Soybean Flaking Machine

Soybean flakes are important source of proteins which are obtained through flaking machines. These flakes are added with different sweeteners which enhances the taste of soybean. The flakes are consumed in variety of ways but the popular mode of consumption is along with milk. Soybean flaking machine has following features :

Features
The soybean flaking machine is used to obtain the elongated flakes of soybean. The flaking machine is made up of steel rollers, hopper, mainframe collecting tray and drive mechanism. Rollers are of different diameters which press and elongate the moist grains. Flake machine is drive by electric motors through belt and pulleys and the roller is driven by spur gears. Soybean gets flattened once they are fed between the moving rollers. The average thickness of the flakes are determined by the pressure of the rollers which can be regulated easily. The contact surface between the oilseed tissues and the solvent, increases due to flaking.

Flaking lead to the disruption of oilseed cells thereby making oilseed droplets more available for solvent extraction. Maintenance of the flaking roll is essential as they are prone to wear. To avoid this, rolls are regrounded from time to time.