[Bioconversion] Re: Algae binder

[CAVM at aol.com]

Les Blevins wrote:

I've had  experience with extruders and dies here at the Lawrence dog food 
plant  which was a Quaker Oats facility back then, and we made thousands and  
thousands of tons of little balls each week that were called Tender Chunks  
(smile) and they were made mostly of such things as flour, meat and bone  
meal and animal fat among other things.

These ingredients were  cooked in the extruders under heat and pressure and 
came out of the dies  as soft balls that were about the same size as cheese 
puffs, and they  firmed up somewhat as they cooled. Heat and pressure is what 
made them  bind together once the proper balance between solid and liquid 
ingredients  was obtained.
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I have an InstaPro 600 extruder and an oil press at my plant in southern  
Indiana.  If either of these are useful in producing a binder quality from  algae 
I am willing to give the process a try.
 
Hmm, I wonder if I can extrude wood with this machine...
 
Neal