Milling & Baking News - April 6, 2021 - 24

Milling Technology

Bühler launches temperature, vibration
management system for milling
UZWIL, SWITZERLAND - Bühler has
introduced a Temperature and Vibration
Management System (TVM) for milling
that can detect critical operational conditions early so millers can take timely action.
The system is connected to the Bühler
Insights platform and provides information on the grinding process based on
proprietary algorithms.
" Our digital services in combination with
our industry expertise lift efficiency to entirely new levels and help millers and plant
managers to further improve their mill's
performance, " said Johannes Wick, chief
executive officer, Grains & Food at Bühler.
" Until now controlling the grinding process
has been very demanding and challenging.
With Bühler's Temperature and Vibration
Management we know precisely what goes
on in this important process. "
The new technology monitors temperature and vibrations inside the grinding
rolls, the most important part of machinery in the milling process. To maintain
quality and consistency it is essential to
apply the same pressure along the rolls.
Any deviation results in reduced quality
and consistency of the flour. Up to now
millers relied on trained personnel to
manually check the rollers on a frequent

basis and time-consuming laboratory
analysis to prevent any deviation from
acceptable operative parameters. With

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Bühler's TVM, millers can rely on accurate measurements to adjust any imbalances in the grinding gap.
The system consists of wireless sensors
placed inside the rollers that connect to the
Bühler IoT (Internet of Things) sensing device. It acts as the interface to the Bühler
Insights gateway, which transfers data to
the Bühler Insights platform for analysis.
Temperature and vibration are measured
at multiple points along the entire length
of the rollers showing the temperature
distribution and vibration patterns. This

Ocrim supplies SBCI Industrie with
new flour mill in Burkina Faso
CREMONA, ITALY - Ocrim has supplied a new 600-tonne-per-day (tpd)
flour mill in Burkina Faso to SBCI Industrie, which is part of Groupe Hajjar.
The mill will produce two types of flour: boulangerie, for baking, and patisserie or beignet, with a low ash content, for pastry or special applications.
Ocrim installed a single nozzle bagging line for patisserie and beignet
flours to be packaged in 10-, 25- and 50-kg bags. The flours mainly are
distributed to patisseries or food laboratories.
The boulangerie flour is intended for large industrial bakeries present
in Burkina Faso and the neighboring countries. Bagging is carried out by
two high-capacity jigs. The bagging potential for this type of flour is approximately 80%, Ocrim said.
The plant was installed during the COVID-19 pandemic and also during a phase of difficult political-social tensions that have been afflicting
Burkina Faso for some time, Ocrim said.
The diplomatic expertise of SBCI Industrie's chief executive officer and
his reassurances, coupled with both companies' versatility, ensured the
project was carried out with maximum safety for the specialized personnel involved in installing the plant, the companies said.
Groupe Hajjar plans to create a proper agri-food center, thereby becoming an essential reference point for the entire area. Ocrim, at the
customer's request, has designed the plant for possible future expansion. SBCI Industrie also has an extensive network of industrial bakeries
in Burkina Faso.
Fifteen years ago, Ocrim supplied the sub-Saharan company with a common wheat processing plant with a capacity of 180 tpd.
" Today, we at Ocrim are once again proud to support the healthy and enlightened business of the Hajjar family, " the company said. MBN
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monitoring provides millers with detailed
information on temperature imbalances
side to side and middle to side and detects
overheating. Imbalances indicate that parameter tolerances have been breached or
winding occurs on the rollers. The process
may be tracked remotely via a user-friendly interface on any device.
The benefits for operators include:
* Millers can detect critical operational
conditions early and take timely action
* Accurate settings result in lower energy consumption and less wastage of
raw materials
* Precise process knowledge allows for
recipe optimization
* Data transparency makes it easy to
compare the efficiency of production
lines and entire plants
* The entire service may be operated
remotely via computer and smartphone
interfaces
* Preventing overheating of technology parts helps improve the safety of
milling plants
The Willi Grüninger AG mill is a thirdgeneration family-owned business employing 75 people. Six of the mill's 17
passages are equipped with Temperature
and Vibration Management provided by
Bühler. Before the installment of the service, every roll in each passage had to be
checked by trained personnel in detail,
especially after recipe changeovers. MBN

Centerra Co-op to increase
grain storage capacity by 25%
with new bin in Ohio
MANSFIELD, OHIO - Centerra Co-op, an agricultural cooperative with more than 30 locations in Ohio
and Pennsylvania, has increased the grain storage capacity at its Mansfield
facility by approximately 25%, to 5.2 million bus.
According to Centerra, the added capacity is the result of a new
bin, which the cooperative said can store up
to 1 million bushels of JENNIFER WARDEN
grain. The new bin is
situated next to one that is nearly identical, and on
March 3 the two bins were connected by a 197-footlong, 76,000-lb conveyor bridge.
Centerra said two heavyweight cranes and a team
of eight millwrights, two crane operators and two
spotters on the ground helped move the bridge into
place in early March.
Total investment in the project was approximately
$4 million, Centerra said.
Centerra's Mansfield facility is the co-op's largest
grain storage facility, processing anywhere from 10
million to 15 million bushels of grain each year. MBN

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