Detailed Project Report on wheat & corn milling

WHEAT & CORN MILLING

[CODE NO.4180] 

Maize is an important food grain used in food, feed and many industrial applications. The grains contain about 6% hard pericarp, 10-11% germ and 75%-80% endosperm. The germ contains 32-36% edible oil. The removal of the hard pericarp is essentials to make the grains easily digestible and palatable.

The flour consists of milled maize grain from which course material like husk bran are removed. Maize flour and semolina are produced in a mini grain mill. The maize oil is expelled oil form maize germ and very rich source of phospholipids and tocopherils.

APPLICATION OF PRODUCTS

Maize flour is used for making a variety of preparations like roti, thick porridge, this porridge, pancakes. It is also admixed with wheat flour or sorghum flour to improve the eating quantity. Maize semolina is used for making various preparations for which wheat or rice semolina are conventionally used e.g. sweet or savoury soft-cooked bhat type items. Maize oil is valuable edible oil and a nutritive product. The maize germ oil contains more than 60% linoliec acid which is a good cholesterol reducing agent. It makes a good choice for heart patients. It is excellent frying oil.

PRODUCTION PROCESS

Maize grains are separated using a maize sheller. These are winnowed to remove dirt, dust cob pieces and later passed through a de-stoner to remove stone pieces and extraneous matter. The cleaned grains are moistered to loosen the pericarp. The conditioned grains are passed through a mini grain mill wherein the de-husking and de-germing take place simultaneously yielding about 70% maize grits having less than 12% fat. The large grits are ground into flakable grits, coarse and fine semolina & flour in a plate grinder with reduced r.p.m. The coarse grinding of incipiently moistered grain in the plate mill followed by sieving, aspiration and gravity separation help in removal of most of the germ fraction. The oil content in the germ fraction is around 17-18%. Further conditioning of the grain with 6% moisture, removes both germ and the bran together and the grit yield increases by 5% and bran removal is more complete.

COST ESTIMATION

Plant Capacity                              112 MT/Day

Land & Building (12,138 sq.mt.) US$ 5.77 Lac

Plant & Machinery                          US$ 13.05 Lac

Working Capital for 2 Months     US$ 13.26 Lac

Total Capital Investment              US$ 33.14 Lac

Rate of Return                                33%

Break Even Point                            50%

• INTRODUCTION
• APPLICATION OF PRODUCTS
• PRODUCTION PROCESS
• DETAILS OF ROLLER FLOUR MILL MACHINERIES
• MANUFACTURING PROCESS
• COMPLETE PLANT AND MACHINERY SUPPLIERS FOR STARCH (MAIZE)
• SUPPLIERS OF PLANT AND MACHINERY  
• INTRODUCTION (WHEAT MILLING) 
• PRODUCTS AND APPLICATIONS
• MANUFACTURING PROCESS AND TECHNOLOGY BENCHMARKING
• PLANT LAYOUT
• PRINCIPLES OF PLANT LAYOUT
• PLANT LOCATION FACTORS
• EXPLANATION OF TERMS USED IN THE PROJECT REPORT
• MANPOWER
• SWOT ANALYSIS
• PLANT LOCATION COUNTRY 
• GAMBIA
• ORGANIZATION CHART
• IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE
• LIST OF CONSULTANTS FOR TURNKEY PROJECTS

APPENDIX – A:

01. PLANT ECONOMICS

02. LAND & BUILDING

03. PLANT AND MACHINERY

04. OTHER FIXED ASSESTS

05. FIXED CAPITAL

06. RAW MATERIAL

07. SALARY AND WAGES

08. UTILITIES AND OVERHEADS

09. TOTAL WORKING CAPITAL

10. TOTAL CAPITAL INVESTMENT

11. COST OF PRODUCTION

12. TURN OVER/ANNUM

13. BREAK EVEN POINT

14. RESOURCES FOR FINANCE

15. INSTALMENT PAYABLE IN 5 YEARS

16. DEPRECIATION CHART FOR 5 YEARS

17. PROFIT ANALYSIS FOR 5 YEARS

18. PROJECTED BALANCE SHEET FOR (5 YEARS)