A degerminator having a base, a plate with a plurality of protrusions, and a clamp that engages the plate to removably secure the plate to the base. A degerminator having first and second plate assemblies and an enclosure that surrounds the first plate assembly. The second plate assembly has a seal that moves between deflated and inflated positions. The second plate assembly moves between a first position, in which it does not engage the enclosure, and a second position, in which the seal engages the enclosure when inflated. A degerminator having a frame, first and second plate assemblies, supports and guides each coupled to the frame or the second plate assembly, and actuators each coupled to the frame and the second plate assembly to move the second plate assembly relative to the first plate assembly. A removable wear ring may protect a side wall of the enclosure.

The present invention relates to a pulse polishing machine. In one embodiment, the machine includes a base frame having protruded vertical supports at longitudinal ends 5 and a rotor assembly placed between the vertical supports through a drive shaft. Rotor assembly having plurality of rotary disks mounted at the ends and centre of the drive shaft and a circular cam assembly fixed on the rotary disks. Further, a sheet basket assembly having plurality of circular shaped segments surrounds the rotor assembly defines the polishing chamber. An inlet means and an outlet means are positioned on the 0 sheet basket assembly at diagonally opposite ends. Segments of split covers are used to cover the polishing chamber from either ends. And the ends of the polishing chamber are covered by a pair of split covers. An electric motor is connected to one end of the drive shaft to impart rotary motion to the rotor assembly for polishing pulses.

A surface-worked granular product is produced by supplying raw granular material to a cylindrical retainer having apertures and retaining sites, floating the granular material by suctioning air from the cylindrical retainer, rotating a rotary working device installed in the cylindrical retainer, and contacting working protrusion protruding from the working device with the granular material to remove foreign substances and to perform surface-working of the granular material so as to form a rough surface without causing degeneration, denaturation or substantial removal of useful ingredients, wherein the surface-worked granular product has surface characteristics different from raw granular material.

A surface-worked granular product is produced by supplying raw granular material to a cylindrical retainer having apertures and retaining sites, floating the granular material by suctioning air from the cylindrical retainer, rotating a rotary working device installed in the cylindrical retainer, and contacting working protrusion protruding from the working device with the granular material to remove foreign substances and to perform surface-working of the granular material so as to form a rough surface without causing degeneration, denaturation or substantial removal of useful ingredients, wherein the surface-worked granular product has surface characteristics different from raw granular material.

A method and system for removing foreign grains from oat grains to establish gluten-free oats, i.e., oat grains having gluten levels below 20 ppm and, more preferably, below 10 ppm, relies upon performing various mechanical differentiation operations on a combination of grains, including oats and foreign, or gluten containing, grains. The mechanical differentiation operations can be arranged in series or in a combination of series and parallel operations. The various operations preferably include width grading and multiple length grading steps, as well as an aspirating steps, as well as a potential debearding step. The resulting oats can be used to make a wide range of gluten-free oat food products, including cereal and granola products.

A degerminator having a base, a plate with a plurality of protrusions, and a clamp that engages the plate to removably secure the plate to the base. A degerminator having first and second plate assemblies and an enclosure that surrounds the first plate assembly. The second plate assembly has a seal that moves between deflated and inflated positions. The second plate assembly moves between a first position, in which it does not engage the enclosure, and a second position, in which the seal engages the enclosure when inflated. A degerminator having a frame, first and second plate assemblies, supports and guides each coupled to the frame or the second plate assembly, and actuators each coupled to the frame and the second plate assembly to move the second plate assembly relative to the first plate assembly. A removable wear ring may protect a side wall of the enclosure.

A dry process for the production of whole durum wheat semolina is described, wherein wheat caryopses (101) are subjected to decortication in order to remove the germ (107) and only the outermost layers of the pericarp (102) of the multilayer bran coating of said caryopses and the caryopses decorticated in this way are subjected to milling followed by sieving, selecting fractions having a particle size lower than or equal to 500 m, which form the aforementioned whole durum wheat semolina. The invention also refers to a whole durum wheat semolina obtained by the aforementioned process having a moisture content lower than or equal to 13%, a total fibre content between 8% and 13% and a protein content between 12% and 17%, and a whole-wheat pasta and a bakery product obtained using the aforementioned semolina.

A dry process for the production of whole durum wheat semolina is described, wherein wheat caryopses (101) are subjected to decortication in order to remove the germ (107) and only the outermost layers of the pericarp (102) of the multilayer bran coating of said caryopses and the caryopses decorticated in this way are subjected to milling followed by sieving, selecting fractions having a particle size lower than or equal to 500 m, which form the aforementioned whole durum wheat semolina. The invention also refers to a whole durum wheat semolina obtained by the aforementioned process having a moisture content lower than or equal to 13%, a total fibre content between 8% and 13% and a protein content between 12% and 17%, and a whole-wheat pasta and a bakery product obtained using the aforementioned semolina.

In a hulling apparatus for producing hulled spelt seed including a lower course hulling device, and a method for producing hulled seed of a spelt grain, the hulling apparatus contains two disks, as rotor and stator, which are movable relative to each other, wherein at least one disk can be driven about a vertical rotation axis, and the disks enclose a flat annular working chamber between disk faces which face each other and are vertically spaced apart from each other, for receiving spelt products to be hulled, wherein at least one of the disk faces has a surface made of a plastic material, and the temperature of the apparatus can be controlled in the region of at least one of the disk faces.

In a hulling apparatus for producing hulled spelt seed including a lower course hulling device, and a method for producing hulled seed of a spelt grain, the hulling apparatus contains two disks, as rotor and stator, which are movable relative to each other, wherein at least one disk can be driven about a vertical rotation axis, and the disks enclose a flat annular working chamber between disk faces which face each other and are vertically spaced apart from each other, for receiving spelt products to be hulled, wherein at least one of the disk faces has a surface made of a plastic material, and the temperature of the apparatus can be controlled in the region of at least one of the disk faces.