Next generation rice processing

英国团队拥有Koolmill、Siemens和考克斯& Plant的工程创新者，以及New Food Innovation的食品科学家和工艺创新者。谢菲尔德哈勒姆大学的学者开发具有物联网能力的基于人工智能的控制系统，以及SHU和阿斯顿商学院的粒子分离科学家和商业建模师。中国团队有一家水稻设备制造商衢州，中国粮食武汉科学研究院的水稻加工专业知识和江南大学的学者。项目持续时间为24个月，项目管理和传播由SHU领导。由Satake & Buhler建立的铣削设备已经达到了极限。基于旧的设计，这种大米加工机械的发展空间非常有限。项目描述：WP 1领导和项目管理领导：英国SHU和中国衢州。提供全面的项目管理，包括技术计划、预算、风险和合规管理，以按时交付。WP 2数字化碾米厂领导：Koolmill与苏州大学、衢州大学和武汉大学合作，将改造Koolmills现有的“模拟”系统，创建智能碾米厂和世界上第一个数字化全连接碾米厂。将在衢州工厂建立一个试点工厂。性能、连接性、远程数据采集和数据分析将由武汉和江南验证。WP 3运输和分离负责人：考克斯和工厂。提供一种新颖、低损伤的输送方式，可将大米、细粉、碎米、麸皮和谷壳进行精确分离。新型高效垂直输送机将减少损坏并提高可靠性。可控振动技术可按需向机器进料，避免需要大量存储。考克斯和普兰塔是振动技术的领导者，将与上海大学的学者合作，为大米加工机开发新的先进系统。工艺变量评估（真菌毒素去除、温度监测、设备故障、研磨调整）。江南在谷物和真菌毒素加工方面拥有广泛的专业知识。在Koolmill和Quzhou的支持下，该WP将利用这些变体的增强可控性为AI系统提供信息，将诊断过程应用于多种作物变体并支持技术转移。WP 5物联网平台领导者：西门子-在数据采集和工程流程中的AI方面带来全球卓越和专业知识。在Koolmill和SHU研究人员的支持下，来自Koolmill演示器的机器和工厂数据将被捕获并连接到一个安全的基于云的平台。通过数据分析、人工智能、机器学习、自动调整和digitaltwins，为操作员提供真实的时间管理决策工具，以优化工厂管理和生产。WP 6流程实施和培训领导：新食品创新。NFI拥有在具有挑战性的市场中传播新产品的专业知识。他们将利用多平台方法，包括“游戏化”、铣削数据、培训、演示、试点、3D模型、模拟和增强现实，来改变这种嵌入式文化。WP 7中国市场经济分析与发展主管：阿斯顿。从传统销售到先进制造服务（AMS）业务模式，使技术变得可访问。阿斯顿是全球公认的AMS领导者，武汉拥有无与伦比的中国大米专业知识。AMS的发展，即“按需付费”的商业模式，减轻了采用该技术的两个主要障碍：（1）感知的技术风险-技术风险转移到衢州;（2）感知的资本支出成本-将成本从资本支出转移到运营支出。这个WP是链接到WP 5和远程控制机器的能力。WP8开发和传播负责人：SHU。该工作计划报告了项目的主要成果，并通过国家网络最大限度地传播项目成果和知识产权。

The UK team has engineering innovators at Koolmill, Siemens and Cox & Plant, food scientists and process innovators atNew Food Innovation. Academics at Sheffield Hallam University developing AI based control systems with IOT capability &particle separation scientists and business modellers at SHU and Aston Business School. The Chinese team has a riceequipment manufacturer Quzhou, rice processing expertise at China Grain Wuhan Scientific and academics at JiangNanUniversity.The project duration is 24 months with Project Management and Dissemination led by SHU. Established milling equipmentby Satake & Buhler has reached a limit. Based on old designs, this rice processing machinery has very limited scope fordevelopment.Project description:WP1 Leadership & Project Management Lead: SHU in UK and Quzhou in China. Provision of overall project managementwith technical programme, budget, risk and compliance management, to deliver on time and to budget.WP2 Digital Milling Lead: Koolmill with SHU, Quzhou and Wuhan, will transform Koolmills existing "analogue" system,creating smart milling and the world's first digital fully connected rice mill. A pilot mill will be established at the Quzhoufacility. Performance, connectivity, remote data capture and data analytics will be validated by Wuhan & Jiangnan.WP3 Transport and separation Lead: Cox & Plant. Delivers novel, low damage method for conveying rice, simultaneouslyseparating rice, fines, brokens, bran, and husk. New efficient vertical conveyor will reduce damage & raise reliability.Controllable vibration technology offers on demand feeding to machines avoiding the need for large storage. Cox & Plantare leaders in vibration technology and will work with academics at SHU to develop new advanced systems for riceprocessors.WP4 Scenario Testing Lead: Jiangnan University. Evaluation of process variants (removal of Mycotoxins, temperaturemonitoring, equipment failure, milling adjustments). Jiangnan have wide expertise in processing cereal and Mycotoxins.Supported by Koolmill and Quzhou, this WP will exploit the enhanced controllability of these variants to inform AI systems,to apply diagnostic processes to multiple crop variants and support technology transfer.WP5 IoT Platform Lead: Siemens - who bring global excellence & expertise in data capture and AI in engineeringprocesses. Supported by Koolmill and SHU researchers, machine and mill data from the Koolmill demonstrator will becaptured and connect to a secure cloud based platform. With data analytics, AI, machine learning, auto-tuning and digitaltwins make real time management decision tools to operators, to optimise mill management and production.WP6 Process Implementation and Training Lead: New Food Innovation. NFI have expertise in communicating newproducts in challenging markets. They will utilise a multi-platform approach, including "gamification," milling data, training,demonstrations, piloting, 3D Models, simulations and augmented reality to shift this embedded culture.WP7 Economic Analysis and Development of the Chinese Market Lead: Aston. Make the technology accessible, fromconventional sales to Advanced Manufacturing Services (AMS) business model. Aston is globally recognised as a leaderin AMS and Wuhan has unrivaled expertise of Chinese rice. The development of AMS, "pay as you mill" business modelmitigates two major barriers to adoption of the technology (1) the perceived technology risk - the technology risk passes toQuzhou and (2) the perceived Capex Cost - moving the cost from capex to opex. This WP is linked to WP5 and the abilityto remotely control machines. WP8 Exploitation & Dissemination Lead: SHU. This WP reports the key outcomes from theproject and maximises the dissemination and IP from the project outcomes through national networks.