Par Boiled Rice Food Processor Chooses Sinclair for Special Parboil Conveyors A major food processor recently awarded B. W. Sinclair Inc. the contract for a pair of special processing screw conveyors to convey, mix, and “parboil” wild rice. The tubular units feature 36” dia BWSI LongSpanTM rotors with reduced pitch and mixing paddles to retard transfer and promote mixing. The rotors are designed to provide several minutes of retention time to expose the material to low- pressure saturated steam. The steam is introduced via a series of multiple steam nozzles, each fitted with flexible tubing to allow thermal expansion. The fittings are eccentrically positioned to concentrate the steam per the client’s requirements. A series of condensate collection ports are mounted on the lower centerline

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