Miller Magazine Issue: 120 December 2019

42 NEWS MILLER / DECEMBER 2019 Gericke is proud of its centrifugal sifters Iran signs wheat import MoUs with Russia, Kazakhstan For more than 70 years Gericke has been producing and selling a complete range of flour sifting machines for mills and industrial bakeries worldwide. The purpose of these centrifugal sifters is to remove foreign bodies from the various flour qualities. This allows the flour quality to be kept constant and clean. The success of these centrifugal screening machines in milling is mainly based on 3 points: 1. Very high screening capacity with mesh sizes between 400 and 800 µm and flow rates between 1 T/h and 100 T/h. 2. Compact devices in terms of throughput and simple design. This facilitates operation and maintenance. 3. An extremely robust construction ensures the lon- gevity of the machines. There are Gericke sifters being in operation for more than 40 years. This is sustainability. These centrifugal screening machines have been furt- her developed over the years to simplify cleaning and to meet new technical and regulatory requirements: Atex, CE/1935/2004 certification, easy screen change and di- sassembly for cleaning. Gericke manufactures complete dosing, conveying and mixing systems for powders and bulk material. “In our pi- lot stations, all our equipment can be tested on an indust- rial scale,” the company said. The Swiss Gericke Group has been designing and manufacturing equipment and systems for modern bulk material handling and processes, as well as providing design and consultation services for 125 years. Founded by Walther Hermann Gericke in the year 1894 in the heart of Zurich, the company Gericke evolved into a globally positioned and successful provider full of solutions in the bulk goods industry. Iran has signed memorandums of understanding with Russia and Kazakhstan for the temporary importation of wheat, Deputy Agriculture Minister Ali Akbar Mehrfard told the official IRNA news agency. “Given that the capa- city of the flour factories of the country is double the do- mestic consumption needs, the temporary import of wheat for producing flour can be counted as a benefit for the eco- nomy of our country,” Mehrfard said. Iran has also signed memorandums of understanding with the two countries for the transit and trade of wheat, Mehrfard said. Iran was one of the largest markets for Russian wheat until it slashed purchases in 2016 due to Tehran’s self-suffi- ciency drive. However, Iranian private millers, who are not allowed to use domestic wheat for flour exports, still need imported wheat. Iran can export flour produced from Rus- sian wheat to neighbouring Iraq and Afghanistan.