Starch Industry

The use of starch is required in many industries, such as in foods, paper, textiles and adhesives.
In the higher latitudes, potatoes and grains are the primary source of starch. It is extracted by rinsing out the plant parts with a saline solution. In other regions, rice (broken rice from rice husking factories), corn and manioc (tapioca) are often used.
Potatoes contain about 75% water, 21% starch and 4% other substances. To extract the starch, the potatoes are ground as finely as possible while adding water. The starch is then rinsed out from this pulp and dried over several production steps. 

Wheat starch is produced from thin-husked, floury white wheat. This contains about 58–64% starch, about 10% gluten and 3–4% cellulose, the latter of which mainly comprises the husks of the grain. The wheat is steeped in water, then ground up and allowed to ferment while still sitting in water. The starch is then separated out and dried.
NEMO® Progressing Cavity Pumps have been proving themselves for decades in a great variety of production steps with substances that are often very difficult to convey. Some of the media typical to this industry include gluten, starch milk, starch suspensions, and starch slurry, to name just a few. Whatever the pumping task, we have the right solution.
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