Abstract:
India is the second largest producer of rice with annual production of
more than 90 million tonnes. About 25% is processed through modern
rice mills. The major portion of the paddy is milled through hullers. The
hullers are usually low capacity mills. The yield of rice in huller mills is
about 5% less than that obtained in modern mills in case of raw paddy
and 2% less in case of parboiled paddy. In the hullers, both shelling and
polishing operations are carried out simultaneously. Hence, there is no
control on the polishing of rice, bran, admixed with husk is obtained with
a higher breakage of rice grain. To overcome these, a mini rice mill is
available to meet the needs of the villages and a substitute for a huller mill, to get polished rice, rice
bran and paddy husk.
