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FEATURE: AFTER COVID-19 SHOCK, MILL CONSTRUCTION TAKES OFF
Coopavel Cooperativa Agroindustrial added a second
milling line to its flour mill in Brazil with equipment
supplied by Sangati Berga.
Brazil, where several big projects are under development
as well as North America, West Africa, Australia
and India.
Coopavel adds milling line
Coopavel Cooperativa Agroindustrial will soon complete
an expansion of its mill in Cascavel, Parana, Brazil.
Assembly of the project started in June and is expected
to be completed by the fourth quarter of this year.
The original mill has a production capacity of 480
tonnes per day. The expansion will add an additional line
with a 200-tpd capacity. Total flour extraction is 78%
based on first break.
The facility (cleaning, milling and finished products)
covers a total area of 3,000 square meters while the
mill itself is six stories tall. There is additional room for
expansion.
Coopavel added the line to meet increased demand
and also to increase exposure to potential new markets
that require extra clean flour and low ash. Wheat is
sourced from the south region of Brazil, with some from
Argentina and Paraguay.
The project was designed to optimize energy efficiency
and space, with maximum flexibility between the
existing line and the new one. Automation between the
two lines is fully integrated.
Sangati Berga, based in Fortaleza, Brazil, supplied all
the main equipment, mechanical accessories, electrical
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and automation for the expansion. The cleaning section
was upgraded to absorb the added capacity from both
mills for a total capacity of 36 tph. It includes magnetics,
VIBROBLOCK separator, air separators, SGS-T
destoner, optical sorter and ACQUA RATE automatic
dampening system. The second cleaning includes the
TPA intensive scourer.
In the milling section, Sangati Berga supplied PRIME
roller mills, FORTRESS plansifters, CLASS purifiers
and all supplementary equipment such as bran finishers,
vibrating turbo-sifters, detachers, pneumatic conveying
and aspiration.
Sangati Berga also supplied the system to transport
finished flour to storage silos via pneumatic lines, passing
through rebolt plansifters, magnetics, electronic
scales and infestation destroyers.
Flour from the facility is mostly destined for industrial
clients for dry and fresh pasta, biscuits and baked foods.
Molinos Miraflores builds new mill in Ecuador
Molinos Miraflores SA in Ambato, Ecuador, completed
in May 2021 a greenfield flour mill with finished products
for domestic distribution. The company has more
than 100 years of experience in the industry and is one
of the most preferred flour brands in Ecuador.
The new mill, which took four months to complete,
has a capacity of 150 tpd using hard and semi-hard
wheat sourced from Canada. It produces high-quality
bakery and cake flours for domestic use.
Molinos Miraflores worked with Alapala, based in
Istanbul, Turkey, to supply and install the turnkey facility.
Alapala provided project design, manufacturing,
September 2021 / World Grain / World-Grain.com
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