Abstract: Process equipment for the separation of gluten from wheat starch including gluten process equipment configured to process gluten after the gluten is initially separated from A starch, the gluten processing equipment having a dewatering press configured to dewater gluten and modified gluten process equipment including at least one component selected from the group having a high pressure water wash system located upstream of the dewatering press, a kneader located upstream of the dewatering press, a homogenizer located upstream of the dewatering press, a dispersion tank configured to precipitate fines downstream of the dewatering press, a solids-ejecting centrifuge downstream, and combinations thereof.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 16, 2005
Date of Patent:
November 13, 2012
Assignee:
MGPI Processing Inc.
Inventors:
Clodualdo C. Maningat, Li Nie, Sukh D. Bassi, George A. Kelley, Edward E. Trompeter