Division · 10 products · 3 ranges
Agro Processing Equipment Manufacturers and Exporters in China
This division holds 17 machines across 8 ranges of agro processing equipment – rice milling, paddy separation, destoning, whitening, elevating, hammer milling, threshing and oil pressing – manufactured in China under our own brand and exported worldwide. Almost everything here turns a harvested crop into a sellable product, and the machines are bought by tonnes per day rather than by feature, because throughput is what decides whether a mill pays.
What is agro processing equipment?
Agro processing equipment is the machinery that takes a crop after harvest and converts it into a marketable form: cleaning, dehusking, separating, polishing, milling, grinding or pressing. It sits between the farm and the market, and the value it adds is grade and price per tonne rather than yield. A complete rice mill, a hammer mill and an oil press are all agro processing; a plough is not.
Agro processing ranges in this division
| Range | Equipment | Applications |
|---|---|---|
| Agro Combined Rice Mill | Complete combined rice mill sets, fine white rice processing lines | Paddy through to polished white rice in one installation |
| Agro Rice Destoner | Rice vibration cleaners and destoning machines | Removing stones and foreign matter before milling |
| Agro Gravity Paddy Separator | Gravity paddy separators including double body types rated per day | Separating unhusked paddy from brown rice after dehusking |
| Agro Rice Whitener | Vertical rice roller whiteners, emery roller whitening machines | Removing bran to produce white rice at a controlled degree of milling |
| Agro Elevator | Bucket elevators for rice mills, high lifting capacity elevators | Moving grain between stages without manual handling |
| Agro Hammer Mill | Hammer mills and grain pulverizers | Grinding grain for flour, feed and further processing |
| Agro Threshing Machine | Threshers and corn shellers including diesel driven units | Threshing and shelling where mains power is unavailable |
| Agro Palm Oil press | Palm oil extraction presses and expellers | Small and medium scale oil extraction |
How to select agro processing equipment
Combined mill or separate machines?
A combined rice mill puts cleaning, husking, separation and whitening on one frame, which suits a village or small commercial mill where floor space, power and operators are all limited. Separate machines cost more and occupy more space, but each stage can be sized independently and replaced without stopping the rest – which is what a mill running as a business eventually needs. Decide by whether this is a service to a community or a business processing for margin.
What throughput figure should I buy to?
Tonnes per day at the intake, during the harvest peak rather than the annual average. A mill sized to the average stands idle for much of the year and cannot cope when the crop arrives, and paddy does not wait. Where the crop is seasonal, size to the peak and accept the idle time, or plan to process for others in the quiet months.
Why does destoning matter so much?
Because a stone in paddy damages the huller and the whitener downstream, and because stone in the finished rice is the single most common reason a consignment is rejected or downgraded. A destoner is cheap relative to what it protects and to the grade it preserves. It belongs at the start of the line, before anything else touches the crop.
Diesel or electric drive?
By what the site actually has. A diesel thresher or sheller works where there is no mains supply and where the machine moves between locations, which is the normal situation for contract threshing. Electric drive is cheaper to run and quieter where a reliable supply exists. Say which applies, because it is settled at manufacture.
Specifications and standards to compare
| Equipment | Key specifications to compare | Relevant standards |
|---|---|---|
| Agro Combined Rice Mill | Tonnes per day, stages included, power rating, floor area and headroom required | Specify required standard at enquiry |
| Agro Gravity Paddy Separator | Tonnes per day, number of bodies, separation efficiency, power rating | Specify required standard at enquiry |
| Agro Rice Whitener | Capacity per hour, roller type, degree of milling control, bran extraction | Specify required standard at enquiry |
| Agro Hammer Mill | Throughput, screen apertures supplied, motor rating, feed size | Specify required standard at enquiry |
| Agro Palm Oil press | Throughput, extraction rate, drive power, heating provision | Specify required standard at enquiry |
| Agro Threshing Machine | Crops handled, throughput per hour, drive type and rating | Specify required standard at enquiry |
Send the crop, the daily intake at harvest peak and the power available at the site. Those three settle the specification; a machine sized from annual tonnage rather than peak intake is the usual cause of a mill that cannot keep up.
What a rice mill installation contains
A mill is a sequence, and the order is not negotiable:
- Cleaning and destoning – vibration cleaner and destoner first, protecting every machine that follows and the grade of the finished rice.
- Husking – removing the husk to produce brown rice.
- Paddy separation – a gravity separator returning unhusked paddy to the husker, since whitening unhusked grain wastes both.
- Whitening – roller or emery whiteners removing bran to the degree of milling the market expects.
- Elevating and conveying – bucket elevators between stages, which is what makes the mill continuous rather than batch.
- Grading and packing – separating broken from whole grain, since the two sell at different prices.
Who buys from this division
| Buyer | What they typically need |
|---|---|
| Commercial rice mill | Separate machines sized per stage, with elevators making the line continuous |
| Village or cooperative mill | A combined mill within one power supply and a small floor area |
| Grain trader | Cleaning and destoning to lift grade before resale |
| Feed producer | Hammer mills with a range of screens for different grind sizes |
| Palm oil smallholder group | Presses sized to a cooperative's fruit intake rather than to a plantation |
| Contract thresher | Diesel driven machines that move between sites without mains power |
| Agriculture ministry or scheme | Quantities against a schedule, with spares and training stated |
| Equipment dealer | The machine classes that match local crop and farm size |
Wearing parts and running cost
Agro processing machines wear in predictable places: whitening rollers and emery, hammer mill hammers and screens, rubber rolls on huskers, and press worms and cages on oil expellers. Those parts are consumable rather than repairable, and their cost over a season frequently exceeds the difference in purchase price between two machines, so they belong in the comparison rather than being discovered afterwards. Order an initial set with the machine and have each part named individually in the quotation, so that reordering locally or from us is straightforward later. For a mill running through a harvest, a spares holding sized to the peak weeks is worth more than a lower purchase price.
Power, siting and installation
Milling equipment is heavy, continuous duty and dusty, and the three things that decide whether an installation works are the electrical supply, the floor and the dust handling. Send the available supply, the floor area and the headroom at enquiry – elevators in particular need height that buildings are often assumed to have and do not. Dust extraction and bran handling should be planned with the mill rather than added once the dust appears. Civil work, building and local approvals rest with the buyer.
What is included and what is not
Supplied: the machines built to the crop, throughput and power supply specified, with an initial spares set as quoted, packed for export with documentation. Not supplied: buildings, foundations, dust extraction installation, electrical installation or local approvals. Start-up and training for the operators are settled as part of the supply contract. Where a scheme covers several sites, say so at enquiry, because a common specification across sites makes spares holding far cheaper than site-by-site variation.
Also in this division
Agro Processing by market
Each of these is written for that market: tender process, documentation and the ports we ship to. No other combination exists.
Questions buyers ask
Combined rice mill or separate machines?
A combined mill puts cleaning, husking, separation and whitening on one frame, which suits a village or small commercial mill where floor space, power and operators are all limited. Separate machines cost more and take more room, but each stage can be sized independently and replaced without stopping the rest. The question underneath it is what the mill is for: serving growers in one place, or running as a business on margin.
What capacity should I buy?
Tonnes per day at the harvest peak, not the annual average. A mill sized to the average stands idle much of the year and cannot cope when the crop arrives, and paddy will not wait. Where the crop is seasonal, size to the peak and accept the idle weeks, or plan to process for other growers in the quiet months.
Why is a destoner so important?
Because a stone damages the huller and whitener downstream, and because stone in finished rice is the commonest reason a consignment is rejected or downgraded. The destoner is cheap relative to the machines it protects and the grade it preserves, and it belongs at the very start of the line, before anything else touches the crop.
What does a gravity paddy separator do?
It returns unhusked paddy to the husker after the husking stage, separating it from brown rice by density and movement. Without it, unhusked grain carries into the whitener, where it is neither whitened properly nor recoverable. It is the stage people leave out to save money and then add afterwards.
Diesel or electric drive?
By what the site has. A diesel thresher or sheller works where there is no mains supply and where the machine moves between locations, which is normal for contract threshing. Electric is cheaper to run and quieter where a reliable supply exists. Say which applies, because the drive is settled at manufacture rather than changed later.
Which spares should I hold?
The consumables: whitening rollers and emery, hammer mill hammers and screens, rubber rolls on huskers, and press worms and cages on oil expellers. These wear rather than fail, and their cost across a season often exceeds the price difference between two machines, so they belong in the comparison. Order an initial set with the machine with each part named individually.
What does the building need to provide?
Electrical supply, a sound floor and dust handling. Bucket elevators in particular need headroom that buildings are often assumed to have and do not, so send floor area and clear height at enquiry. Dust extraction and bran handling should be planned with the mill rather than added once the dust appears, since retrofitting means moving machines.
Can you supply several sites under one scheme?
Yes, and it is worth saying so at enquiry. A common specification across sites makes spares holding dramatically cheaper than site-by-site variation, where each location ends up needing its own parts. State the number of sites, the crops and the typical intake at each.
Request a quote
Send the items and quantities you need, the destination country and any tender specification you are working to. For a tender, attach the specification schedule and we will quote line by line against it rather than sending a price list.