Comparison of the OTAKE and SATAKE Rice Mills Performance on Milled Rice Quality

Abstract

Rice is the main diet in Central Asia. Quality of milled rice is good or bad and meets the international standard in terms of quantity of head rice as a result of appropriate rice mill. The objective of this study was to find out the better rice mill for better milled rice quality. In this research, two rice species (jasmine and fragrant) were milled by SATAKE and OTAKE rice mill machines at different conditions. The paddy rice specimens were dried to obtain the moisture content of 14% (recommended milling standard). Physical properties, percentage of lose, percentage of cracked rice, and capacity of peeling for millstone peel data were collected and analyzed statically using SPSS version 16.0. The results showed that milling two species of rice by SATAKE mill brand at role’s gap 0.7 mm obtained about 95% (Jasmine) and about 94% (Fragrant) on head rice, while using OTAKE brand at 3970 revolution per minute received about 84% and 78% of Jasmine rice and Fragrant rice, respectively in terms of head rice. Thus, milling rice using small-scale SATAKE rice mill is better than OTAKE machine based on more quantity of head rice of both paddy rice species.