Traditional And Modern Method Of Pulse Milling, Systematic Layout Planning And Process Improvement

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Chapter-2 2. Literature Review 2.1 Introduction This chapter reviews the literature and previous work carried out on Traditional and Modern Method of Pulse Milling, layout planning, Systematic Layout Planning and process improvement. The production of Pulse will also be reviewed and presented. 2.2 Traditional Method of Pulse Milling According to Jennifer A. Wood, Milling is a process in which materials are reduced from a larger size to a smaller size. In the case of pulses there are various processes that can be defined in following way: 1. Dehulling or Dehusking– The loosening and removal of the grain coat for producing polished seed, “footballs” or “gota”. 2. Splitting – The loosening and cleavage of the two cotyledons to produce splits or “dhal”. The process of Dehulling and splitting generally occur simultaneously in the same milling process for many pulses. 3. Flour milling or grinding – The reducing of the whole grain or cotyledons to a flour. The traditional methods are performed at home by families or by small communities. The method used in ancient times was hand pounding with stones …show more content…

Post-harvest losses occur about 9.5% of total pulses production. Among whole post-harvest operations, storage is responsible for the maximum loss about 7.5%. Processing, threshing and transport causes 1%, 0.5% and 0.5% losses respectively. Among storage losses, pulses are mostly suffer from damage due to insects about 5% as compared to wheat (2.5%), paddy (2%) and maize (3.5%).One can also increase the processing efficiency in dal mills. Due to advancement in processing technology, the net availability of end products in Propagation of IIPR mini-dal mills which will not only decrease post-harvest losses but also increase the rural employment. Modern dal mills have been increased to 70-75% compared to 65-66% in traditional dal mills.

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