by
Rebecca Sherratt, Features Editor, Milling and Grain
Milling and Grain were thrilled to once again play host to the GRAPAS Innovations Awards and GRAPAS Conference as part of VICTAM International. This year we received more applications for the GRAPAS Innovations Awards than ever before - an astounding 15 entries – and each one was very worthy of recognition for its unique and commendable service to the flour, rice and pasta processing sector.
On June 12th, during the VICTAM International Network Reception, myself and our Publisher, Roger Gilbert, took to the stage to announce the winners of the GRAPAS Innovations Awards 2019. The audience of industry professionals and leading businesspersons applauded our winners as, one by one, they received their prizes for their astounding innovations in milling technology.
Our international panel of industry expert judges certainly had a tough time deciding the winners for this year’s GRAPAS Innovations Awards, but they finally came to a decision as to which solutions truly reflect the brilliant level of innovation that the milling industry possesses:
Runner-up: Balaguer Rolls’ Optical Fluting Test 2.0
Following in the path of the already very successful OFT 1.0, Balaguer Roll’s upgraded model of the Optical Fluting Test is specifically designed to further assist millers to easily check and measure roll profiles by optical vision.
In only a few simple steps, the OFT 2.0 provides users with a certificate which shows the existing fluting profile of a fluting roll, which makes it both easy and quick to analyse your rolls and to make the decision when they are in need of changing. The device measures various parameters, including pitch, dull angle, sharp angle, land and roll wear percentage.
The OFT 2.0 is also 30 percent smaller than the previous model and 70 percent lighter, ensuring that it remains compact and easy to transport so it can be carried with ease, wherever you may need it. For all these reasons, it is clear why the GRAPAS Innovations Awards judges described the OFT 2.0 as “revolutionary”.
Winner One: Petkus’ OptoSelector OS 901
The GRAPAS Innovations Awards’ first winner was Petkus, for their brilliant optical sorter, the OptoSelector OS 901. The high advanced software within the solution processes and analysis each individual kernel passed through the chutes, utilising size and shape recognition technology to clearly mark defects and erroneous samples to remove them with both ease and speed.
The device can also be set to also remove and reject broken or deformed samples, for those who want only the best and most visually pleasing kernels. In the machine menus, further information about each sample can also be analysed at the user’s leisure, such as the sample colour content and geometric characteristics, to name a few.
Read more HERE.
Milling and Grain were thrilled to once again play host to the GRAPAS Innovations Awards and GRAPAS Conference as part of VICTAM International. This year we received more applications for the GRAPAS Innovations Awards than ever before - an astounding 15 entries – and each one was very worthy of recognition for its unique and commendable service to the flour, rice and pasta processing sector.
On June 12th, during the VICTAM International Network Reception, myself and our Publisher, Roger Gilbert, took to the stage to announce the winners of the GRAPAS Innovations Awards 2019. The audience of industry professionals and leading businesspersons applauded our winners as, one by one, they received their prizes for their astounding innovations in milling technology.
Our international panel of industry expert judges certainly had a tough time deciding the winners for this year’s GRAPAS Innovations Awards, but they finally came to a decision as to which solutions truly reflect the brilliant level of innovation that the milling industry possesses:
Runner-up: Balaguer Rolls’ Optical Fluting Test 2.0
Following in the path of the already very successful OFT 1.0, Balaguer Roll’s upgraded model of the Optical Fluting Test is specifically designed to further assist millers to easily check and measure roll profiles by optical vision.
In only a few simple steps, the OFT 2.0 provides users with a certificate which shows the existing fluting profile of a fluting roll, which makes it both easy and quick to analyse your rolls and to make the decision when they are in need of changing. The device measures various parameters, including pitch, dull angle, sharp angle, land and roll wear percentage.
The OFT 2.0 is also 30 percent smaller than the previous model and 70 percent lighter, ensuring that it remains compact and easy to transport so it can be carried with ease, wherever you may need it. For all these reasons, it is clear why the GRAPAS Innovations Awards judges described the OFT 2.0 as “revolutionary”.
Winner One: Petkus’ OptoSelector OS 901
The GRAPAS Innovations Awards’ first winner was Petkus, for their brilliant optical sorter, the OptoSelector OS 901. The high advanced software within the solution processes and analysis each individual kernel passed through the chutes, utilising size and shape recognition technology to clearly mark defects and erroneous samples to remove them with both ease and speed.
The device can also be set to also remove and reject broken or deformed samples, for those who want only the best and most visually pleasing kernels. In the machine menus, further information about each sample can also be analysed at the user’s leisure, such as the sample colour content and geometric characteristics, to name a few.
Read more HERE.
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