From Factory Plan to Full Order: Tanzania Customer’s Combined Rice Mill
A second Tanzanian customer is setting up his rice processing business around a Taizy basic combined rice mill—and this order began long before he chose any machine. The customer contacted us while his factory was still just a building plan, and from that first conversation through factory layout questions to final equipment selection, we worked to his construction timeline rather than the other way round.
What he finally purchased was a Basic Combined Rice Mill MTCP15D—destoner, paddy husker, gravity separator and rice mill, served by 2 elevators—extended with a polisher en een rice grading machine, with a set of free accessories packed alongside the machine.
Buying the Machine Before Building the Factory—And Why That Mattered
Most new millers shop for equipment after the building is finished, then bend the machine to fit the room. This customer did the opposite, and the order of steps changed three things:
- De building height could be laid out around the elevator lifts instead of cutting them short later.
- De power and workflow positions were drawn once, not retrofitted.
- Delivery could be timed so the line arrived as the shell was ready, not sitting in storage for months.
The same planning logic—factory, line layout and equipment as one decision—is the core of our rice mill business startup guide.
What Exactly Was Shipped
| Item | Details |
|---|---|
| Core plant | Basic Combined Rice Mill MTCP15D — 15 tons/day class |
| Included machines | Destoner · paddy husker · gravity separator · rice mill |
| Material handling | 2 elevators |
| Add-on: polisher | Final surface finish on the white rice |
| Add-on: rice grading machine | Separate whole grains from broken rice — a rijst sorteerder |
| Free with the order | Accessories packed with the machine |
Standard Line, Two Add-Ons Chosen for the Grade of the Rice
De basic 15tpd combined rice mill already runs the full core process—de-stoning, husking, gravity separation, milling and screening—in one connected line. The customer’s two additions both target the one thing that decides his selling price: how the finished grain looks and sorts.
- De polisher cleans up the surface of the milled rice for the bright, uniform appearance buyers reach for, and
- De grading machine splits whole kernels from broken ones so each fraction sells into its own market instead of one mixed batch selling at the lowest grade.
Machine-by-machine, that is exactly the workflow described in our rice mill process guide.
One installation note we sent along with the layout: because 2 elevators feed the husking and milling stages, the building’s clearance heights needed to be set around the lift path from the start—precisely the advantage this customer gained by choosing the equipment plan before the walls went up.
The free accessories packed with the machine cover the first wear items, so early debugging does not have to stop waiting for a small part to arrive.
| Machine | Naam | Foto | AANTAL |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reserveonderdelen voor Padieschilfer | Rubberen rol |  | 2 stuks |
| Reserveonderdelen voor rijstmolen | Zeef |  | 6 stuks |
| Reserveonderdelen voor rijstmolen | Druk op balk |  | 5pcs |
Tanzania Keeps Proving the 15 TPD Class
This is not the first Taizy rice mill in the country built around this class of plant.
- An earlier Tanzanian startup ordered a 15TPD raw rice mill plant.
- Another Tanzanian buyer has taken a 30TPD rice mill plant in a single 20GP container.
Together, the three orders map the growth path many local millers follow: start with a proven small plant, then step up capacity or grade as the customer base grows. This customer chose the other upgrade direction—same 15 TPD throughput, better finished product.
Talk to Us Before You Build
If you are at the drawing stage of your own mill—factory shell, power supply, elevator heights, or deciding which add-ons actually pay for themselves—contact us with your plan and timeline and we will size the configuration around it, the way we did for this Tanzanian customer.