Automated pre-steaming tanks enable a labor-free, continuous process that significantly reduces hydration and steaming time. This method ensures uniform moisture distribution throughout the raw paddy, helping to fill surface cracks and strengthen the grains.

PLC-controlled pneumatic slide gates are installed at both the outlet of the storage bin above the automatic pre-steaming cookers and the base of the cookers themselves. A continuous and regulated flow of steam is directed through the paddy in the cookers via actuator valves integrated into the steam line.

To monitor and manage the moisture content, a moisture meter is connected to the cookers and interfaced with a PLC-based control panel, allowing for precise, automated regulation.

Automated Pneumatic Slide Gate

The steaming tanks retention time is consistent and uniform thanks to the pneumatic technology discharge design. The jerking motion of the discharge also acts as a self-cleaning mechanism for the steaming tank.

Dedicated post-steaming tanks (Pakki) are installed to enable a continuous, automated steaming process for soaked paddy. These automated post-steaming tanks are equipped with slide gate control panels, pneumatic slide gates, rotary valves, and PLC control systems for seamless operation.

The soaked paddy is discharged from the storage bin through hoppers into the automated steaming cookers. During the filling of the Pakki tanks, pneumatic slide gates are actuated via the PLC control panel. Rotary valves located at the bottom of the tanks ensure a continuous flow of steamed paddy to the dryer elevator, while simultaneously supplying steam to the soaked paddy.

Steam flow is continuously monitored and precisely controlled through a PLC-based electric panel. A Pressure Reducing System (PRS) is integrated to maintain a consistent low-pressure steam supply, enhancing the final color and quality of the paddy.

The fully automated setup ensures improved productivity, consistent processing, and a hassle-free workflow.

A prefabricated, ready-to-assemble module, this unit consists of control valves, isolation valves, pipes, and fittings, all designed to reduce steam pressure to specified design conditions. It is an automated steam-saving process i.e., implemented to minimize rice breakage and fractures, ensuring a higher yield and superior whiteness for improved cooking quality. It is sized using special software to ensure appropriate parameters as per design conditions.

The control panel serves as a user-friendly operating unit, designed for ease of use without requiring technical expertise. Its intuitive interface allows for smooth operation and monitoring of complex industrial processes.

In the food industry, instrumentation plays a crucial role in ensuring safety and precision, continuously monitoring key process variables such as flow, pressure, and temperature. Modern industrial systems increasingly rely on autonomous and semi-autonomous technologies, incorporating artificial intelligence (AI) to replicate human decision-making and physiological responses. This evolution in instrumentation significantly enhances sustainable productivity when integrated with advanced control systems.

At every stage of production, we employ specialized equipment to collect, analyze, and control process data. This includes a range of sensors for measuring temperature, pressure, velocity, and both high and low levels, ensuring consistent and reliable performance.

HSF’s Control System (Automation) offers a comprehensive suite of solutions aimed at enhancing product quality, safety, efficiency, and profitability. Whether you're integrating multiple dryers and parboiling sections into a centralized system or managing a single dryer, our system is adaptable to your specific needs.

With decades of expertise, HSF’s Electrical Control and Electronic Technology has established itself as a trusted partner in switchgear design, electrical installation, commissioning, and maintenance. Our electric control solutions include PLC and SCADA systems for process control, along with custom-engineered electrical panels. We deliver a wide range of services in electrical engineering, automation technology, process visualization, and switchgear construction, all produced in-house to the highest quality standards.

Consumption of water used during parboiling process can be reduced by about Four times through Hot water Automated Circulation.

Actuator Butterfly Valves are used instead of manual butterfly valves int he waterline. Steam injector, RTD sensors and Stainless-Steel Reservoir for water heating to control the temperature of Hot-Water Circulation from the Hot Water Tanks.

Advantages of Automated Hot Water circulation

1. Lower Steam Requirement (energy conservation).

2. Reduces Husk Consumption in hot water preparation.

3. Temperature of Hot water can be controlled via PLC control Panel.