From Vibra Screw, Inc.

The food manufacturer uses a small but precise amount of lime to soften and remove skins from corn kernels prior to processing and cooking. The snack food manufacturer had been adding lime to the kettle feed stream by hand, resulting in wide fluctuations in accuracy in a process that requires

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