Major Technology in Milling Industry

India is the second largest producer of rice after China and this has given birth to tens of thousands of rice mills across the country. However, with time rice mill business owners started adapting technology to increase their profit.

The innovation and technology in milling industry over the last few years has reached to a level where identifying damaged grain and other impurities have become a lot easier.

Major Shift In Technology

Not less than a decade ago, it was very difficult to maintain high quality and output of rice. So, what was the fault in yesterday’s technology? The biggest fault was that the machines used in the milling industry were non-commercial, as a result, the output quality was not so great.

Corrosion of the mild steel used in the rice mill machinery affected the quality of the rice. With the modernization of machinery, the quality of rice greatly improved.

Additionally, optical sorters were capable enough to remove damaged grains and impurities effectively. This not only improves profitability, but it also contributes to the consumer safety.

The modern day rice mill machinery is packed with latest technologies meaning they have the potential to identify and reject damaged grain by its color. The NIR (near infrared) sensor in the machines identify and remove glass and stone contaminants effectively.

Other changes because of technology in milling industry

• Rubber roller technology is now used for husking
• All the rice produced goes through a two-stage whitening process
• Paddy separators are being used to separate grain of rice and husk
• Emery-coated cylinders, friction-type whitener polisher, and dry & wet mist polishers have replaced old stone disk hullers, vertical cone polishers.
• Milled rice is now graded
• Automatic and semi-automatic machines from Germany & Japan are the now used widely.
• The use of NUE (Nitrogen Use Efficient) technology has been in rise, as a result, it has doubled plant growth and yield.
• Turbo & extractive milling have speeded up the milling process.

Technology has not only helped mill owners in improving the quality of the rice, but they have also helped in reducing the overall manufacturing cost.

If you’re afraid to build your own profitable rice mill business out of the modern technology, then Nextech Solutions can solve all your queries and will help you set up a modern rice mill machinery.