feed is a carefully formulated mixture, with the right amounts of grain, roughage, protein, vitamins and minerals for cattle to grow to a high weight quickly. Cattle feed also contains antibiotics…
Read More

How to Find the Right Cattle Feed Mineral Mixer

July 26, 2022 Animal Feed
A drug mixer for animal feed can help cattle feedlots save a lot of time and money. These machines precisely weigh and mix drugs and other additives before they’re later applied to cattle feed. If you’ve considered investing in an automated cattle feed mixer, but…
Read More

What is a Cattle Feed Microingredient Machine?

July 12, 2022 Uncategorized
For many, it may be surprising just how much science goes into raising and feeding cattle. Getting cattle to grow large and grow quickly, with minimal waste, has been studied for decades. This has created a range of ingredients that go into cattle feed. Cattle…
Read More

The Essential Types of Industrial Processing Equipment

June 15, 2022 Engineer's Guide
The Industrial Revolution marked an important era in human history. For the first time, the things that we needed could be made in large quantities, quickly. As technology progressed, this included everything from canned food to clothing to furniture and more. Technology is continually progressing,…
Read More

7 Considerations to Select a Ribbon Blender

June 1, 2022 Dry Mix Guide
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""]The type and number of blenders you choose for your process will play an important role in how fast and how well your recipe is mixed. There are a number of different ways to customize your ribbon blender, and it can be difficult to…
Read More

Differences Between a CNC Lathe and CNC Mill

May 11, 2022 Custom Fabrication
Differences Between a CNC Lathe and CNC Mill A CNC lathe and CNC mill are two of the most important machines for custom fabrication and precision machining services. These machines are the mainstays for many machine shops, and many jobs cannot be completed without these…
Read More

Manual Welding Vs Robot Welding

May 10, 2022 Custom Fabrication
Welding is one of the most important processes in manufacturing. From prototypes to rapid production of small metal parts to fabrication of large metal machines, welding helps to keep all the pieces together. There are many different types of welding and different welding techniques. Robot…
Read More

Tips to Reduce Costs on Your CNC Machine Job

April 20, 2022 Custom Fabrication
CNC machining includes a wide variety of machine and machining techniques, which can produce many different types of products. From complex product prototypes to high-volume manufacturing runs and everything in between, CNC machining helps to fill in production needs, develop new products, design solutions, and…
Read More

Cattle Pro: The Cattle Feed Micro Machine Saving Time and Money

March 8, 2022 Animal Feed
Finding the right cattle feed micro machine for your dry and liquid micro ingredient additives can save you time and money. Understanding the challenges facing feedlots, APEC developed the CattlePro with flexibility, durability, and cost-savings in mind. The CattlePro is a cattle feed micro ingredient…
Read More

CattlePro Liquid and Dry Microingredient System: A New Way to Feed Animals

February 8, 2022 Animal Feed
As a producer of animal feed for the beef industry, it can be difficult and expensive to add all the supplements and drugs to your feed effectively and efficiently. Thankfully, with the CattlePro Liquid & Dry Microingredient System, you’ll be able to produce high quality…
Read More
12…8910…1819