Science of flour milling: a treatise on typical machines and up-to-date appliances for the efficient and economical manufacture of flour and the treatment of the by-products from the modern flour mill.
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| Authors & editors | |
| Publisher | Thomas Robinson & Son |
| Year of publication | 1908 |
| Languages | English (main text) |
| Medium | Book |
| Edition | 1 |
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| Scope & content | Reprinted articles from the London journal "Engineering" Sept. 4th and 18th and Oct. 2nd and 16th 1908. Article 1. Reception, Cleaning and Storing of Grain: economy of labour; depreciation and interest on capital; the site of a modern flour mill; Avonmouth - the Dock Granary, the Mill, the engineers; Double receiving or warehouse separator; the seives; separating by reel; dust-proof bearings; "Cyclone" dust collector; a band conveyor floor; system in silo building; pressure of grain in bins; the construction of the silos and their approximate cost; silo house arrangement; wheat mixer. Article 2. The Cleaning and Conditioning of the Wheat: purity in flour; secret of successful milling; wheat cleaning and conditioning; the Zig-Zag Separator; the feed divider; the magnetic separator; cockle, oat and barley extraction; the separating cylinders; the system drive; the wheat scourer; how the 'beard' is removed; classification of English and foreign wheats; special treatment of new wheats; washing and stoning; economy of water; the vertical whizzer; abrasion of the bran avoided; dryer and conditioner; the Gravimeter; blending; the final cleansing process; emery grain scourer; a novel aspirator. Article 3. The Roller System of Milling: the actual production of flour; economy of power; the break rolls; the type of feed; the Cyclo-pneumatic Separator; the revolving sifter; cyclo-pneumatic separating and grading; the new process and its rapid success; the last 'break'; the purification system; the 'Koh-i-Noor' Purifier - its operation and construction; details of purification; a few essential points; the reduction roller mill and its difference from the break roll; the twin roller feed; adjustment of rolls; rolls with differential diameters; centrifugal flour dressing machine; the machine in detail; silk numbers; list of silk and wire clothing; a modern flour warehouse; re-dressing and packing; the provender mill; the 'Dreadnought' grinder; barley washing. Article 4. Accessories: employees elevator; 'Wade' elevator bucket. Many illustrations, photographs of machinery and cross-sectional drawings of the buildings and milling processes. |
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Accession no. 225
- Shelf location: J207-THO Founders Room
- Donor: John Muller Collection