How Rolling Mills Have Evolved Across Centuries
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The rolling mill is so successful at creating uniform cracks on corn and grains &#; with superior speed, efficiency, and output &#; that it feels like a uniquely modern invention. Especially considering that many agricultural professionals use hammer mills or other forms of machinery, the roller mill feels like an innovative in emerging technology.
However, roller mills have been available for well over a hundred years, outpacing older methods as farmers realized how much quicker they could be completing their work with the use of a roller mill. Learn more about how far the industry has come by reading more about the history and development of the modern roller mills.
Origins of Milling Machinery
Milling&#;s humble beginnings included grinding with stone that was etched with grooves to improve output. With the introduction of the roller mill in the late s, farmers and mill workers began to see the difference in processing that could be created with this technology. While roller mills were once used alongside traditional mills, they soon become the sole equipment used to process grains for a variety of applications, such as animal feed and beer brewing.
Early adaptations of the roller mill were made from steel and were hand-operated; a crank was used to get the rollers moving and cracking. Additional iterations of the roller mill had porcelain components and added rollers to improve efficiency and output. Nearing the turn of the century &#; into the s &#; engineers and designers became more flexible in their products, creating machines with even more rollers and those created for smaller farms, which were compact and useful if you did not have significant processing needs.
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How the Roller Mill Revolutionized Corn and Grain Processing for Agricultural Professionals
Roller mills proved to create reduced waste and improve output, better than their ancestors &#; the stone grinding mill and the water mill. Rollers created less dust and improved the ability to achieve the perfect crack, without over-processing or under-processing. Farmers who used mills to process corn and grains found that they could more easily crack corn and small grains, achieving a consistent result with less effort. The introduction of the roller mill into American agriculture allowed farmers and millers to more successfully operate their small or large-scale farms and create in-demand goods at the time.
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The original Rollermills structure was built in by Cyrus Hoffa as a flour mill. The beams in our front cashier area are over 50 continuous feet long without a joint. Stacked on top of those massive beams are twelve 100 ton grain bins constructed of full dimension 2 x 10s stacked 60 feet high.
Flour was produced and sold under the brand name &#;Oriole.&#; Production was 350 barrels per day and the wooden barrels were produced on site. A workforce of 100 personnel worked around the clock laboring to load train cars with product.
Cyrus Hoffa continued to own the business until the s when it was sold to Dietrich and Gambrill, Inc. from Maryland. Production changed to small animal feeds and ultimately the business was sold to Ralston Purina Co. in the s and continued as a production and warehouse facility until the late s when the structure was purchased by local entrepreneur, Craig Bennett. Eighteen months of work ensued to remove the tons of steel welded to form bins inside the structure. Outside bins, elevators, and structures obliterated the classic lines of the original architecture. Original trim was returned, windows replaced and wooden floors restored.
In January , the Rollermills Antique Center opened with the help of seven courageous Antique Dealers with quality merchandise and great attitudes. Word spread quickly throughout central Pennsylvania and soon the building had 400 dealers with quality antiques and collectibles.
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