Method and apparatus for producing a masa product
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Sep 9, 1980
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Jan 11, 1979
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Jan 11, 1979
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A method and apparatus for processing raw, dry, corn kernals into a milled masa product for use in making corn chips, tortilla chips, and similar products, comprises the steps of heating and soaking such corn kernels, breaking the hulls of the soaked corn kernals, and forcing entirely the hull-broken, corn kernals through a plate perforated as a sieve, the perforations of the plate being very small relative to the size of the corn kernals. Preferably, the moisture content of the masa product is adjusted to about 50% by weight. The perforated plate is advantageously a closed-ended tube, within which a screw conveyor operates to transport the mass of hull-broken corn kernals through and along the tube to its midpoint from feed locations adjacent to the closed ends of the tube while forcing the mass through the perforations of the tube.
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