As the flour industry evolves, flour mills have entered a phase of reshuffling and transformation. Many 80T and 100T flour mills have expanded to 200T and 500T, with the product mix gradually shifting from low-profit standard and common flour to high-profit specialty flour production. This trend represents the development direction of the flour industry and is also the mainstream of food system transformation in China's future.
How to reduce the cost of wheat flour production through cost-saving and sustainable strategies can be found in the following relevant information. In this transition, how to "reduce production, operational, and management costs to achieve low-cost operation and expansion" becomes crucial for winning the market opportunities for grinding machines and ensuring profit maximization.
This poses a new topic for flour mills: how can a flour-saving mill be established once electricity and water are supplied?
Economic practices of flour companies are mainly reflected in the following aspects: Anhui Flour Company will introduce them to you below!
Enhancing savings awareness from an ideological perspective, from the boss to the management team and down to the employees, they should each play their respective roles and take on their respective responsibilities in this "reduce consumption" campaign.
The boss should clearly understand that "cost management is the lifeline of the enterprise," while the management team should recognize that "cost management is the essence of management." All employees should be aware that "wasting costs is undermining the foundation of the company." In the production and operation of the enterprise, the principle of "more sweat, less grain" should be implemented, and education should be provided to the workers. Cherish food. Whether it's at the original grain intake or the flour mill, it should be swept with scatter. Categorize and handle, making full use of everything.
Two, streamline personnel to enhance production efficiency. Based on the actual needs of the company's scale and operations, scientifically and reasonably allocate relevant personnel, especially by reducing management staff. We should scientifically measure the intensity, cycle, and tasks of each production process, coordinate comprehensively, allocate resources rationally, and train employees as much as possible. Cultivate versatile individuals, allowing employees to shift from "What does the company want me to do?" to "What am I doing at the company." The entire staff's "complementary" awareness significantly boosts labor productivity.
Third, implement a stringent material procurement system and enhance the management of workshop material procurement. Establish a comprehensive, feasible, and simple operational procedure, such as the collection of materials should be completed by position holders, and the "Material Application Form" should be signed and received by leaders at the team leader level or above. The refusal to accept items without signatures may seem simple, but it actually eliminates management drawbacks such as "connections," "face," and "power desires." This effectively prevents phenomena like unnecessary waste, such as false receipts, duplicate collection, and excessive collection.
Four, before becoming energy-saving lamps, the 100-watt lamps in the workshop were inefficient, consuming a lot of electricity, prone to damage, and difficult to replace at the top of buildings. They have now been replaced by long-lasting 30W energy-saving lamps, reducing electricity consumption by 70% and significantly extending their lifespan. With 100 lighting fixtures in the workshop, a 70-kilowatt saving is achieved. This translates to approximately 50 yuan per day, totaling over 10,000 yuan saved annually.
To maximize the use of materials, screens with minor "hard damage" (over 170 yuan per meter) can be torn off. The damaged area can be repaired with glue and reused. After the feeding tube wears out, the tube can be rotated 180 degrees or welded to repair the damaged parts and be reused. This effectively extends their service life and saves on raw material costs.
Six. The mechanical transport uses "dispersed" transport vehicles to transport grain between the grain silos and grain pits in the flour mill, eliminating the processes of filling, opening seams, disassembling, and packaging. The loading and unloading of transport machinery, including the use of mobile belt conveyors (such as grain harvesting machines), are all operated by the company's internal workers. Compared to the previous use of loading and unloading machines, the cost savings for every ton of wheat is approximately RMB. The average annual transportation cost for wheat is 26,000 tons, resulting in savings of 260,000 RMB.
Seven, the company has increased the processing cost of wheat by improving the flour-making technology and equipment, optimizing production indicators, and reducing the unit processing cost of wheat.
(1) The motor power of the old mill has been increased from 18.5 kilowatts to 22 kilowatts, enhancing the mill's unit flow rate and extending the roller pull cycle.
(2) Modify the technical characteristics of the grinding rolls. The tooth angles of the 1b and 2b grinding rolls change from 30°/65° to 40°/60°; the tooth angles of the third-generation BIV Bc are modified from 45°/65° to 50°/65°, and the straight-tooth arrangement is changed to straight-tooth arrangement; the 1Mf's teeth are changed from a smooth roll to 40/70 and 11 teeth/cm. After the modification, it is more suitable for locally softer wheat, improving the IB peel rate and extending the service life of the grinding rolls.
(3) Adjusted the flat sieve path and screen. The coarse sieves IB and IIB have been changed from 7-20W to 6-20W, with 4 additional filling grids added, increasing the height of the single sieve grid to meet the screening process after increased production. The rear screen has been encrypted to eliminate the "screening wilt" phenomenon, and the front screen has been enlarged. This leads to early screening of powder from 12XX to 11XX. (4) The transmission method of the two flour conveying belts has been changed from the original chain drive to gear drive. After the改造, the operation is stable, the service life is extended tenfold, the number of equipment maintenance is greatly reduced, the safety operation rate of the equipment is improved, and nearly ten thousand yuan in material maintenance costs is saved per year.
