Grain contains impurities and foreign materials. Use the cleaning section to remove impurities, defective material and contaminants, including fungus. We offer both mechanical and optical sorting machines.

Degermination separates bran, germ and endosperm for flaking and milling. With a surface treatment we gently process the corn, neatly separating the germ, epidermis and endosperm with minimal fines.

Water is uniformly distributed on the corn to prepare it for further processing.

Before steaming, the grits are moistened with limewater. The alkalinity helps to dissolve the hemicellulose, a glue-like component in the corn’s cell walls. The steamer is then used to cook the maize.

The steamed grits are processed into flakes of even thickness.

The flakes are dried to the moisture content you need and cooled ready for grinding.

The flakes are then ground to fine corn flour.

The flour can be enriched with vitamins or other ingredients before packing.