Size Reduction & the Food Processing Industry
Size reduction is a major part of food processing. It involves transforming ingredients into fine powders, modifying their properties and preparing them for further use in the food industry. Most ingredients or products undergo some form of powderisation, deagglomeration or delumping before they become a finished product. By transforming solid ingredients into powders, food manufacturers can improve product quality, homogenize powders to create uniform products, and maintain nutritional integrity.
Food Processing & Conical Milling
In conical milling, the material is fed through the in-feed chute, using either gravity feed (manually or automatically operated) or by using a vacuum. The material is forced downwards towards the rotating impeller, where the centrifugal force pushes the material through the screen, in the required particle size and shape.
Once the material has passed through the cone mill screen, it can either fall into a receptacle ready for storage, or automatically flow to a downstream process, offering excellent processing efficiency.
The Hanningfield Conical Mill
Hanningfield has a wealth of experience in the design and supply of milling, blending and powder transfer equipment for the food industry. We are able to draw upon over three decades of knowledge to offer our food customers a number of process solutions.T
The Hanningfield conical mill can be used for a wide variety of applications in food processing, such as powder or breadcrumb manufacturing, product reclaim, the deagglomeration of food (such as raisins and other dried fruit), the delumping of powders and the size reduction of herbs, spices, flakes.
A cone mill is an extremely common and effective method of size reduction in food processing, as it is capable of achieving a high throughput and consistent particle size. The Hanningfield Uni-Mill cone mill also generates low levels of noise and dust, offering significant operating advantages. Importantly, the Uni-Mill also offers an ‘easy-clean’ design, making strip-down and cleaning between processes simple. Manufactured from stainless steel, the Uni-Mill cone mill (pictured above) is a high-performance, low maintenance and extremely hygienic system for size reduction in food processing.
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