Abstract: A method for automatically controlling grinding within a milling plant comprising a plurality of grinding stations,wherein by effecting, at the exit of at least one grinding station, at least one sifting of a sample and comparing the passed-through/withdrawn sample percentage value with previously programmed standard values, and adjusting the gap between the rolls of said grinding station on the basis of the deviation from these values.

Abstract: A machine for automatically packaging pasta strips of wide flat type, in particular pasta known as lasagne, having at least two matching conveyors provided with a plurality of containing elements, which carry stacks of pasta strips from a horizontal conveying position to a halted discharging position rotated through 90.degree., adjacent transfer devices being provided to insert the reconstituted stacks into packaging containers carried into a halted position in succession by a further transporting device, the conveyors and transporting device being motorized in mutual stepwise synchronism.