Abstract: The invention relates to a method for drying pasta products in which during the drying process the pasta products, which are present as raw pasta shapes, pass through surface states that exhibit differing value pairs of surface temperature (T) and surface moisture (U), and wherein during the drying process the surface of the raw pasta shapes remains in a viscoelastic state in which in a diagram of surface temperature (T) of the raw pasta shapes and surface moisture (U) of the raw pasta shapes (a.) the surface temperature (Tv) of the raw pasta shapes is not greater than 4O° C. more than the temperature (Tg) on the glass transition curve of the raw pasta at the point of equal moisture of the surface, and/or (b.) the moisture (Uv) of the surface of the raw pasta shapes is not more than 20% greater than the moisture on the glass transition curve of the raw pasta at the point of equal temperature of the surface. This facilitates an especially rapid drying of the pasta products without any detriment to quality.

Abstract: The invention relates to a system and method for characterization of a particle flow, for example, for characterization of material for milling, in particular for milled cereals, in a roller frame with a roller passage formed by a pair of rollers whereby the system comprises a withdrawal portion after the roller passage for removal of a milled material sample from the milled material flow exiting the roller passage, a presentation section for conveying and presenting the taken milled material sample, a recording device for recording the milled material passing through the presentation section and an analytical section for analysis of the recorded milled material sample.

Abstract: The invention relates to a system for characterizing grinding material, especially milled grain, in a roll mill comprising a roll passage formed by a pair of rolls. The system comprises an extraction device which is analyzed downstream of the roller passages and used to extract a grinding material sample from the flow of grinding material leaving the roll passage; a presentation section for conveying and presenting the grinding material sample; a recording device for recording the grinding material sample conveyed through the presentation section; and an analysis device for analyzing the recorded grinding material sample.