Miller Magazine Issue: 142 October 2021

63 COVER STORY MILLER / OCTOber 2021 accuracy and real-time feedback of the production process, improve product quality, and reduce the equipment failure rate. 6. The processing technology is highly technical: With the expansion of the application of grinding machine equipment, the traditional mechanical processing methods can no longer meet the needs of powder design technology. The processing technology of powder equipment will develop in the direction of high technology. In which areas do flour millers need innovative solutions? Although milling may be one of the oldest industry’s in the world, which dramatically developed recently, but there’s still many of new technology being introduced to improve the production process. And the equipment is designed to improve quality, efficiency, safety and cost of production. In my opinion flour mills still needs to implement some of the innovative solutions, which can accelerate and improve production. Henry Simon introduced its in-line flow meter, which can measure the flow rate of gravity-fed stock in a downspout. It can be added to various points in the mill flow to allow the miller to monitor what’s happening at a particu- lar point in the process (2). It’s relatively low cost and can be connected as many as possible into the mill flow, depend- ing on what passages you think are critical to monitor. I think one of the areas in which flour mills need more innovation is the design and construction of buildings and machines to help both the environmental and food safety requirement. In most of the countries the flour mill is locat- ed in the ports where temperatures and humidity are high, this put more efforts on cleaning and pest control. Buhler provides products, including the MKZK sieving machine, which features a hygienic design and easy control. It fea- tures stainless steel and a cleaning opening that can be unlocked with a single twist. A tray underneath the sieve area can catch anything that might fall out during mainte- nance, preventing it from falling into the product stream. Buhler also highlighted its Multimpact Fine Hammer Mill, which can produce finer particles from products that are more difficult to grind. This is designed to push the product more to the centre to make sure that it’s engaged with the hammers, so nothing is trapped on the outside. New generation mills give advantages on three efficiency levels: space, time, and energy. The mills might be 30% smaller in volume than a traditional mill of the same size. The construc- tion of building showed less capital and completed more quick- ly. That is means more quickly and start generating revenues faster. It significantly reduces infrastructure cost, construction time and complexity. What does the digital future look like for milling? The food processing industry sectors have been influenced by innovation and digitalization. It is necessary for the flour milling sector to keep pace with this transformation similar like every sector. The innovation will meet the needs of the dramat- ic growth of the world population with digital investments sus- tainably. Innovations technology have great potential to bring greater advantage to all sectors of the supply chain, bringing greater efficiency to production processes. The companies which recognized this are making investments to adapt to the changing market conditions and to the digital age in order to meet the demand. Companies are working on innovative tech- nologies to produce solutions that include a controlled pro- duction system, develop systems that conduct comprehensive data analysis, improve process efficiency, ensure easy and fast machine maintenance, and make a long working life possible. The milling industry, where the digital revolution shows its ef- fect, still has a long way to go in this context. For the moment we are at the very beginning of the road, yet the direction is clear. With the development of technology, the era of self-de- termining and self-assessing production facilities, in which all components of machinery communicate with each other, is starting. More efficient facilities will be built in which inputs, par- ticularly energy consumption, and resources and maintenance