Miller Magazine Issue: 142 October 2021

62 COVER STORY MILLER / OCTOber 2021 viders to make their processes as efficient as possible. Digitali- zation will play a major role in this transit periods of time. In this atmosphere of data, digitalization and information technology, the transparency will be very much demand- ed by customers. When it comes to the requirement of knowing details about every step in the flour production process, from the farm to the fork, with the right technol- ogy, we will be able to provide the same traceability and the same ability of knowing exactly where that kernel of wheat was grown, whether it comes to us directly from the farmer, from a terminal or a country elevator. How will new technologies and innovations affect pro- duction processes in the future? With the current changes and utilization of technology in the flour milling industry. I think the trend toward increasing specialty milling products will continue to gain momentum. the industry will be shifting toward organics, which has be- come more demanded. also shift to the milling of ancient grains, legumes and composite flour in general. and other alternative proteins and multi-seed flour will be popular. But wheat will always be a core and fundamental aspect of the flour industry. However, we have to continue to look at oth- er products that are nutritious and provide a good alterna- tive protein. The consumer's demand and what consumers want will be the more market-driven factor. Also expected to have more technology solutions for dry milling of various pulses, other cereals like sorghum, millet and legumes. The mill design, equipment’s and manufacturing conse- quences, will be different. Expect to see more compact milling systems with violative efficient plant design, com- bined functions of machines, and simplified processes, which will develop smaller plants with optimal usage of the area, and lower energy consumption. So, the new mills being shorter in height than many before. Today’s 7floors buildings is already applied that make it possible to elimi- nate at least two floors in comparison to old mills. In general, we can summarize the feature of future flour mills industries in these points: 1. Large-scale flour mills equipment: With the advancement of science and technology, the advantages of large-scale pro- duction equipment are becoming more and more clear. The development of mechanical structure design and processing technology has provided a solid technical guarantee for the large-scale operation of flour mills. 2. Compact structure flour mill: The structure design of the flour machine is more reasonable, more compact and more ergonomic, which reduces manufacturing costs, reduces floor space and improves labour efficiency. 3. Diversification of functions: Flour milling as a powder processing engineering is a systematic project involving many units of multi-disciplinary and multi-category operations. It is re- quired to select the flour machine to reduce the intermediate process to save investment. At the same time, the market de- mand for products is also manufacturers are required to offer a variety of products. 4. Efficiency: With the improvement of people's awareness of energy conservation, higher requirements are put forward for the efficiency of powder granulation equipment. This type of equipment must not only meet the functional requirements but also save energy, durability, use, maintenance and repair. Low cost to reduce product costs. 5. Control system automation: With the advancement of science and technology and the development of self-control technology, whether to adopt assembly line operation and au- tomatic control has become an important indicator to measure the advanced or not of powder processing technology. The control system adopts automatic control, which not only guar- antees the production process. Flowing operations reduce the labour intensity of operators, and more importantly, ensure the