METHOD FOR PRODUCING A GRAIN MASS, A SET OF EQUIPMENT FOR PRODUCING THE SAID MASS AND A GRINDER

摘要

The invention relates to the food industry. The inventive method for producinga granular substance involves the following: mellow grains having an undamagedmembrane and a hyaline layer are husked with the aid of a husker (5) in such away that part of the outer layer of the kernel seed coat of the grain isremoved in a quantity which is equal to or less than 5 % the initial weight ofthe grain, the integrity of the hyaline layer of the seed coat beingpreserved. The grain is cleaned with the aid of flowing water in a device (7)for cleaning grain from impurities and in a device (6) for washing the grainsurface, which are part of a surface cleaning module (1). The cleaned grain isgerminated in receptacles (40) of a grain germination module (2) by floodingthe grain with a liquid and supplying air thereto with the aid of a perforatedtube (43) of an air supply system. Germination of the grain is carried out,for example in an isothermal chamber (46) at a liquid temperature ranging from20 ~C to 40 ~C, said temperature being uniform throughout the total volume ofthe grain. Said germination is carried out until a humidity equal to or notless than 38 % and a pH of the liquid in the 3.4-6.0 are reached. The granularsubstance is produced with the aid of grain breaking machines (51) formingpart of a grain breaking module (3) by breaking the germinated grain usingblade pressure knives until particles of not more than 0.4 mm are produced ata temperature not exceeding protein denaturation temperature of the producedgranular material.