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together with fat coating and new outloading and milling are supplied as a full set or individually Seed processing
bins and the Humansdorp Koop are also adding for upgrading an existing plant. This has proved Although seed processing has long been an
a second pelleting line, this time for high rough- to be successful not only within South Africa with important activity in the business, it has recently
age feed. over 10 units sold but also further North in equa- taken on new significance with the completion
African
As a consequence of this high level of feed mill- torial regions of Africa. Now this same concept of the major turnkey project for Pioneer Hi-Bred
ing activity the sales of dies and rolls for the pellet has been applied to a PeriTec wheat flour milling International (PHI), a subsidiary of the Du Pont
presses is growing at over 30 percent per annum. system for OVK as described above and more Corporation of America.
advances
recently to the new 10M animal feed mill. This plant, outside Pretoria, which produces
Modular mills Deon Cronje, sales director, commented transgenic maize seeds to the highest interna-
In response to the requirement for more eco- “It has been logical to extend the concept by tional standards, was followed by another in
nomical plants, mainly in rural areas, Techmach initiating these new designs since many of our northern Zambia, where Techmach have also
developed and introduced a Modular Maize Mill customers wish to apply the very latest plant and built a system for Monsanto and now a further
concept, incorporating the innovative Satake/ technology, get into production quickly and are plant is to be built near Addis Ababa in Ethiopia.
by Bryan McGee, a milling Techmach degerming system, in 2008 (World understandably reluctant to make major invest- Other Company projects in sub-Saharan
Grain, August 2009). Typically the four preassem- ments in non-productive building structures and Africa are being executed in Nigeria, Namibia,
industry consultant
bled modules for cleaning, degerming, polishing other non-essential infrastructure.” Mozambique and Swaziland.
and freelance writer
(bryan@bcmcgee.co.uk)
THE POWER BEHIND YOUR TRANSPORT
contact@vav.nl
Conveyor chains
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echmach Technology of South tonnes of which four to five will be available A recent example is Kromdraai in Frankfort
Africa aspires to be Africa’s leading for export. who operate a new Techmach engineered
general engineering company in the Over 75 percent of the planted area was Satake PeriTec debranning system and more
Agri sectors. It is building on its longstand- devoted to genetically modified varieties. The recently OVK in Clocolan in Free State province Elevator belting
ing activities in cereal milling, animal feed quality is likely to be variable this year due to who have ordered a 150 tonne PeriTec mill, to
milling and seed processing complemented unseasonal rains in the harvest period. be built on a modular basis.
by its diverse know-how in other related
fields such as grain handling and plastic
In the year to March, nearly 4.2 million
tonnes was processed for human consumption
In Windhoek, Namibia, the company is
installing a complex flour handling, blending and
Elevator buckets
www.vav.nl
separation by optical colour sorting. of which over 3.8 was of white varieties (source dispensing system incorporating the new TMS
SAGIS). scales to feed a series of pasta production lines
Techmach carries out the design, manufac- In contrast, the wheat crop for 2010 at 1.5 and another similar handling system for Bokomo Screw segments
ture and commissioning of individual machines million tonnes was well down on previous years in Olifantsfontein for their new biscuit lines.
or complete plant on a turnkey basis in these and thus imports, at world market prices, will be
and related sectors from its 10,000 square metre required to provide the balance of 60 percent, Feed milling
site in Chamdor, 30km West of Johannesburg – to meet domestic demand. Animal feed milling is one of the most
an area once famed for its gold mining but now The deregulation of the wheat and maize buoyant activities in the agri related field and
more for its food processing and light engineer- sectors has opened up opportunities for both Techmach are the dominant supplier of plant in
ing activities. consolidation within the major millers and the this sector. There has been an enormous level
Under the leadership of the second genera- introduction of smaller plants in rural areas. of investment by both the major groups and
tion of its founders, Techmach, having invested also by some of the smaller operators in the
more than 16 million Rand ( US$1.0 = SA Maize milling rural areas. This is at least partly as a result in
Rand 7.9) in its facilities, now has a turnover of
over 150 million Rand and employs over 100
The Techmach/Satake degerming system has
effectively revolutionised maize processing for
the growth of poultry rearing since the major-
ity of poultry feed is grain based. The current
Process technology, machinery, and
personnel at its main site as well as a further 20
in the field.
human consumption in the region and, since its
introduction in 1998, more than 100 of the core
bird population is about
154 million which is 40
complete plants for the animal feed industry
Juan-Paul Farinha disclosed that “We have VBF degermer systems, each capable of handling percent higher than 10
been able to double our turnover in five years six tonnes/hour, are now in operation. The years ago. The aver- ■ New process lines and plants ■ Process equipment upgrades and replacements
by substantial investment in our design and original pioneers of the system, Allem Brothers age slaughter age for ■ Spare and wear parts ■ Service and maintenance programs ■ Optimization and support
workshop facilities and by acquiring new skills of Viljoenskroon in Free State Province, are broilers at 1.85kg per ■ Leading technologies ■ Global presence ■ Local service
and developing new equipment and processes now investing a further R25 million in another bird has been brought
both in-house and with our overseas partners.” complete production unit to be integrated with down to only 35 days.
The strength of the business is underpinned their existing plant and raise their capacity by Recent projects
by its longstanding partnership agreements with 260 tonnes per day. include a complete
‘blue chip’ manufacturers; Cimbria in Denmark Other current major maize projects include turnkey project for VKB Lifland, Iceland. A complete pro
and Austria, for seed and cereal cleaning and a R15 million modular degerming plant for GP in Vrede in Free State cessing line for animal feed pro-
materials handling; Satake in Europe and Japan Victor in Frankfort and an interesting extruder Province which is being duction. With this greenfield plant
for cereal milling and optical colour sorting; based system for Tiger Brands in their R20 mil- built in partnership with (capacity 50,000 t/a), Lifland will
Andritz Feed & Biofuel in Denmark for animal lion project to produce an instant maize meal Andritz Feed & Biofuel cover nearly 60% of total animal
feed milling; Meyer Machines in the USA for breakfast food at five tonnes per hour. and Cimbria to be the feed production in Iceland. The
specialist bucket elevators and Balaguer in Spain most fully equipped ‘state of the art’ feed mill turnkey feed plant started pro-
for rollermill rolls. Wheat milling in the region. The Rand 52 million plant will ducing in October 2010.
Maize and wheat provide The deregulation of the milling and baking produce 40 t/h of pelleted feed. Another major,
the staple diet for the growing industries has resulted in far more consumer (Rand 60 million), feed mill is also being built
Together, we make it work!
population of South Africa choice in terms of variety and quality of baked for De Heus, the Netherlands based company,
which, partly due to continu- goods including bread. in Pietermaritzburg in Kwazulu Natal in three
ing cross-border immigration, Smaller and medium sized milling companies phases of which the first is complete, the sec-
now approaches 50 million. For 2011, maize are able to satisfy some of these niche markets ond being commissioned and the third in the ANDRITZ FEED & BIOFUEL
Europe, Asia, and South America: andritz-fb@andritz.com
plantings are estimated to be 2.5 million hectares thus complementing the larger consolidated planning stage. Pioneer Group’s Nova Feeds USA and Canada: andritz-fb.us@andritz.com www.andritz.com
to produce a crop of 11 million to 12 million groups. in Pretoria are adding a second pelleting line
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CNC machine tool CAD view of OVK modular wheat flour mill New design and engineering facility
Colour sorting machine tools, are able to produce cost As a result these scales are rapidly gaining
The separation of contaminants from effective in-house components and equip- market share across the industry.
seeds, groundnuts and cereals by optical ment to complement the specialist machines
means has long been a core activity of the that are sourced from its international part- Conclusions
company through their longstanding relation- ners. Techmach’s young and energetic manage-
ship with ESM of Houston, Texas, now part In this way they can also be more respon- ment, investment in productive equipment
of the Satake Group. sive to changing market needs. and skilled personnel combined with the
The new Evolution RGB machine with The CAD designs can be fed directly to know-how of their industrial partners have
its high resolution full colour detection and the CNC cell for programming the plasma demonstrated an encouraging ability to take
LED focused lighting has already had a rapid cutters and punch machines without the the company forward under sometimes dif-
take up with five installations in under four need for any hard copy drawings. ficult trading conditions. They are carving out
months including one for peanut grading and Here plate can be accurately cut and a niche as leaders in a broad range of activi-
it is also proving suitable for new applications punched before fabrication after which they ties in the fields of agri-engineering.
such as plastics separation. are painted by a powder coating process
for a durable finish. The precision punched
Manufacturing replacement screens, as used in the degerm- History of Techmach
Although South Africa has a remarkably ers, after punching and forming are sent Technology:
open economy, Techmach have found it to an outside specialist for wear resistant Techmach was established in 1979 to pro-
beneficial to be increasingly self sufficient in hardening. vide equipment and engineering services to the
terms of manufacturing and, through their Izak van der Merwe, engineering director seed, cereal and groundnut processing indus-
major investments GFMT December.pdf 1 2011/11/30 15:25:33
20111130 - in design equipment and explained, “Manufacturing and scheduling of tries. The business expanded in 1999 when we
small batches acquired skilled personnel and the intellectual
of complex property rights to the food and animal feed
625 Series Roller Stand machines or businesses of LTA which were in turn derived
even simple from its consolidated predecessors, Simon,
Increase your Performance and E ciency with the Durable and
components Thomas Robinson and Macdonald- Forman
cost e ective 625 Series from Ro
has been rev- over more than 50 years.
olutionised by
the technolo- Key Milestones:
gy I now have 1979 Private company founded by
available.” Greg Farinha and two partners.
The 1985 Greg Farinha takes full control
significant
Acquisition of agency for Heid
improvement
of Austria which later, on their
in compo-
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nent accuracy
Cimbria of Denmark
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add to its core Juan-Paul Farinha joins the
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Company converts to (Pty) Ltd
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tile in-process 2003 Acquisition of Andritz Sprout
Speci cations:
and bagging agency
• 600x250mm Adjustable Rollers
• 11kW Motor scales, called 2008 Modular maize mill launched
www.ro .co.za
TMS, which 2010 Expansion of buildings, major
are proving investment in IT, machine tools
competitive and other manufacturing facilities.
Maize Milling Plants in terms of
Stockfeed, Cleaning and 120 employees.
function, qual-
® Conveying Products
ity and cost 2011 Modular wheat flour mill launched
Cnr. Piet de Vries Drive & 7th Avenue P.O. Box 2439 | Kroonstad | 9500 | South Africa compared - appointment of Izak van der
Kroonstad | 9499 | South Africa Tel: +27 56 212 2697 | Fax: +27 86 618 0651 with imported Merwe as engineering director
GPS: S27º39’45” E27º13’35” www.ro .co.za | sales@ro .co.za
makes.
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needs of its on-line/in-line support. The group’s initial
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NEWS
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Perten Instruments, Inc. infr ared ( N I R ) proce ss
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Next generation green palletisers
responsible for sales and analysers. The group will
support in the Americas is continue to expand as new
Ehcolo of Denmark has introduced the world’s first fully automatic palletiser, which uses the
pleased to announce the process instrumentation
ion
formation of a dedicated Process is added energy Per ten
same technology as hybrid cars to recover to the consumed through braking.
Modular square bins
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Instrumentation Department. product por tfolio. Many
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Ralphtiser mot or s are offer a higher levelin product
alle Hewitt Manager-Process new advances container bulk
cov- accuracy
constantly starting and ofdevelopmentand scheduled loaders and
Instrumentation, heads the are
the stopping, often at the increased speed un-loaders.
process instrumentation group. for release in 2012.
ares same rate as the number with the ser vo At the Victam
Ralph’s experience includes “Process instrumentation
ory of units per hour handled. c o n t r o l u s i n g Asia 2012 Ehcolo
various roles in plant operations is one of our largest areas
ent. Consequently, there is a lot encoders mounted is also introducing
and QC management at of growth” reports Gavin
ake of braking energy which is on all positioning to South East Asia
large grain processing and O ’ Re i l l y, P r e s i d e n t o f
ma- converted to heat, usually by motors. The use complete turnkey
food processing facilities with Per ten Instruments, Inc
ems mechanical braking, which of soft start and packing ( FFS
companies such as Cargill, “We are very excited to
any creates noise and significant stop on all motors bagging-palletising-
ADM and Pinnacle Foods. have this highly qualified
wear and tear on all the results in low noise wrapping) lines,
The group includes Brian g r o u p t o s e r v e o u r
ope components and equipment. and long equipment which has been
S c h u l t e t u s , p r o d u c t process instrumentation
oup life. widely supplied in
specialist systems customers.” “The
ned The Ehcolo palletiser used to A n o p e r a t o r Europe to animal
integration, Darin formation of the
use frequency converters on all friendly 15 -inch feed- and fish feed
Crossland product specialist Process Instrumentation
ery its motors, which was OK, but colour touch screen is used, palletiser for all types of bags and boxes producers as well as grain- and
applications development, Department is a further
of caused significant heat, which allowing new patterns to be on all types of pallets, with capacities seed producers.
and Magnus Nilsson product d e m o n s t r a t i o n o f o u r
ling would be wasted. However, easily produced by the automatic from 300 – 2500 units per hour. See E hcolo at t he Vic tam
specialist hardware and c o m m i t m e n t t o o u r
to the new servo controllers pattern set-up system. This is The palletiser is designed for Asia 2012 Exhibition 15 – 17
customer care. In addition customers and our mutual
ject are interconnected in KERS achieved by simply choosing container transport shipment February BITEC Bangkok Thailand
to the dedicated st af f, success” adds Ralph.
( Kinetic Energ y Recover y the pallet size and keying in the around the world.
Per ten Instruments has
nity System), which means that all product dimensions. There is a Assembly at customers site More inforMation:
spent much of the past More inforMation:
heir braking energy is collected and range of possibilities for data takes only two days, and as all Ehcolo A/S
18 months est ablishing Business Development
re-used, offering a substantial communication and standard palletisers are pre-tested with Smedevej 10
a ne t wor k of ve nd or s Manager
ant saving in power consumption. the control includes a internet products in Ehcolo factory, full DK-6683 Fovling
capable of assisting Perten
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The Ehcolo palletisers, which router,+46 that remote control production can commence on Tel: +45 75398411
in responding to the needs
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Fax: +46 8 881 possible.
feature automatic pattern set-up, from anywhere is210 the third day. E-mail: post@ehcolo.dk
of their customers. Email: wshadow@perten.com
have been further developed to Ehcolo has 14 different models of Ehcolo are also manufacturing Website: www.ehcolo.com
The de p ar t me nt ’s Website: www.perten.com
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