A method and an apparatus for skinning and cutting wet grain has a hopper 10 supplying wet, cooked grain via a feed channel 11 to a hopper 9. The hopper 9 is connected to feed grain to one end of a perforated cylinder 1. Located within the cylinder is a shaft 3 rotatable by a motor 5, the motor being controlled by a variable speed device 7. The shaft 3 carries a plurality of axially spaced rectangular knives 4, adjacent knives being oriented at approximately 90° to one another. In use wet grain entering the cylinder is bruised and the skins of the grain are weakened and removed to fall through the cylinder perforations, and the thus skinned grain is subsequently cut by the knives until of such a size that the grain passes through the cylinder perforations 2. The skins and grain are sorted by blowing and the cut grain is dried for subsequent use.

Es wird ein Verfahren und eine Vorrichtung zum Schälen und Vermahlen von Getreide beschrieben. Bei dem Verfahren wird das Getreide je nach seiner Beschaffenheit in bestimmter Weise konditioniert und getempert. Die Vorrichtung zum Schälen des Getreides weist eine Trommel mit horizontaler Welle auf, die auf ihrem Umfang gegenüber den Mantellinien leicht angestellte Messer trägt, die von einem Schirmmantel umgeben sind. Der Schirmmantel weist innen Stege in Gestalt verdrillter Drähte quadratischen Querschnitts auf. Am Austragsende ist ein Schwingdeckel angeordnet, der 'unter dem Druck des Fördergutes öffnet. Ein Gebläse saugt gebrochene Kömer ab. Die Schalen werden durch den Siebmantel der Trommel ausgestoßen und abgefördert. Die Mahlvorrichtung weist zwei mit vertikaler Achse umlaufende Mahlscheiben auf, die am Umfang mit bogenförmigen Sägeblättem bestückt sind, welche wellenförmige abgerundete Zähne besitzen. Über der Mahlvorrichtung ist ein Wasserbehälter angeordnet, von dem Wasser für einen Naß-Mahlvorgang gefördert wird.

A processing method and an apparatus for producing ethanol that reduces the number of separation steps to the maximum extent possible and simplifies the production configuration while enabling the grits, pericarp and germ to be extracted with ease. The method includes a tempering step of wetting corn grains with a certain amount of water, a dehulling step of dehulling the corn grains while maintaining their shape without breaking the wetted grains, a pulverization step of pulverizing the dehulled corn grains into pieces, a separation step of separating grits and bran from the broken pieces, and a milling step of further milling the separated grits.

A processing method and an apparatus for producing ethanol that reduces the number of separation steps to the maximum extent possible and simplifies the production configuration while enabling the grits, pericarp and germ to be extracted with ease. The method includes a tempering step of wetting corn grains with a certain amount of water, a dehulling step of dehulling the corn grains while maintaining their shape without breaking the wetted grains, a pulverization step of pulverizing the dehulled corn grains into pieces, a separation step of separating grits and bran from the broken pieces, and a milling step of further milling the separated grits.

The invention relates to the food industry. The inventive method for producing a grain substance consists in the following: mellow grain having an undamaged membrane and a hyaline layer is husked with the aid of a husker (5) in such a way that a part of external layer of kernel seed coat of a grain is removed in a quantity which is equal to 5 % of the initial weight of the grain, the integrity of the hyaline layer of the seed coat being preserved. The cleaning of the grain is carried out with the aid of current water in a device (7) for cleaning grain from impurities and in a device (6) for washing the grain surface of a module (1) for surface cleaning . The cleaned grain is germinated in receptacles (40) of a module (2) for grain germination by flooding the grain with a liquid and supplying air thereto with the aid of a perforated tube (43) of an air supply system.

A method and an apparatus for skinning and cutting wet grain has a hopper 10 supplying wet, cooked grain via a feed channel 11 to a hopper 9. The hopper 9 is connected to feed grain to one end of a perforated cylinder 1. Located within the cylinder is a shaft 3 rotatable by a motor 5, the motor being controlled by a variable speed device 7. The shaft 3 carries a plurality of axially spaced rectangular knives 4, adjacent knives being oriented at approximately 90° to one another. In use wet grain entering the cylinder is bruised and the skins of the grain are weakened and removed to fall through the cylinder perforations, and the thus skinned grain is subsequently cut by the knives until of such a size that the grain passes through the cylinder perforations 2. The skins and grain are sorted by blowing and the cut grain is dried for subsequent use.

By rotating seed agitating means (18, 50, 80) such as a rotary cutter means (40) within a seed container (6, 22, 70) in which seeds such as of spinach and lawn grass are admitted, the seeds are peeled to separate seed cores from seed coats while being stirred. The seed cores free from the seed coats are allowed to pass through screen means (24, 58, 73) attached to the bottom of the seed container so as to collect stripped seeds thus obtained. The stripped seeds enjoys a very high rate of germination.