An apparatus and a method for performing maintenance on grinding discs are disclosed. The apparatus can be positioned below the housing of a vertical grinding mill and attached to the housing in order to provide temporary support for grinding discs when the grinding discs are removed from the housing. The apparatus can be rotated so that it is in a longitudinal position when the grinding discs are within the housing.

A method is disclosed for producing, only with mechanical treatment, high-quality rice flour having a rounded particle shape, which is equivalent to fine flour obtained by using enzymes, has characteristics close to the characteristics of wheat flour, and is suitable for production of bread, cakes, noodles, and the like. In order to attain the object, a method for producing rice flour includes: providing primary crushing material rice subjected to soaking and adjustment of moisture content with a disintegrating and sizing device, fine grinding the primary crushed rice with an air mill, and then drying the fine ground rice with an air flow dryer.

A method is disclosed for producing, only with mechanical treatment, high-quality rice flour having a rounded particle shape, which is equivalent to fine flour obtained by using enzymes, has characteristics close to the characteristics of wheat flour, and is suitable for production of bread, cakes, noodles, and the like. In order to attain the object, a method for producing rice flour includes: providing primary crushing material rice subjected to soaking and adjustment of moisture content with a disintegrating and sizing device, fine grinding the primary crushed rice with an air mill, and then drying the fine ground rice with an air flow dryer.

The present invention regards a refiner plate segment (1) for a disc-type refiner apparatus (30), adapted to grind a saturated cellulosic material (M) in a refining gap (17) defined by opposed discs (20) during use of the apparatus (30), the material being moved from a refiner inlet opening (21) towards an outer edge (7) of the segment (1). The outer edge (7) of the segment (1) comprises a barrier arrangement (15) to increase the pressure in the refining gap (17) for retaining the liquid phase out to said outer edge (7). The present invention also regards a method of refining a saturated cellulosic material (M) in a refining gap (17) defined by two opposed discs (20) of a disc arrangement.

The present invention regards a refiner plate segment (1) for a disc-type refiner apparatus (30), adapted to grind a saturated cellulosic material (M) in a refining gap (17) defined by opposed discs (20) during use of the apparatus (30), the material being moved from a refiner inlet opening (21) towards an outer edge (7) of the segment (1). The outer edge (7) of the segment (1) comprises a barrier arrangement (15) to increase the pressure in the refining gap (17) for retaining the liquid phase out to said outer edge (7). The present invention also regards a method of refining a saturated cellulosic material (M) in a refining gap (17) defined by two opposed discs (20) of a disc arrangement.

An apparatus and a method for performing maintenance on grinding discs are disclosed. The apparatus can be positioned below the housing of a vertical grinding mill and attached to the housing in order to provide temporary support for grinding discs when the grinding discs are removed from the housing. The apparatus can be rotated so that it is in a longitudinal position when the grinding discs are within the housing.

A grinder (30) has a toolessly attached ingredient hopper assembly (50) overlying a toolessly attached fixed grinding burr (134) defining the top of a grind chamber (158) within which is received a mating rotary grinding burr (150) that is slidably mounted to a rotary drive motor (154) for adjustment relative to the fixed grinding burr (134). Adjustment is achieved automatically by control of a stepper motor (168) that pushes on the end of an elongate control shaft (393) passing through a hollow rotary drive axle (392) and carrying the rotary grinding burr (150) at an opposite end. In a similar embodiment (FIG. 23), the non-rotary burr (314) is adjusted by movement of a control shaft (393) contained within a hollow motor axle (392). In other embodiments (FIGS. 17-22), a movable axle (304) of a movable rotor motor (300) and attached to the rotary burr (312) is moved to make the adjustments.

A mill that includes a first milling stone connected rotatably by an electric motor, a second milling stone arranged coaxially with the first milling stone, and a milling area formed by facing milling surfaces of the first milling stone and the second milling stone, wherein the milling area has a first portion formed by first facing portions of the facing milling surfaces of the first milling stone and the second milling stone and a second portion formed by second facing portions of the facing milling surfaces of the first milling stone and the second milling stone.

A mill that includes a first milling stone connected rotatably by an electric motor, a second milling stone arranged coaxially with the first milling stone, and a milling area formed by facing milling surfaces of the first milling stone and the second milling stone, wherein the milling area has a first portion formed by first facing portions of the facing milling surfaces of the first milling stone and the second milling stone and a second portion formed by second facing portions of the facing milling surfaces of the first milling stone and the second milling stone.

A solid material grinding method and device with an adjustable discharge size includes a grinding disc housing, and a movable grinding disc and a stationary grinding disc provided in a grinding disc cavity of the grinding disc housing coaxially with grinding surfaces opposite to each other. The movable grinding disc is driven to rotate in the grinding disc housing, thereby grinding materials between the movable grinding disc and the stationary grinding disc. The movable grinding disc is further connected to a pushing mechanism, and the pushing mechanism adjusts the distance between the movable grinding disc and the stationary grinding disc in a push-and-pull manner. A top rectifying blower and a side edge rectifying blower respectively blow gas from an upward side and a lateral side of the movable grinding disc and the stationary grinding disc. A central rectifying blower blows gas to the center of the stationary grinding disc.