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38 | May 2016 - Milling and Grain

Peer Hansen, Director of Marketing and Sales at Eye-Grain, Denmark

(left) receives the 2016 GRAPAS Innovation Award for the iGrainCrop Protector technology based on ozonation technology from
Roger Gilbert of Milling and Grain with Eloise Hillier-Richardson
attending.
Yiannis Christodoulou of Agentis Innovations, Thailand (see picture
overleaf), accepted the runner-up award for his companys M007
Real-Time In-Line Feed Reformulation equipment.
Milling and Grain magazine, the worlds oldest milling magazine still
in print, sponsors the GRAPAS Innovation Awards. The Award is made
to the most innovative and economically beneficial equipment,
process or service.
Entries cover three categories:
1. A milling technology development (for flour, rice or other cereal)
2. A production process or refinement that makes for more
efficient and/or safe production
3. A service (online or otherwise) that helps millers achieve their
goals more efficiently
The following were considered innovative and were awarded:
commended; highly commented; runner-up and winner by the
independent judging panel.

WINNER

Eye-Grain APS, Denmark

- iGrain and Crop-Protector based on
ozonation technology

1st

PLACE

We believe ozonation technology will replace conventional use of

fumigants in the coming years, says Eye-Grain APS of Denmark
The advantage of this product:
Ozonation technology offers so many advantages over other ways
of dealing with infestation and unwanted biologic activity in stored
crops.
It is actually the only known technology that efficiently terminates all
types of pathogens in stored grain, including insects, fungus, bacteria, etc.
The iGrain and Crop-Protector organisations under Eye-Grain APS
has been one of the leading frontiers in acquiring know-how on practical
application of the ozonation technology for the last 15 years.
Judging panels comment
The applicant proposes the use of oxonation by applying ozone (O3)for the control
of insect infestation and unwanted biologic activity in stored cereal and other
grains. Infestation is one of the major causes of the degradation or even total loss of grain in
storage.
Ever since Methyl Bromide (CH3Br), an ozone depleting and hazardous gas, was disallowed as
a fumigant under the Montreal Protocol the industry has struggled to find viable alternatives, such as
phosphine, which are similarly hazardous.
The Applicant has described in detail, not only the principles of the new process but also means for its application. The
claims are backed up by a number of respected references and at least one learned paper. ( the Journal of Stored Products
Research, 7th May 2013). The fact that Ozone is highly oxidative and unstable, decomposing rapidly to oxygen without
leaving residues is a highly attractive characteristic. If the process proves to be practical in common use then it will constitute
an innovative and valuable advance in protecting food grains.

The iGrain in the food and feed industries

We have been involved in the development of ozonation technology for 15 years, and supplied some systems and lots
of know-how to the grain industry on this technology. We have recently taken the decision to move forward and design a
whole series of ozonation machines to cover many of the obvious applications in the grain industry. Eye-Grain
Grain stores are a perfect habitat for insects that live on dry seeds: they are protected from weather extremes and they
offer an unlimited food resource as well as an undisturbed long time span.
Insect infestation in stored grain can result in economic losses up to nine percent in developed countries and 20 percent,
locally much higher, in developing countries.
Furthermore, the presence of insects and their remains in grain may pose a health risk to humans and livestock.
At present the available control methods, are decreasing due in some cases to environmental and safety concerns
among consumers and the society, thus stressing the demand for alternative control methods.
Gaseous ozone (O3) is highly oxidative, unstable and decomposes rapidly to oxygen without leaving residues. It is a
powerful disinfectant used in water treatment and in the food industry and has recently received increasing interest for
control of insect pests in stored grain. Several papers report on the potential of ozone to control stored product pests and
it has also shown potential for control of insect strains that are resistant to the fumigant phosphine.
Lethal doses and exposure times for ozone vary and have been reported to range between five parts per million by
volume (ppm)/five days to 300ppm/18 hours for insects living among kernels. Ozone can also inactivate storage fungi in
grain.
Recent studies show that all life stages of some of the economically most important pests of stored grain worldwide have
stages that develop, concealed within kernels, such as eggs, larvae and pupae of primary pests, including insects that
attack whole kernels: the weevils Sitophilus Granarius L., S. Oryzae L. and S. Zeamais Motschulsky (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) and the Lesser Grain Borer, Rhyzopertha Dominica F. (Coleoptera: Bostrychidae) can be treated and terminated
with the use of ozone including all life stages and their internal stages.
Internal stages are to some extent protected from exposure to ozone, however with the newly acquired knowledge it
has been possible to design a Crop-Protector Ozonator machine so that the treatment dose and time are matched to
terminate these life stages as well.
Safety issues
Unfortunately, traditional fumigation has in many cases lead to tragic lethal incidents with Methyl Bromide (now a redundant fumigant), Phosphine and other chemicals.
Fortunately, ozone is not toxic to humans in the doses required for ozonation of stored commodities. The scientific
literature describes only a few incidents with ozone in the wastewater industry. None of these were lethal and in wastewater applications the ozone concentration is 1001000 times higher than in the Crop-Protector Ozonator machine.
The toxicity to humans illustrated below, with indication of the ozone concentrated generated inside the closed loop
system (blue circle), and the expected ambient concentration (brown circle).

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RUNNER UP

Agentis Innovations, Thailand

- M007 Real-Time In-Line Feed Reformulation

Today, there is no other technology or method that can deliver a solution to the age
old problem of moisture variation in the raw material. As such, the industry continues
to suffer the consequence of formulating and dosing moisture sensitive material based
on a fixed moisture value. The M007 Real Time In Line Reformulation technology will not
only instantly and accurately measure the moisture of raw material during the weighing
process of batching, but will also instantly and accurately auto-correct the raw material
weights to reflect the true dry matter as specified by the formulation.
This sophisticated and intelligent system, identifies each formulation and its original dry matter
target for each specified raw material. The auto corrections
are real time, meaning that the system will perform this action
for each and every batch of feed produced. Importantly, any
Judging panels comment
auto weight corrections are completed without any delay
The applicant is offering a system to optimise the proportions
to the usual batching process and all changes made to the
of materials in a feed, taking into account and compensating
raw material inclusion by the system are captured, stored and
for the variations of moisture content in the raw materials.
reported for verification, traceability and stock reconciliation
Moisture variations in raw materials used in the feed milling
purposes.
industry normally adversely affects the ability to optimise the
For the first time, feed companies are able to accurately
least-cost formulation of feeds.
control the true dry matter entering the mixer, produce feed
Agentis Innovations claims to have a unique ability to
that is to the correct nutrient density and make significant cost
compensate for these variations with its real-time and in-line
savings by avoiding nutrient giveaway and stock losses.
measurement capability. The resulting consistent production
Agentis Innovations M007 Real Time In Line Reformulation
of feed at the correct dry matter and formulated cost would
technology has been developed in such a way that is
provide significant economic benefits It is anticipated that
versatile and flexible, meaning that the same technology can
the technology could be modified to work and deliver similar
easily be modified to work and deliver the same results to
benefits to other milling industries including flour milling.
other milling industries such as flour milling.

Highly Commended
Dinnissen, The Netherlands - Hamex Hammermill with semiautomatic sieve exchanger
The screens are positioned in a screen holder on a guiding
system. This holder can move outwards over a horizontal slide.
However, the mill housing is fully closed in its extended end
position. The pneumatic screen clamp can be released, after
which the screens are to be exchanged manually.
The screen holder locks the screens in a hinged clamp that
opens up wide during screen exchange, so they slide in
easily. The operator only needs to be physically present at
the machine when sliding the screens out and in. The guiding
system is motorised and being operated in the safety zone.
Due to the very precise fit between the screens and the clamp,
product leakage is minimised. The machine is characterized by
high capacity, efficiency, very fine and precise grinding and
uniformity of the processed end-product

Highly Commended
Bastak, Turkey - Sampler Cleaner - Brand 13500
Through its rotatable cylinder sieve inside the device, a sample
can sifted and classified. The sample is then collected in the
balanced drawers for impurity.
Through the LCD touchable screen, the process can be
controlled including sieve turning speed, feeding gate opening,
blowing power and process time and language selection,
reports and logs.
Light materials, broken materials, good materials and foreign
materials can be separated easily and classified for: wheat,
barley, maize, rye, oats, etc. Before buying raw materials,
this device informs you about the quality of the products by
analyzing quality control and impurity. The product has 10-inch
touch screen whereas other machines dont everything on
the machine can be controlled by the touch screen. All results
can be printed out and all results are saved in a bulletin log.

Commended
IMAS, Turkey - Multimilla Roller Mill
Just over a year ago in April 2015, Imas introduced its cast
iron Multimilla Roller Mill. The roller mill body is made of lamel
black-lead cast iron. This material is used to absorb knocks and
vibration in machine bodies. This has advantage over steel.
Inox contact surfaces, Inox main walls: In addition to contact
surfaces in other roller mills, Multimilla roller mill main side walls
are also completely Inox. This is very important for hygiene and
sanitation.
The dimensions are accurate in cast iron bodies as the parts are
machined in CNC machines rather than being welded. As a
result, the parallelity of roll housings is excellent.
Turbo-negative pressure to eliminate dusting at feed gate: 1)
Evacuates trapped dusty air from the inlet hopper to the outlet
hopper by using pneumatic system and 2) adjustable turbo
system creates negative pressure around the break rolls.
Dust around the rolls is sucked in preventing it from escaping.

Commended
Norvidan A/S, Denmark - TADS (Temperature At the Die System)
The Norvidan TADS was introduced in 2015 is a system developed
to fight salmonella in the animal feed milling industry. Measuring
the temperature of pellets immediately when they are produced
at the die of the press can establish and record the true, highest
pellet temperature of the pellet and display and lock it into a
database for documentation, QA purposes.
The TADS is a on-line measuring mechanical device easily
mounted on the pellet press door. Via a PLC the signal is
provided to at PC for displaying and logging. It is the fully
automatic, logging of critical temperature data and hence it
reduces the task of staff in the mill and can potentially lead to
free staff for other tasks.
TADS also gives information on how well the conditioner(s)
are working since the temperature of the meal and the
temperature of the leaving the die can be compared and the
Temperature across the Die is known.

Commended
Matador (Jiangsu) Machinery Engineering Co Ltd, China - Feed Machines; turnkey feed plants and biomass machines
Matador designs and builds key process machines, but also offers complete plant solutions for the global animal feed and biomass
pellets industries. Its business is based on a competitive approach to matching the requirements of successful livestock feed, aquatic
feed, pet food and biomass pellets companies. When designing new technologies or customer specific plant solutions, Matador
has to take account of the demand for reliable processing, cost efficiency, uniform quality and high-performance animal feed
and biomass pellets, considering the shifting availability of feed ingredients, the increasing number of environmental standards and
hygiene regulations and the requirement for traceability in the interests of food safety.

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