Flour Blending
Many issues face flour blenders when
considering the differing yields from different wheat varieties when milled
under different processes.
An example would be where 2 processes would each result in up to 2 grades of
flour for each wheat variety. The proportions of the grades in each process are
fixed for each variety so for example –
Milling Wheat 1 by Process A gives 50% Flour 1 and 50% Flour 3.
Milling Wheat 1 by Process B gives 90% Flour 2 and 10% Flour 4.
The next challenge is to blend these many grades of flour into several different
finished products, themselves each with a unique specification.
The task of optimizing each blended product using up all the different grades of
flour created in the milling processes in the appropriate proportions is an
interesting and challenging one.
With the benefit of Formats software and application of specific techniques, the
method measures the proportions of flour across finished products to provide a
least cost solution, rather than assuming fixed proportions of each grade of
flour in each individual product.