Development of an Automatic Rice Milling Machine for Rice-Assay (Part 2)

Performance test and practical application of automatic rice-milling machine

Abstract

An automatic rice-milling machine for rice-assay, which can mill rice with high accuracy in terms of milling rate and milling uniformity, was developed. The machine can also examine the milling properties of rice. This rice-milling machine is the vertical friction type, and can mill rice automatically. The structure and action of the machine were described in our previous report. The results of performance tests of the machine are reported in this paper. The machine improved on the milling accuracy (the error of milling rate is within±0.2%). The results show that the machine can be of practical use.