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and his staff have acquired a helping hand - or eye to be more precise - in the form of the ProFoss. Mounted directly in production at the final steps in the milling process, the ProFoss monitors the flour as it flows through pipes at up to 25 metres a second. This avoids the need for a bypass stream to collect samples. The instrument is housed in a practical and robust stainless steel cabinet (ATEX approved). While it may not win any design awards, the wealth of information the ProFoss provides is something for any quality controller to get excited about. The analyser automatically monitors moisture, protein and ash every few seconds and the regular results are fed back to a computer in the mill control room where they are displayed in a graphical form using Foss ISIscan software. The charts resemble a seismic graph. A nice straight line indicates that the flour composition is on target, but with a tremor indicated if something starts to go off track. This allows anyone working in production to see at a glance whether everything is running to plan. The new system does exactly the same job

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INFRANeO JUNIOR

he use of NIR technology as an analytical technique is far from new to the grain and feed milling industry.

In many parts of the world it has been a mainstay of grain quality analysis for more than 20 years and the benefits of the technology are well understood. So what is the next step for this technology? As with many aspects of food and agricultural quality control today, the answer lies in the field of in-line near infrared analysis. But even in-line NIR is not a new concept. The potential benefits of moving the instrument from the lab to the production line where it can take constant measurements hour after hour and day after day have been clear to quality controllers and production managers for years. Until recently however, the technology has failed to meet the challenge with filter-based near infrared technology unable to deliver the sort of savings hoped for. All that has changed with the advent of new Diode Array based solutions teamed with strong calibrations and the latest computing technology. One company already making good use of

the technology development is Spanish premium flour suppliers Emilio Esteban. With the help of an in-line, near infrared process monitoring solution called ProFoss from Foss, it is raising high quality standards to new levels while gaining more vision and insight into the milling process.

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A flour production facility like the one at the Emilio Esteban flour mill in Spain typically produces around 100 kilos of premium grade flour every minute. Thats not a huge output by industry standards, but plenty for the staff at the in-house laboratory to control as they strive to ensure that deliveries always match the high standards of discerning customers, including, amongst others, producers of baby food. Company director Emilio Esteban sets out the business strategy in the current competitive business landscape. There are basically two options. Either you go for high capacity and compete on price or you invest in high quality. With a high quality strategy in mind, Esteban

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Laboratory manager, Antonio Caballero conducted a study which indicates very similar performance for both instruments. And, of particular importance is the fact that even though the performances of the two solutions are very similar, the frequency of measurement with the ProFoss system allows trends and irregularities to be spotted more quickly.

as the previous analysis instrument in the laboratory, but now measurements are made several times a minute instead of every few hours. It is this frequency that helps to keep production right on target. It also reduces the risk of variations in content of products when a new batch is started. Esteban sums up the advantage of continuous measurement and the difference in comparison to the Infratec 1241 Grain Analyser located in the laboratory. Infratec and ProFoss are completely different devices, he says. The reason for this is where they are situated. Infratec allows you to analyse samples

arriving at the lab, but these dont represent the whole process. ProFoss is another concept it is placed inline and provides constant and continuous information, so in case there is any problem, you can react immediately and that is the key. According to laboratory manager Antonio Caballero, the accuracy of ProFoss is equal to the Infratec when measuring protein, moisture and ash. Besides this, with ProFoss, he believes that traceability has increased as the company now has a more comprehensive picture of quality. I believe that improved control of the process will increase quality levels and give us a competitive edge, says Caballero. We will also improve traceability, as we know exactly how the process is working. And overall, we will increase the quality of our products. An obvious consideration was whether the accuracy of measurements with the ProFoss would be comparable to the existing desktop Infratec 1241 grain analyser used in the laboratory.

Other applications?
While the benefits for flour production are clearly demonstrated in the story above, it doesnt take a great deal of lateral thinking to see the application of this technology in other parts of the grain and feed supply chain.

Thankfully the answer to this question is very much yes.

A similar story to the one above can be told in protein meal production where the instrument has demonstrated similar levels of benefit. Likewise whole grain is an area where this technology can provide significant benefits to grain handlers. Whether it be at intake into the mill, on loading a bulk vessel or in the elevator conducting in stream segregation or blending, having real time inline analysis can have significant benefits over bench top techniques.

One novel use for in line analysis might well be fraud prevention.
Anyone handling grain has heard a story of someone delivering a load of grain who has taken it upon themselves to mix some poor grain, perhaps high moisture or low protein, in areas of the load where they know the sample spear wont reach, while putting the good grain on top. With inline analysis, such practices will soon be found as inline analysis takes samples from a much higher proportion of the load as it passes through the elevator. Sure, once the product is in the plant or silo it is too late, but such monitoring combined with appropriate penalties will soon see those wanting to beat the system either stop the practice or at least divert their attention to the receiver who isnt so alert. The simple fact is that inline NIR is always alert and is constantly checking quality.

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