Performance of a plate mill and a modified Engelberg huller for small-scale dry milling and de-germing of maize.

Nghi, T. T. and Narasimha, H. V. (1994) Performance of a plate mill and a modified Engelberg huller for small-scale dry milling and de-germing of maize. International Journal of Food Science and Technology, 29 (3). 347-352, 10 ref..

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Abstract

A modified Engelberg huller and a plate mill (Burr mill) were used to dry-mill corn to recover superior quality grits and pure germ. With corn conditioned to a moisture content of 4% above the initial moisture content (12% wet basis), the huller gave 68% large grits (oil and fibre approx. 1%), 12% small grits, and 14% flour fraction which contained pulverized germ (with an oil content of 16%). In the plate mill, 2% water-conditioned corn gave 38% large grits, 38% small grits, and 10% whole germ (which had an oil content of 18%, representing 64% purity). Corn which was water-conditioned to 6% added water gave 45% large grits, 30% small grits, and 16% germ-bran mixture (which had an oil content of 16%, representing 57% purity). Results indicated the possibility of using the plate mill for recovering a substantial part of the germ and grits from corn, and the huller for recovering yields of large grits and a small portion of germ.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	CEREAL-PRODUCTS; CEREALS-; CORN-; GERM-; MILLING-; PROCESSING-; GRITS-
Subjects:	600 Technology > 08 Food technology > 22 Legumes-Pulses > 02 Maize 600 Technology > 08 Food technology > 04 Milling
Divisions:	Grain Science and Technology
Depositing User:	Food Sci. & Technol. Information Services
Date Deposited:	08 May 2012 10:37
Last Modified:	08 May 2012 10:37
URI:	http://ir.cftri.res.in/id/eprint/7903

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