A quantitative infrared chemical imaging method to determine the concentration of a desired high value product in a milling process is used as a basis to optimize the milling process by changing operational parameters, such as sieve size. In a dry milling process, the method can be used to determine the concentration of purified endosperm within heterogeneous solid particulate mixtures containing endosperm and nonendosperm botanical parts. The imaging component accommodates the analysis of particle size statistics for each component of the mixture, based upon the chemical structural characterization. Timely chemical composition and particle size analyses enables informed selection for the optimization of physical separation for the processing of granular solids. The method involves changing sieves within the sifting apparatus based on chemical imaging to provide smaller or larger screen openings to improve separation of endosperm and nonendosperm material from the ground product.

A quantitative infrared chemical imaging method to determine the concentration of a desired high value product in a milling process is used as a basis to optimize the milling process by changing operational parameters, such as sieve size. In a dry milling process, the method can be used to determine the concentration of purified endosperm within heterogeneous solid particulate mixtures containing endosperm and nonendosperm botanical parts. The imaging component accommodates the analysis of particle size statistics for each component of the mixture, based upon the chemical structural characterization. Timely chemical composition and particle size analyses enables informed selection for the optimization of physical separation for the processing of granular solids. The method involves changing sieves within the sifting apparatus based on chemical imaging to provide smaller or larger screen openings to improve separation of endosperm and nonendosperm material from the ground product.

The invention relates to methods of extracting DNA from seeds, said method comprising pretreating said seeds by soaking the seeds in a pretreatment solution comprising an alkali in a concentration sufficient to soften said seed; crushing said seeds; extracting said DNA from said crushed seeds. Methods also relate to the use of pretreatment solutions which further comprise an osmoticum. A method of fragmenting plant material such as seed, a method of recovering extraction medium from seed fragmentation and a process of extracting a seed component from crushed seed material are also described.

Provided is a monitoring system for a milling facility, which includes a plurality of grinders including roll mills for grinding a material to be milled and sifting machines for sifting, according to grain size, the material to be milled as ground by the roll mills; and a plurality of pulverizers including roll mills for pulverizing the material to be milled and sifting machines for sifting, according to grain size, the material to be milled as pulverized by the roll mills. The material to be milled is milled by each of the grinders and pulverizers. A plurality of flow rate measuring devices are provided on respective flow paths for product flours discharged from the respective sifting machines in the respective grinders and pulverizers, and a monitoring device capable of monitoring presence or absence of an abnormality based on measurement results on respective flow rates of the product flours is provided.

A brewer's spent grain (BSG) grinder includes a charging tank connected to a grinding unit, the charging tank being equipped with a device for BSG moistening, and the grinding unit having an outlet for discharging grinded BSG. The grinding unit includes a stator and a rotor located coaxially with a gap defined between their working surfaces. A device for mixing and moving a mixture into the gap is fixed on a central part of an upper side of the rotor. A device for discharging grinded BSG is located under the rotor. The rotor is configured to allow staged grinding of BSG to obtain coarser and finer fractions of BSG at upper and lower stages of the rotor respectively. An upper part of the rotor is equipped with blades located around a circumference of the rotor, an outer surface of each blade being part of the working surface of the rotor.

A brewer's spent grain (BSG) grinder includes a charging tank connected to a grinding unit, the charging tank being equipped with a device for BSG moistening, and the grinding unit having an outlet for discharging grinded BSG. The grinding unit includes a stator and a rotor located coaxially with a gap defined between their working surfaces. A device for mixing and moving a mixture into the gap is fixed on a central part of an upper side of the rotor. A device for discharging grinded BSG is located under the rotor. The rotor is configured to allow staged grinding of BSG to obtain coarser and finer fractions of BSG at upper and lower stages of the rotor respectively. An upper part of the rotor is equipped with blades located around a circumference of the rotor, an outer surface of each blade being part of the working surface of the rotor.

A brewer's spent grain (BSG) grinder includes a charging tank connected to a grinding unit, the charging tank being equipped with a device for BSG moistening, and the grinding unit having an outlet for discharging grinded BSG. The grinding unit includes a stator and a rotor located coaxially with a gap defined between their working surfaces. A device for mixing and moving a mixture into the gap is fixed on a central part of an upper side of the rotor. A device for discharging grinded BSG is located under the rotor. The rotor is configured to allow staged grinding of BSG to obtain coarser and finer fractions of BSG at upper and lower stages of the rotor respectively. An upper part of the rotor is equipped with blades located around a circumference of the rotor, an outer surface of each blade being part of the working surface of the rotor.

A tempering composition for tempering grain in a tempering step and controlling pathogens susceptible to be present in and/or on said grain during the tempering step of the grain, said tempering step being eventually carried out before subjecting the tempered grain to a milling step; wherein said tempering composition comprises tempering-water and an oxidizing composition comprising at least one oxidizing agent and/or a precursor thereof, and eventually at least one an agriculturally acceptable excipient and/or at least one additive; and wherein the at least one oxidizing agent represents from 0.01 to 50% by weight of the oxidizing composition. A use and a method for tempering grain and controlling pathogens susceptible to be present on grain. An oxidizing composition for preparing the tempering composition. A use of the tempering composition for sanitizing mill systems. A method for sanitizing mill systems.

The present application relates generally to emulsifiers and methods of production thereof, and specifically to emulsifiers prepared using renewable and/or agricultural products through a physical process. Flour of cereal grains, legumes, or other plant materials contains both protein and carbohydrate, in particular starch. The preparation procedure of flour emulsifier contains physical processing, including but not limited to specifically designed heating, milling, or the combinations of both. Emulsions of lipophilic materials are prepared using flour emulsifiers. The emulsions formed can be further dehydrated using spray drying, drum drying, freeze drying, vacuum drying, or other drying methods. The emulsions prepared using flour emulsifiers as well as their dehydrated products show enhanced stability against physical and chemical deteriorations as compared with those prepared using conventional emulsifiers, such as octenylsuccinate starch and gum arabic.

Vehicle safety devices, heat shields used in such devices and related methods are provided. The heat shield for use in vehicle airbags can include a woven base substrate and a needlepunched nonwoven substrate comprising silicon-containing fibers. The needlepunched nonwoven can be needlepunched to the woven base substrate such that, when the heat shield is positioned within an interior space of an airbag, the needlepunched nonwoven substrate faces apertures of an inflator within the airbag.