Sturtevant Inc., (Hanover, Mass.; www.sturtevantinc.com) has entered into an agreement as the exclusive supplier of corn fractionation mills to Crown Iron Works (Roseville, Minn.; www.crowniron.com). Sturtevant’s Simpactor Pin Mill was chosen by Crown to play a pivotal role in their corn fractionation system.
The Crown Corn Fractionation system is a combination of de-germinators (pin mills), aspirators, screeners and roller mills and is designed to isolate three distinct fractions into streams of germ, endosperm starch and bran from whole corn. The Simpactor Pin Mill is the key component in the Crown Corn Fractionation System that fractures the corn kernel into the three parts.
In addition to producing clean-burning ethanol for use as fuel, ethanol plants using Crown’s Corn Fractionation System benefit from additional food, feed and fuel co-product revenue. Increased plant efficiency is another valuable benefit of this system.