Corn/Maize Flour Milling Machine & Process & Cost

Start Your Own Corn/Maize Flour Milling Business.

Starting a maize milling plant for commercial purpose is popular in many countries, like Kenya, Zambia, Tanzania, Uganda, Nigeria, etc. No matter whether you have known the maize production or not, the basic maize flour production process, complete maize flour production line are extremely important for a maize flour milling factory and even the key factors for the success of maize flour business.

But, how to process maize into flour? How much it would cost to set up a small scale maize flour mill plant? If you are going to venture into maize flour manufacturing, it is better to know maize flour production process and maize flour processing machines.

The complete set of maize flour processing plant is designed by the research and development department of our company according to the market demands, with reference to the popular trend of corn processing industry in the world. It is a small scale flour mill that maintains the essence of large scale flour manufacturing plant. From the elevation of raw materials, selection by winnowing, removal of micro impurities, stone, metals, moisture adjustment, peeling, corn germ removal, crushing, slagging, flour milling, packaging, etc, it can complete all maize flour production processes efficiently. It can produce different size of maize grits, and maize flour from 30 to 120 mesh. It can totally meet the different needs of the market.

The maize flour milling process is mechanical and consists of several processes. It starts by the cleaning of the maize and ends by its grinding and sieving into flour. (You may also like: 

• Cleaning

The cleaning of maize flour production process is done by removing all the foreign material like sand, grit and dirt that may be present in the maize. These foreign materials and any other impurity that may be harmful to humans after consumption of the flour or can damage the maize flour milling machine during maize flour processing are removed. This process ensures the maize for superior flour quality. All these foreign materials are removed by a sieving process where all course particles are removed. Different kinds of sieves are used which ensures all materials bigger or smaller than the maize itself is left behind.

• Conditioning

After cleaning, the second step of Maize/Corn Flour Production Process is maize conditioning. This is the addition of moisture to it and allowing it to soak for some time. This allows the bran to be peeled off easily. The maize is then de-germinated and polished prior to flour milling. This is the separation of the germ meal, endosperm and bran.This process results in very high quality maize meal. When the bran, endosperm and gem are ground together, the resulting maize meal is considered poor quality. This is because it has a shorter shelf life, gives the porridge a yellow appearance and gives the eater a bloated feeling. 

• Milling

The maize is then passed through a flour milling machine where it is grounded up into flour. After the milling, the last step of the maize flour production is sieving the flour. Flour of the desired quality is retrieved and the residue is returned in the machine for further milling.