FAQ    

What is maize grits machine?

Maize grits machine can complete all the processes of corn cleaning, peeling, de-embryoing, de-rooting, removing black umbilicus, crushing, grading and polishing at one time, and it can produce corn grits with different granularity and corn flour with different mesh size.

What is maize grits?

Maize Grit, also known as corn grits, consists of corn kernels that have been dried and ground into textures that vary from fine to medium and coarse. As corn flour, the finely ground version of these grits can be utilized in making gluten-free products, including pastries, cookies, and cakes, and serves additional purposes as a thickener, binder, and food filler. Cornbread is typically made from grits of a medium texture. Meanwhile, the coarser variety of grits is ideal for crafting polenta, traditional southern-style grits, and as a breading for various fried foods. These products find extensive use in the creation of functional foods and for nutritional purposes.

How to make clean corn grits?    

There are several steps in the process of making grits that make clean corn grits, specifically including

Raw material selection and cleaning

The first step in making corn grits is to select high-quality dry corn as raw material. Firstly, the corn is preliminarily cleaned to remove dust, impurities and incomplete kernels to ensure the purity of the corn and the quality of the final product. Firstly, the corn is preliminarily cleaned to remove dust, impurities and incomplete kernels to ensure the purity of the corn and the quality of the final product.

 Screening and grading

The crushed grits are screened through the vibrating sieve or grading net to separate grits with different particle sizes to get products of various specifications. At the same time, this process can further remove the corn chips and other impurities that are not completely broken.

How are corn grits manufactured?   

In brief, there are several steps:

Raw Grain (Maize) Cleaning Section - Skinning and de-embryoing section - Corn grits section - Powder making section - Measuring and packing section

Grits – the key to the grits making process

Finished product grading – the end of the maize/corn grits manufacturing process

How to start a maize grits plant?

Finding the right location for your mill

The right location is very important for a corn milling business. Some of the factors that must be considered when looking for a location are: power supply, safety, saving on transport costs, good storage capacity, area for packing flour, and enough space for the grits production machine.

Registering your business

After the factory site is selected, determine the name of the company and its products in order to register the company with the local government or the government. Registering your maize grits manufacturing business will make it more trusted by your suppliers and buyers. In addition, you can rest assured knowing that your milling business complies with local regulations.

Getting reliable suppliers of raw materials

When you are planning to buy maize from a supplier, make sure that the supplier is reliable to prevent you from being cheated by scammers. And it's best that the raw material location is close to your mill's location to reduce transport costs.

Buying the right machinery for maize grits production

Corn grits machinery plays a very important role in the process of starting a flour mill. Before buying the machinery, make sure you have the production capacity, and then look for reliable machinery manufacturers or suppliers who produce high quality grits machines and have the ability to build the factory according to your actual needs and conditions!

How much does it cost to start a maize grits business?

To tell the truth, there is no doubt that nobody can tell you the fixed price. The complete maize milling plant is a large scope for milling business. many main factors you must consider before starting, such as the floor space, your planing budget, production capacity.

How about the maize grits market in  south africa?

The percentage of germ removed during extraction will influence the grading of the end product. Maize meal that has the least germ extracted is labelled “unsifted”, moving up the scale as extraction rates increase, to “sifted”, “special” and “super” maize meal. South Africans generally prefer the special and super grades, so most of the bigger millers have stopped producing “unsifted” and “sifted” maize meal.  

There are also strong regional preferences for certain grades of maize meal, with “super” being the most popular. 

how to choose maize grits machine?

Processing effect, mainly the removal rate, loss, and finished product effect. Peeling, degerming and removing black spots should be clean and at the same time ensure that the loss is not too high; whether the finished corn grits grains are uniform and round; and whether the grain size can be flexibly adjusted, and how many specifications can be processed at most.

The quality of the corn grits making machine mainly depends on the material selection and production process of the equipment. In terms of material selection, whether it is the national standard material, the price cost and quality of the national standard and non-national standard materials (round steel, angle iron, square steel, spindle) are different, which is reflected in the equipment, such as the service life of the machine, noise level, stability, etc.; whether the production process is Automated production and standardized operations also directly affect the quality of the equipment itself and the availability of subsequent accessories.

Price, when the above three points are almost the same, it is a model with the same output and style, and compare the price. 

how to choose the capacities of my maize grits business?

Generally, the production capacity of grain processing machinery is calculated according to the amount of raw grain processed per hour, such as 200 kilograms, 300 kilograms, 500 kilograms per hour, etc. Or know how much grain you need to process every day, and then plan how many hours to complete these output, convert it into hourly output, so that you can choose equipment more accurately.

how to choose quality maize grits machine supplier and manufacturer?

Professionalism and after-sales service, whether it is a manufacturer specializing in grain processing machinery, or a distributor or agent. Professional manufacturers can provide comprehensive and professional guidance and advice during your subsequent installation, commissioning, and use. Other non-manufacturers may be subject to discussion.