World Grain - February 2019 - 92

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Bühler completes construction
of application center building
PLYMOUTH, MINNESOTA, U.S. - Bühler has completed
the building of its new Food Application Center in Plymouth,
Minnesota, U.S.
The next phase of the project will include installation of
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trials with customers.
The center will include innovative technologies for processing corn, pulses, ancient grains, and many other food ingredients. It includes an advanced grain and raw ingredient
cleaning section, de-hulling lines, the Prime Masa process (for
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"The Bühler FAC will be a playground for customers,"
said Daniel Garcia, process engineer at Bühler. "You can
come with a concept of a new product, and we will have the
capabilities to test and combine different processes at an
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Processing of pulse is a new technology area and the FAC
will boost its development, said Aidin Milani, sales manager for Pulses Processing.
"North America is a major producer of pulses, and food
producers in the region are becoming more and more interested in developing and using highly functional and nutritional pulse-based ingredients," Milani said.
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intermediate sump gate warning system for grain bins was
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The patent-pending system shuts off grain bin unloading
equipment and warns the bin operator if an unloading gate is
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center unloading, which is a top cause of damage to large
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The center also will help develop innovative milling processes, said Tino Boehm, sales manager for Specialty Milling.
"For example, we will be equipped to produce Nixtamal
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tortillas and Nixtamal based products," Boehm said.
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and demos," Milani said. "It will also be important for trainings and to test new equipment."
Bühler has completed the building of its new Food Application Center in
Plymouth, Minnesota, U.S. Photo courtesy of Bühler.

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or transportation of agricultural and food products, and have the
potential for broad impact.
Safe operation of grain bins has become a greater concern
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intermediate sumps. Usually they are opened and closed independently of one another using manually controlled gates.
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the potential for off-center unloading is greater due to larger
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Warning operators about improper use of intermediate
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which can occur when intermediate sumps are opened before
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Off-center unloading puts excessive downward pressure
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failure. If an intermediate sump is opened prematurely, the
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warnings are optional.
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