PHILMECH COMPACT

CORNMILL
Developed by:

Dr. Michael A. Gragasin

Dr. Romualdo C. Martinez
Engr. Jayvee P. Illustrisimo

Philippine Center for Postharvest Development

and Mechanization (PHilMech)
Department of Agriculture (DA)
 2004-2013
18000

16000  The Philippines is the

14000 8th largest rice
12000 producer in the
10000
world, accounting for
MT

8000
2.8% of global rice
6000
production. However,
4000

2000
the Philippines was
0
also the world's
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
largest rice importer
Sufficiency in 2010.
Levels (%) 81.9 85.8 81.3 93.9 92.1 97.2

Production Imports Beginning Stocks Total Demand

 Rice is thinly traded in
the world market,
accounting for only
5-6% of the total
world production in
2010.
 To keep pace with the
growing demand of rice in
the country, the Aquino
Government embraced the
Food Staple Sufficiency
Plan

 The Food Staple Sufficiency

Plan aims to increase rice
production, maintain per
capita consumption of rice
and increase consumption
of other staple foods such
as CORN.
The poor quality of corn
grits is one of the major
causes of the diminishing
consumption of white
corn in the country

20% in 1980s

15% in 2010’s
 Condition
of the
Corngrain
Quality of
Corn grits
Performance
of the
Cornmill
 PERFORMANCE CRITERIA FOR CORNMIL
Philippine Agricultural Engineering Standard
PERFORMANCE
CRITERIA
DATA
Main Product Recovery, percent, min
Main Product a) Grit # 10 28
b) Grit # 12 21
By-Products c) Grit # 14 7
d) Grit # 16 6
e) Grit # 18 2
Main Product, percent, min 64
By Product, percent, min 31
Losses, percent, max 5
Grits of other sizes, percent, max 7
Degerminator Eff., percent, min 80
Noise Level, [db (A)], max 92*

Source: PAES
AMTEC’S ACTUAL TEST RESULTS OF EXISTING VILLAGE TYPE CORNMILLS
PERFORMANCE Cornmill Cornmill Cornmill Cornmill
PARAMETER A B C D
Output Capacity, kg/hr 128.8 52.0 88.2 97.5
Milling Capacity, kg/hr 200 125.6 120.0 161.3
Main Product Recovery,
64.4 39.4* 73.5 60.5*
% (64%,minimum)
Degerminator Efficiency,
76.7* 100 45.6* 44.0*
% (80%, minimum)
Power/fuelConsumption 3.06 1.32 2.52 1.55
kW L/H diesel kW L/h diesel
Labor requirement,
2 3 2 2
persons
Source of Data: AMTEC * Below the minimum standard set by PAES
Why there is a need to develop
a village-type corn mill?
PHilMech Compact Corn Mill
 Technology Features
 Can produce good quality corn grits with higher milling
recovery
 Can be used in the production of corn grits and cracked
corn for food and feeds, respectively
 Compact yet powerful with input capacity of 300-350
kg/hr
 Low operating cost of P1.40/kg output
 Easy to operate with push bottom switches
 Simultaneous operations for sorting, cleaning and size
reduction for white corn
 Can minimize aflatoxin contamination in the corn grits
 Requires only small working area
 Technology Specification
 Input Capacity 300 kg/hr
 Output Recovery 64%
 Labor requirements 2
 3 Major Components
a) embryo or germ remover
b) size reducer/ hammer mill
c) grading component

 Power Requirements (Single Phase)

a) Degermer 5hp
b) Hammer Mill 4 hp
c) Grader ½ hp
Performance of PHilMech Compact Cornmill Based on AMTEC Test
Results

Performance Parameter PHilMech Cornmill

Output Capacity, kg/hr 240
Milling Capacity, kg/hr 260
Main Product Recovery, % 64.7%-72.3%
Degerminator Efficiency, % 81.2% - 94%
Power Consumption, KW/h 5.4-6.6kW/h
Labor Requirement, Person 2
 Aflatoxin content of corn grits and corn
by products after milling, ppb
Trial 1 Trial 2 Ave.
Corn Grain 334 329 331.5
Degermed/Cracked Corn 27 30 28.5
By Product (Hull, Germ, Tip Cap) 647 633 640.0
Grits No. 10 & 12 5 5 5.0
Grits No. 14, 16 & 18 19 18 18.5
Corn Flour 48 51 49.5

Corn on cobs Corn grains Cracked corn Corn grits # 12

 Output Impact (4A’s)
Potential Impact of the
Developed Technology Adequacy
 Higher grits of corn grits supply
recovery
 Higher degerming Accessibility
efficiency of good quality
corn grits
 Recover corn Availability
grain of sufficient and
contaminated safe supply of corn
with aflatoxin grits
 Low operating Affordability
cost per kg output of corn grits in
the market
Effect

Reduced pressure to Induced

Food
DA rice program in consumption
Sufficiency in
producing the food of corn as
the country
requirements of the food
country
 PHilMech Licensed Manufacturer
• Rollmaster Machinery & Industrial Services
Corporation
• ACT (Machineries & Metal Craft) Corporation
• Suki Trading Corporation
Michael Gragasin, Ph.D.
Supervising Science Research Specialist
Philippine Center for Postharvest Development
and Mechanization (PHilMech)
Department of Agriculture, Philippines
Tel No : +63-44-4560-290 loc 400
Fax No : +63-44-4560-110
E-mail: kitgragasin@yahoo.com