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FEATURE: lateSt milling technology

installation quick and easy.
• Small footprint to fit into tight spaces.
• The availability of many different layouts to match the customer’s
requirements.
• Use of a robot, which minimizes
assemblies to maintain.
Optimized Cereal dampener
Germany-based vibronet presented
information on the company’s remodeled cereal dampener, which was granted a new patent in 2012. The machine
treats grain up to 40 tph at a reduced
height. The automatic water dosage and
throughput control system are built-in at
no extra space.
Clean design and optimized vibration force allow up to 12% water addition in one pass. Its integrated back-up
control saves cost and increases safety,
vibronet said. The company noted that
the Siemens touch control allows easy
inspection and maintenance together
with Ethernet and Profibus connectivity.
The vibronet vibration dampener is
a continuous vertical cereal dampening
system that drastically reduces cereal
temper time and keeps energy costs to
an absolute minimum. The system offers energy-efficient preparation with
any kind of water soluble liquid.
According to vibronet, some of the
advantages of this system include:
• Water penetration through the entire
kernel surface and into the kernel crease.
• Up to 1.6% more white flour with low
mineral content.

• Optimum soft wheat temper times
of approximately 4 hours.
• Optimum hard wheat temper times
of approximately 6 to 9 hours.
• Energy savings due to only 0.2
kW/tonne/hour consumption.
• Investment savings due to less temper bins and transport elements.
• Less bacterial growth due to minimal temper time and vertical clean
design.
• Minimum maintenance and extremely low wear.
in-line Grain analyzer

FOSS, Hillerod, Denmark, gave
a demonstration on its ProFOSS InLine Grain and Flour Analyzer, which
is used to optimize and monitor the
wheat blending process. The instrument detects real time and display
process changes to the moisture and
protein of wheat. Millers may use the
information to ensure consistent wheat
blends time after time.
The Analyzer features a Near
Infrared (NIR) process analysis system that provides nondestructive analysis of products such as grains, flour
and feed directly in the process line
without bypass.
FOSS said the Analyzer helps optimize the use of raw materials and consistently run production closer to target
specifications and is robust enough to
withstand tough production environments and give instant results for optimized production and profitability.
It is available for analysis of moisture
and protein in the incoming materials,
mOduflex
Cimbria/Bratney,
Des
Moines,
Iowa, U.S., gave a presentation on its
Moduflex, which is a dust-proof means
of loading grain, flour or midds into any

type of flatbed
truck,
tanker
truck or vessel.
It is available in
numerous sizes
to handle a wide
range of capacity requirements.
The Moduflex is
built with a modular construction
for easy component replacement and has numerous options to meet customer-specific needs.
The Moduflex loading chutes can be
manufactured in a more sturdy construction for ship unloading, stockpiling and warehousing, depending on
customer requirements for heavy duty
performance, long-term durability and
high capacities.
The chutes can be delivered with an
integrated fully self-contained filter
system, or for connection to an external filter bag station. Furthermore, the
basic product range is complemented
by a vast variety of accessories, which
makes it possible to deliver dust-free
loading chutes, taking specific customer requirements into account. A
unique modular construction ensures
flexibility and enables modification
and repair with a minimum of downtime, and all the loading chutes are
well-documented and thoroughly tested before shipment.
The capacity ranges from 150 to
700 cubic meters per hour for the
standard chutes and 250 to 2,800 cubic
meters per hour for the ship loading
chutes, and in length ranging from 1 to
30 meters.
The loading chutes are naturally designed according to valid norms and
regulations, and delivered with mandatory documentation. Furthermore, the
chutes can be delivered in a food grade
version, and in full compliance with the
ATEX-directive and other explosionproof configurations.
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