Milling Equipment 

• Philrice Micromill
• UPLB Village Ricemill
• IRRI Micromill
• PhilRice Flourmill

Philirice Micromill

Philrice micromill

Description: The micromill comes in two model the Household model and the Village type. for the House model the milling rate is at 50-75 kg per hour while the village type is 150-200 kg per hour. Both model has the same milling and headrice recovery at 60-67% and 50-70%, respectively.

Features:

• Portable and lightweight
• High milling recovery
• Easy to fabricate
• Easy to operate and maintain
• Efficient and versatile
• Made of simple, low -cost materials

For more information contact: Agricultural Resources Management and Research Divisions, PCARRD, Los Baños, Laguna Tel no. (049) 536-0014 to 0020 loc. 239/240, Fax no. (049) 536-0016 E-mail Address: pcarrd@pcarrd.dost.gov.ph

The Rice Engineering and Mechanization Division, Maligaya, Muñoz, Nueva Ecija Tel no. (044) 456-0112, -113, -258, -285 –354                                                                                         Mailing address: Maligaya, Muñoz, Nueva Ecija E-mail Address: rem@philrice.gov.ph

Back to top.

UPLB Village Ricemill

UPLB Village Ricemill

Description: The UPLB Village Ricemill has an input capacity of 300 kg/hr and milling recovery of 66-68%. The head rice recovery is around 65-80% depending on the variety and drying characteristics of the palay. It is a rubber roll and steel huller as whitener. The unit weighs 250 kg.

Features:

• High milling and head rice recovery
• Less costly than existing modern rice mill
• Constructed from locally available materials
• Effectively operates on intermittent basis

For more information contact: 

The Program Director, Agricultural Mechanization Development Program, Institute of Agricultural Engineering, College of Engineering and Agro-Industrial Technology, University of the Philippines Los Baños College, Laguna 4031 Tel Nos.: (063) 49-536-3606 or 536-2713 or 536-3291Email: amdp@laguna.net                                                                                                   

Back to top.

IRRI Micromill 

Description: The improved small-scale rice milling, of 100 and 200 kg/hr capacity, are available. Based on user feedback, the micro rice mills have consistently produced high milling recovery over 70%, depending on the quality of the paddy being milled. The actual capacity may exceed that listed capacities with a skilled operator. These micro mills can be locally manufactured, are easy to operate, and capable of producing bran for livestock feed..

Features:

• High milling recovery
• Good quality milled rice
• Locally fabricated
• Easy to operate
• Portable

For more information contact: 

The Agricultural Engineering Department, IRRI, Los Baños, Laguna, Tel no. (049) 536-2701 to 05 loc. 382, Mailing address: MCPO Box 3127, 1271 Makati City, Tel no. (02) 845-0563, 844-3351 to 53, Fax no. (02) 891-1292, 845-0606, E-mail Address: irri@cgiar.org  

Back to top.

PhilRice Flourmill 

Description: The flourmill is a portable low cost mill that produces fine dry rice flour. It has four major parts: the hopper, the cyclone separator, rotor chamber and electric motor. The mill comes in two models: the household and the plant model. 

Features:

• It produces fine dry rice flour
• It can also be used for milling soya, mungbean, coffee grains and root crops such as cassava and sweet potato
• It prevents flour contamination caused by wet milling 

• It lengthens storage life of flour up to six months compared to shorter storage life of wet flour

• Flours produced from this mill are best for bakery products and other processed foods
• The machine is easy to fabricate, operate and maintain gate regulated by a crank per bin

For more information contact: The Rice Engineering and Mechanization Division, Maligaya, Muñoz, Nueva Ecija Tel no. (044) 456-0112,-113, Mailing address: Maligaya, Muñoz, Nueva Ecija E-mail Address: rem@philrice.gov.ph

Back to top.