Miller Magazine Issue: 142 October 2021

60 COVER STORY MILLER / OCTOber 2021 includes those in which no significant application of automa- tion seems likely because of the highly individualistic nature of the product, the need. Generally, automation provides consistency and minimized variability in flour mills, it is enables continuous monitoring of mills production streams, for different production rates and qualities of grain. The regular flow rates adjusted by machin- ery and motors speeds, the accurate electronic scales and flow balancers and level sensors can be controlled, monitored and in some cases, corrected upstream automatically during wheat cleaning, wheat tempering and even milling and pack- ing. Automation also offers trending and historical data to help management find the most efficient production methods. Equipment condition monitoring can provide an early indica- tion of imminent machinery failure, providing the opportunity for planned maintenance, improved machinery readiness and reduce breakdown. On the other hand, mill automation helps to produced con- stant quality of products, which enable the customers after- wards to have stable baking process, better yield and good quality. The suitable technique has clear advantages. These include ease of use and the simplicity of the system; higher concentrations of macroelements, microelements, and poly- phenols in flour; increased wheat bread volume; and popularity with consumers. This roller milling, advantages. Always famous of greater efficiency and flexibility; less heat generation; and better dough rheological performance as compared with tradi- tional stone non-automated flour milling. How do automation systems affect the yield of milling plants? Automation is helping to increase flour mill yield where the systems can respond faster to the variable changes without the requirement of manual interventions. Also, the data will be available, manageable, and easily presented to millers, mainte- nance team members, and production manager to review and do the required controls and actions. Nowadays mill operators are not required to be everywhere in the mill to do the adjustment and control the points. This overall helps to meet regulatory compliance as well as quality and food safety. It is always better to use new technology, new equipment, and advanced software in order to get the best results and higher yield. The milling technology has a special automation system that is now well-known and tested. Examples of that “Wincos” system from Buhler has various levels of control that can be applied to any area of a plant from intake, through wheat blending and cleaning, milling and finished product, Alapala as famous company also has their own intelligent software. These systems provide SCADA or SAP capabilities, which incorporate extraction monitoring, mill start-up and shut down sequencing and the usual automatic suspend and report procedures when alarm conditions arise. This is providing an excellent mecha- nism, which can be applied in almost any environment, even where labour skills are low and where mills manpower is less. Automation in a raw material reception is more to control fi-