PAES 211:2000

Question 1

cleaner that uses air to separate lower density material from the corn kernels/corn grits such
as floured corn, germ and bran

Answer 1

aspirator

Question 2

ratio of the weight (kg) of the corn kernels, to its volume (m3)

Answer 2

bulk density

Question 3

shelled corn kernels where the germ and pericarp have been removed

Answer 3

degerminated corn kernels

Question 4

weight of the corn kernels fed into the corn mill per unit of time

Answer 4

feed rate

Question 5

impurity
any matter which is not corn kernels/corn grits or fragment of corn kernels/corn grits
sand, gravel, dirt, pebbles, stones, lumps of earth, clay, mud, weeds and other crop seeds

Answer 5

foreign matter

Question 6

weight of corn kernel per unit loading time into the hopper/intake pit, expressed in kilogram
per hour

Answer 6

input capacity

Question 7

equipment with definite shaking motion used to sort the size of the milled materials using
standard screen sieves

Answer 7

laboratory sieve shaker

Question 8

quantity of corn kernels that the corn mill can process to produce corn grits per unit of time

Answer 8

milling capacity

Question 9

weight of the milled corn collected per unit of time

Answer 9

output capacity

Question 10

auxiliary device of the corn mill that removes foreign material

Answer 10

precleaner

Question 11

electric motor, or gasoline-fed, or diesel-fed engine used to run the corn mill

Answer 11

primemover

Question 12

ratio of the weight of clean corn kernels, to the total weight of uncleaned corn kernels,
expressed in percent

Answer 12

purity

Question 13

oscillating screen
wire mesh or perforated metal sheet, moving in back-and-forth direction, permitting smaller
particles to fall through the openings and larger particles to remain on top

Answer 13

sifter