F
SATAKE EUROPE ANNOUNCES NEW SHOWROOM AND TESTING FACILITY
S
by Satake Corporation, Japan
atake Europe Ltd has recently completed refurbishment of its Showroom Testing and Demonstration facility. Housed within the Satake Europe Ltd regional headquarters in Stockport, England, the new facilities showcase Satake Europe’s latest equipment and associated technologies including optical colour sorting, cereal processing machinery and their associated laboratory equipment. Consisting of a static showroom display and pilot testing areas the new layout allows for customers to familiarise themselves with aspects of their products performance, as part of project evaluations, before purchase.
Pilot cereal test mill
The cereal test milling/debranning facility consists of several pilot scale machines which allows pre-processing of a large range of grains, seeds and pulses. In addition, test rollermilling and sifting can be undertaken. Offering its customers access to the expertise of their in-house
76 | June 2019 - Milling and Grain
mechanical and process engineers helps guarantee the validity of any test results obtained.
Showroom exhibits
Alongside its test plant is the newly finished showroom area. Display machinery allows the customer to interact with various samples from its machinery ranges and includes both Satake and Henry Simon equipment Current items on exhibit include: Satake Milling Polisher machine KB 80 - The Satake KB series of rice polishers are designed to minimise breakage of rice kernels whilst enhancing the product appearance by removing residual bran from the surface of the rice kernel. This residual bran absorbs moisture and helps microorganisms to develop. By removing this residual bran, the Satake KB gives rice a longer shelf life by lowering the chance of product microbial growth. Combination with other Satake milling equipment enables the KB 80’s application to wide varieties of rice and even to other grains such as maize. It is a staple machine of a modern rice mill, and in its newest design configuration gives