Machinery

We have made impressive achievements in this area

The range of equipment offered to small tortilla producers is very extensive.  Through our affiliate Tecnomaiz, S.A. de C.V. we manufacture machines with an output capacity of 15 to 300 tortillas per minute and we process 30 to 600 kg.of dough per hour, with simple cutters that are 4.17 meters long. 

RODOTEC is the brand through which we cover the equipment needs of small and medium tortilla producers, who are also offered  beaters which can process up to two 20 kg. sacks of flour  in a two to six minute interval, and feeders of one to five kg. of dough per minute, all with  moderate energy consumption, in sizes suitable for small spaces and available in an economical line

Since 1949, the date  our first mill started up, we have developed a very efficient method of designing and building plants in Mexico and assembling them from beginning to end in record time anywhere in the world. 

New and More Efficient Processes

Although our ”nixtamal”  process is more efficient  in  water and  energy consumption than the traditional method, we have developed a new process to prepare “nixtamal” flour that results in even more water and energy savings  and reduces cooking time.  A more efficient system for cooling corn flour was designed with lower manufacturing and operating costs.

Its main advantages include  60% savings in investment, a  60% reduction in cooling time and the safest and most hygienic operation.  Furthermore this new system produces significant savings in maintenance and energycosts.  Two of these systems were installed in 2011 in the GIMSA plant in Chihuahua and one in the  AMLP plant in Plainview, Texas.

We design and manufacture a high-tech production line for the preparation of baked goods for the  United States market.

The modular design of the oven for these lines enables us to manufacture products in a greater variety of shapes, sizes and ingredients which provide great added value, an innovation that is being used for the first time in the industry.

Presently the line can produce 170 to 180 baked snacks per minute, but at the same time, we designed and built a mega-line that produces 710 snacks per minute.

In 2011, we added systems to increase the flour’s fiber content in order to improve their nutritional value.

We also set up a laboratory equipped to certify the tortilla machines equipped with “energy-saving” devices.  To date this is the only national laboratory certified and accredited by EMA (the Mexican Accreditation Agency).