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MILLING TECHNOLOGY

he global milling industry and the equipment and service suppliers that support it are continually searching to
improve technology and methods to process wheat into
flour and other byproducts.
The Product Showcase program at the 2014 International
Association of Operative Millers (IAOM) Conference & Expo
in Omaha, Nebraska, U.S., featured some of the most recent
technological advances in the industry. Six new products were
unveiled during the showcase, offering breakthroughs in milling efficiency, safety and quality control.
Here is a look at the products and services that were discussed during the showcase.
HIGH PERFORMANCE, COMPACT DESIGN
Uzwil, Switzerland-based-Bühler recently debuted the
Twin Sifter Azurit MPAU-S, which was designed with a high
throughput capacity, high sifting efficiency and a small footprint to guarantee an excellent space/performance ratio.
The sifter has a throughput capacity of 12 tph and a range of
benefits including low maintenance, high flexibility and wide
access doors for ease of maintenance and cleaning.
All parts that come into contact with product are easily accessible and can therefore be cleaned easily. The wide front
doors allow fast, user-friendly installation and exchange of
the sieve frames. The sieve stack can be securely clamped
with an easy-to-operate clamping device.
Bühler noted that different sieve frames are available to

Twin Sifter Azurit MPAU-S
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by Meyer Sosland

New products highlighted during the
IAOM Conference's Product Showcase
customize the flow, making it possible to sieve and grade a
wide variety of products.
The "food safety" version of the MPAU is designed with
stainless steel lining and uses Novapur stainless steel sieves to
give high sifting performance and high product safety.
PRO-TECTOR
In response to its customers need to deal with increasingly stringent product safety standards,
Magnetic Products, Inc. (MPI), Highland,
Michigan, U.S., has sought to provide a
new and better way to prevent both ferrous
and nonferrous metals from contaminating
final product. To that end, MPI's new ProTector efficiently combines the simplicity
of a magnetic separator with the reliability
of a metal detector in one compact unit.
MPI said this innovative new system assures the quick, easy removal of metals
from the product stream, while its size accommodates the tight spaces commonly
Pro-Tector
found in production facilities.
Designed for use in gravity-fed pipes to monitor for metal
contaminants in continuous-flowing granules or powders such
as sugar, flour, corn meal or spices, the Pro-Tector's integrated drawer magnet provides maximum magnetic separation of
contaminants. Product first flows through the drawer magnet,
which is located at the top of the unit, and then ferrous-free
product continues through a gravity-feed metal detector.
The Pro-Tector's integrated drawer magnet employs twin
layers of rare-earth magnetic tubes to provide maximum magnetic separation of metal contaminants, and its quick-clean feature allows the operator to clean the unit in under 10 seconds.
MPI said the extremely reliable and easy-to-use Pro-Tector
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