ABM Equipment Releases New Roller Mill

ABM Equipment released a new mill for brewers, distillers, and maltsters.

ABM Equipment has released its new roller mill designed to solve problems of the other popular dust-tight mills. The 9”x9” rollers handle up to 66.5 lbs./min., bridging existing options at 9×6 and 9×12. Desired mill rate will depend on how fast the brewer wants to mash in, but generally this size of mill will be used for 10-30 bbl systems.

Released at booth 3715 at CBC on Apr. 27^th, the new mill has a number of new features. It has a closeable flow gate to reduce the risk of flooding and both a hinged hopper and optional reversible drive in case an operator forgets about the gate and floods it anyway. To simplify maintenance, it is dust-tight, uses sealed bearings, includes a grate magnet to protect the rollers, and is designed to reduce roller drift. Other miscellaneous benefits are that it’s made in the USA, comes with 24/7 support, and works out-of-the-box with ABM’s grain handling software.

Though the mill at the show was a prototype and did not have them, the following features are to be added to the first units sold. First, the units will have either manual or digital roller-position indicators so that operators can notate and revisit different settings. Second, an angled gravity-drop sampler will be installed for users of tubular drag. (Millers using augers should sample their grain at the final discharge because augers will affect the final result).

Involved in the development of the mill were numerous brewers, Marc Martin of North West Brewery Advisors, and Jim Thurman — the inventor of the Jim Boney mill. Thurman and ABM are currently collaborating on the next version of his popular 3-roller mill for smaller breweries. The 3-roller is to be released later this year and shown at the next CBC. ABM asks that other brewers submit feature requests to help them build the “ideal” mill.

“Some features we’ve added already exist in other mills,” said John Cassa, Co-Owner. “We just wanted to combine everything—existing features in this mill or that, solutions for problems the most popular mills have always had, and keep the price down. Our introductory price will depend on how many POs we get at CBC because rollers are the most expensive part of the mill and their price is volume-sensitive.”

For more information, visit ABMEquipment.com or contact John Hilgendorf at 360-558-7156 or jhilgendorf@abmequipment.com.