The Starch Modification Pilot Plant is a critical step in transitioning from lab-scale experiments to full-scale industrial production. Designed for scaling up bench-scale modification technologies, it plays a vital role in assessing the feasibility, profitability, and scalability of new starch modification processes. This intermediate-scale plant allows for thorough testing and optimisation, ensuring that new technologies and recipes can be efficiently transferred to near-full-scale production.
Native starches are typically unsuitable for most food applications and must be modified to enhance their properties. Chemical modification, the most common industrial approach, involves treating starch with chemical reagents. The pilot plant bridges the gap between small-scale lab tests and full-scale industrial production, offering valuable insights and data essential for the commercialisation and design of large-scale plants. Microtec provides customised pilot plants tailored to meet specific customer requirements, ensuring flexibility and cost-effectiveness.
The pilot plant features key equipment such as starch washing hydro cyclones, reactors, starch dewatering systems, heat exchangers, and more, all designed to closely replicate common industrial machinery. This ensures that results obtained at the pilot scale can be easily and reliably scaled up to full production levels.
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