Coarse powder from outer covering of the corn kernel removed during the milling process
By-product
Corn grit # 20 and # 24, floured corn, germ and bran
By-product recovery
Ratio of the weight of by-products, to the total weight of corn kernel input, expressed in percent
Corn kernels
Shelled corn of either dent or flint varieties
Conditioning
Rewetting of dried corn kernels to about 18% to 22% moisture content and tempering it to make the pericarp and the germ more pliable and easier to remove
Corn mill
Equipment used to produce corn grits using the dry milling process
Degerminator
Machine used to remove the germ and pericarp from the corn kernel
Degerminator efficiency
Ratio of the weight of degerminated corn kernel sample, to the initial weight of the sample, expressed in percent
Dry milling
Process of reducing the corn kernels into pieces of grits, germ and pericarp with or without conditioning
Floured corn
Fine powder by-product of corn milling process
Germ
Embryo of the kernel removed during the degermination process
by-products
Grit #20
Grit #24
Input capacity
Weight of corn kernel per unit loading time into the hopper/intake pit, expressed in kilogram per hour
Main product
Corn grit #10
Corn grit #12
Corn grit #14
Corn grit #16
Corn grit #18
Main product recovery
Ratio of the weight of corn grits, to the total weight of corn kernel input, expressed in percent
Moisture content
Amount of moisture in the corn kernels expressed as percent of the total weight of the sample, wet basis
Roller mill
Major component of the corn mill used to reduce corn kernels into corn grits
