How to make tapioca flour from cassava?

As a staple in many countries, tapioca flour is a favorite food for many people. Do you know how to make tapioca flour from cassava? Maybe it is possible to do at home, but it is very labor intensive. So now i will introduce a high efficient way to make tapioca flour from cassava. However, whichever the way you choose, the process is very similar. It usually involves these steps: Cleaning and washing - crushing - dewatering and drying.

How to make tapioca flour from cassava

The step 1: Cleaning and washing

Firstly cassava tubers are transported to dry sieve by belt conveyor. The attached impurities will be removed by dry sieve. Then cassava tubers come out from dry sieve which then will be sent to paddle washing machine.

Paddle washing machine can clean and peel cassava effectively. Dry peeling on one side and wet washing on the other side. In dry peeling part, there are no water and the cassava skin can be removed by the friction. In wet washing part, water is added to thoroughly wash cassava. Counter-current washing principle is adopted to ensure cleanness of output cassava.

Cassava cleaning and washing machine

The step 2: Crushing

Cassava tubers are processed into small pieces by cassava cutter, the pre-crushing process can reduce damage to rasper. Secondly rasper will crush small cassava pieces completely and get fine granules, which can ensure high quality tapioca flour.

Cassava crushing machine

The step 3: Dewatering and drying

Cassava mash from rasper will be pumped into filter press machine. By the effect of pressure, filter press machine will squeeze out water and make cassava mash dehydrated into 40% moisture content. Flash dryer then will dry wet tapioca flour. Finally we can get dried tapioca flour with moisture around 12-14%. Actually, to ensure the quality of final flour, sifter sieving machine will be installed after drying to separate crude fibers and coarse flour.

This is the whole process to make tapioca flour from cassava. This way can ensure high quality and large capacity tapioca flour production. Iy you want to make high quality tapioca flour from cassava, undoubtedly, the mechinal way is the best choice. If you are interested in it, welcome to your inquiry.