WHEAT CRUSHING PLANT “FLOUR MILL”
For the purposes of this project, a milling installation has been proposed in such a way that it allows us to crush a daily volume of 300 tons. Given the characteristics of the mill, it allows us to obtain a 78 % yield, which means a production of 234 tons per day of final products; that is, flour in types 0000 and 000. Regarding the production of flour type 000, it represents 75 % of the daily production; that is to say, an estimated total of 175.5 tons per day, while the 25% remaining of production of flour type 0000 represents 58.5 tons per day. The remaining 22 % of the wheat that enters the mill is a byproduct with many potential uses, so its production and marketing should also be considered. This data leads us to conclude that with this mill we will reach an annual production of 84,240 tons, of which 65,707.20 tons corresponds to flour type 000 and 18,382.80 tons to flour type 0000.
The complete project includes commercial offices, where all the administration of the complex will take place. A laboratory that will be in charge of the permanent quality control of the production and also it will provide advice and analysis to other plants with similar characteristics. What is more, it will certify all the standards internationally recognized such as ISO 14001 Environmental Management, ISO 9001 Quality Management System and OHSAS 18001 Occupational Health and Safety.
This plant will house CUSTOMS and SENASA (National Agri-food Health and Quality Service) offices for the control of exports and food quality, respectively. Furthermore, the milling sector and the silos sector form a specific place for unloading wheat and adaptation for milling.
In another area, there will be a totally autonomous and automatic fire prevention system. Also, there will be a gas plant and a generation plant that will be reinforced with a solar park to ensure the supply of energy and avoid losses due to unproductiveness.
In addition, the plant will have adjoining areas for the operations and the administration personnel, as well as for drivers of the heavy flour transport fleet.
There will be an area of 2,500 ha for the sowing of wheat that will provide us with an estimated of 10,000 tons a year. All this will allow us to absorb any inconvenience in the partial supply of wheat.
This plant will have transport equipment to carry 25 tons of raw materials from the harvest places to the processing plant.
Thus, there will be a large production of flour to export to Brazil and other countries, as well as to supply the domestic market. According to publicly available information in 2019 Brazil acquired about 6 million tons of wheat flour for a value of USD 1.3 billion.