RATIONALE FOR AN EFFECTIVE FEED DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM
The use of dosing units of feed feeders with the ability to quickly change the feed (dose) with improved quality indicators and specific energy consumption allows to increase the efficiency of feeding pigs. The options for calculating the specific energy consumption when feeding fodder to individual and group feeds with and without stopping feeders are considered. The total energy consumption per cycle consists of the energy consumption for transporting the feed from the feed line to the distribution line, moving the distributor from the distribution line to the loading line, moving the feeder when moving from one feed line to another within the same room and directly to the feed distribution. The feed dispenser is loaded with feed in the loading line, transports the feed to the distribution line, dispenses the feed to the animals and returns to the loading point in accordance with the time balance when distributing the feed to continuous or individual feeders. In this case, power is consumed on the drives of the mixer, chassis and metering bodies. The results of laboratory studies of electromobile feed dispensers when feeding feed to individual and group feeders showed the advantage of a feed dispenser on pneumatic wheels with modernized working bodies. The uneven distribution of feed by feeders equipped with modernized working bodies was within the zootechnical requirements and did not exceed 5%. A comparative assessment of the use of feed dispensers in terms of energy efficiency shows that feed dispensers have lower costs when dispensing to group feeders than when issuing individual ones on average 1.65 times.