Using the eight-roller mill in the purifier-less mill flow

Abstract

© 2014, Association of Food Scientists & Technologists (India). Double grinding of mill streams without intermediate sieving, i.e. the eight-roller milling system provides opportunities for significant reduction of capital cost compared to conventionalwheat flourmilling system. In this study the effects of using the eight-roller mill in the purifier-less mill flow were investigated. Middlings from the break system of commercial flour mill, which would be sent to the purification system, were intercepted and employed in the experiments. Milling results obtained with double grinding of middlings were compared with the results obtained by conventional system with intermediate sifting before regrinding of stock. At the same roll gap setting and under the same sieving conditions, the eight-roller system produced less flour compared to the conventional system. Results showed that the most efficient way to increase flour yield in the eight-roller milling system is to increase the upper size limit of flour by increasing the sieve aperture. This is not followed by the deterioration of flour quality as determined by ash content. Increase of the upper size limit of flour particles is followed by the decrease of the flour ash content suggesting that it is possible to implement the eight-roller mills in the purifierless mill flow.