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Photos courtesy of Bühler.

Insights, " said David and Santiago Balaguer, owners
of Balaguer.
" Customers will benefit from significantly more
efficient operation with higher safety and optimization of service downtimes provided by the different elements of the SmartRoll service technologies
developed by Balaguer and Bühler, " said Johannes
Wick, CEO of Bühler Grains & Food.
Bühler and Balaguer will work together in the development of the next generation of rollDetect built on
the Balaguer optical measurement system and provide
SmartRolls connected to Bühler Insights enabling improved mill performance.
This collaboration agreement will allow Bühler to
access the optical roll measurement technology from
Balaguer. Therefore, Bühler will gradually replace its
rollDetect service with the new optical solution.
During the event, Bühler and Premier Tech announced
the first solution developed through its joint venture announced in 2019, the CHRONOS OML-1060.
With the same design and technology utilized in
their existing solutions produced in Europe, the new
fully automatic OML-1060 packaging solution for the
grain, food and feed industries is a more affordable iteration of an existing high-end solution. Manufactured
in Premier Tech and Bühler's joint design and manufacturing center in China, the companies said the
quality of the solution remains unchanged,. The most
requested features have been incorporated and requirements of the emerging markets are met, without compromising accuracy or reliability, they said.
As the first open-mouth bagger from the Premier
Tech-Bühler alliance, the OML-1060 can easily handle
free-flowing granular material such as animal feed, pet
food, rice, seeds, and plastic pellets. It can handle 20to 50-kg bags at a speed of up to 600 bags per hour. It
has been designed to run any type of bag, including
non-laminated poly woven that
can be problematic to fill
due to their irregular
properties. It is also
compatible with
the most common bag closing systems.
Its small and
compact
footprint optimizes
floorspace and its
lean design eases
operation and maintenance. With safety in
mind, this fully enclosed
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automatic packaging technology requires very limited
operator interaction, enabling better working conditions.
Insect protein
Bühler also announced during the event that it has
reached another step in its insect production and processing capabilities with a unique larvae storage system that decouples insect rearing from processing, providing flexibility in the operational schedule.
Last year, after four years of close collaboration,
Bühler reached the major milestone with one of its
partners, Protix, as its fully automated industrial black
soldier fly processing plant in Bergen Op Zoom in
North Brabant, Netherlands, reached its full processing
capacity. This marks a proof point in the insect industry and the successful completion of the joint venture
between Bühler and Protix.
" We congratulate Kees Aarts and his team at Protix
on the extraordinary achievement of their insect protein
facility, " Roberts said. " To be the pioneer in an industry
is a challenging role, and to be the first to deliver a commercially viable, large-scale insect plant is a significant
step on their ambitious journey. We extend our sincere
thanks to Kees and his team for this collaboration. "
Insect-based ingredients can offer a new category of
nutrition for the food system, but it will require a total
ecosystem approach with multiple parties collaborating, said Kees Aarts, CEO and founder of Protix.
" At Protix, we work with multiple parties to advance
the advent of sustainable nutrition enabling a food system in balance with nature, " he said. " The collaboration with Bühler is a strong example of that. We will
further support the growth of the industry and are convinced that further collaborations are needed to achieve
important milestones on our journey. "
Bühler said it provides technology solutions for the
growth and processing of insects to enable industrialscale transformation of organic residues into high-value insect-based ingredients.

Top: CHRONOS
OML-1060 is
the first solution
developed
through the
Premier Tech
and Bühler joint
venture.
Left: Grown
black soldier
flies at Protix'
insect protein
facility in
Bergen op
Zoom.

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