Grain and seed handling requires the utmost care and efficiency. Cimbria has built a profound and market leading specialist knowhow within development, production and supply of plants on a turnkey basis including installation and training.

Together with our thorough knowledge of crop handling and processing, the Cimbria Unigrain, Unitest 3000 (W) temperature monitoring system, contributes to a successful project implementation related to grain and seed.

Grain can be stored in many ways i.e. in silos or in flat stores. It is a common belief that the only threat to the stored grain are insects, impurities and rodents. This is only partly the truth because the real threat to stored grain are factors like moisture content, ambient temperature, ambient humidity, storage time and the grain temperature.

If these parameters are not in balance, a reduction of the grain quality could occur and may result in severe damage to the grain.

An essential factor for grain quality is the balance between water content and temperature. If one of these factors is too high the grain might start to “sweat”. During “sweating” the grain will emit dry matter and water (loss of weight). In case the process is not stopped, the conditions in the silo or flat store will provide optimum condition for micro organisms, insects and other impurities. This could result in a self-perpetuating process destroying the grain even faster.

With Cimbria’s Temperature Monitoring System, the operator is able to act in time to prevent possible negative developments in the stored grain.

Problems with the stored grain may be solved either by moving, drying or ventilating the grain.

The Modelo Group’s malting plant in Zacatecas, Mexico  is the largest installation with a temperature monitoring system that Cimbria Unigrain has delivered in recent times. The complete system consists of 480 bins and 14 germination chambers.