Miller Magazine Issue: 113 May 2019

50 MAY 2019 “The information in the flow sheet tells the miller the equipment capacity and the product allocation for each one, according to the raw material fed and the final products required. By closely analyzing it, the miller is able to make changes to the flow of material and adjust the quality accordingly.” To me, flow sheet milling sounds rather obs- cure. The first time I heard the term it evoked something almost mystic. I thought it might be some radical new technology that milled the grain on flow, suspended over a layer of air. But no. Still a long time to go to achieve le- vitation milling. Don’t feel sorry for me. The first time my 2nd grade teacher told us we were going to study the space, I started babbling loudly about the planets, and the moon, and asteroids… and fell into a short infantile depression as I saw her taking cones, spheres and cubes out of a box. I am used to be disappointed. Flow sheet milling just means using flow she- ets, a.k.a. flow diagrams, to manage the mac- hinery of your mill, finding out how to allocate Does this sound fancy to you? Prof. Gustavo Sosa Industrial Mechanical Engineer Licensed Grain Inspector MBA Project Management SOSA – Engineering Consultants ing.gustavo.sosa@gmail.com