1 - paddy is dumped in the intake pit feeding the pre-cleaner

2 - pre-cleaned paddy moves to the rubber roll husker:

3 - mixture of brown rice and unhusked paddy moves to the separator

4 - unhusked paddy is separated and returned to the rubber roll husker

5 – brown rice moves to the destoner

6 - de-stoned, brown rice moves to the 1st stage (abrasive) whitener

7 - partially milled rice moves to the 2nd stage (friction) whitener

8 – milled rice moves to the sifter

9a - (for simple rice mill) ungraded, milled rice moves to bagging station

9b – (for more sophisticated mill) milled rice moves to the polisher1

10 - Polished rice, will move to length grader

11 - Head rice moves to head rice bin

12 – Brokens moves to brokens bin

13 – Pre-selected amount of head rice and brokens move to blending station

14 – Custom-made blend of head rice and brokens moves to bagging station

15 – Bagged Rice moves to the market

A – straw, chaff and empty grains are removed

B - husk removed by the aspirator

C – small stones, mudd balls etc. removed by de-stoner

D - Coarse (from 1st whitener) and fine (from 2nd whitener) bran removed from the rice grainduring the whitening process

E - Small brokens/brewer’s rice removed by the sifter