ME144 - INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES
Prepared By:
Engr. Estelito V. Mamuyac
18 June 2014
Week-2.1 Rice Milling
2014-2015 / 1T
RICE MILLING
Commercial Rice Milling
Commercial milling systems mill the paddy in
stages, and hence are called multi-stage or multi-
pass rice mills.
The objective of commercial rice milling is to reduce
mechanical stresses and heat buildup in the grain,
thereby minimizing grain breakage and producing
uniformly polished grain.
Compared to village-level systems, the commercial
milling system is a more sophisticated system
configured to maximize the process of producing
well-milled, whole grains.
RICE MILLING
Modern Rice Milling
In modern rice mills, many adjustments (e.g. rubber roll
clearance, separator bed inclination, feed rates) are
automated for maximum efficiency and ease of operation.
The whitener-polishers are provided with gauges that
sense the current load on the motor drives which gives an
indication of the operating pressure on the grain. This
provides a more objective means of setting milling
pressures on the grain.
Three basic stages:
the husking stage,
the whitening-polishing stage, and
the grading, blending, and packaging stage.
RICE MILLING
The Modern Rice Milling Process
Stage Function
Pre-cleaning
removing all impurities and unfilled grains from the paddy
Husking
removing the husk from the paddy
Husk aspiration
separating the husk from the brown rice/unhusked paddy
Paddy separation
separating the unhusked paddy from the brown rice
De-stoning
separating small stones from the brown rice
Whitening
removing all or part of the branlayer and germ from the brown
rice
Polishing
improving the appearance of milled rice by removing remaining
ran particles and by polishing the exterior of the milled kernel
Sifting
separating small impurities or chips from the milled rice
Length grading
separating small and large brokens from the head rice
Blending
mix head rice with predetermined amount of brokens, as
required by the customer
Weighing and bagging
preparing milled rice for transport to the customer
RICE MILLING
Flow diagram of a modern rice mill
RICE MILLING
1 paddy is dumped in the intake pit feeding the pre-cleaner
2 pre-cleaned paddy moves to the rubber roll husker:
3 mixture of brown rice and unhusked paddy moves to the separator
4 unhusked paddy is separated and returned to the rubber roll husker
5 brown rice moves to the destoner
6 de-stoned, brown rice moves to the 1st stage (abrasive) whitener
7 partially milled rice moves to the 2nd stage (friction) whitener
8 milled rice moves to the sifter
9a (for simple rice mill) ungraded, milled rice moves to bagging station
9b (for more sophisticated mill) milled rice moves to the polisher1
10 Polished rice, will move to length grader
RICE MILLING
11 Head rice moves to head rice bin
12 Brokens moves to brokens bin
13
Pre-selected amount of head rice and brokens move to
blending station
14
Custom-made blend of head rice and brokens moves to
bagging station
15 Bagged Rice moves to the market
A straw, chaff and empty grains are removed
B husk removed by the aspirator
C small stones, mudd balls etc. removed by de-stoner
D
Coarse (from 1st whitener) and fine (from 2nd whitener) bran
removed from the rice grainduring the whitening process
E Small brokens/brewers rice removed by the sifter
REFERENCES
Textbooks
George T. Austin, (1984), Shreves Chemical Processes Industries, 5
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Serope, Kalpakjian; Schmid, Steven, (2000). Manufacturing Engineering and
Technology, 5
th
Ed. (Pearson Prentice Hall)
Groover, Mikell P, (2006). Fundamentals of Modern Manufacturing: Materials,
Processes and Systems, 4
th
Ed. (John Wiley & Sons)
McCabe, Warren; Smith, Julian & Harriott, Peter, (Oct 27, 2004). Chemical
Engineering Handbook
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