We recently won the "Who Dares" award in the competition held by the Government of Antioquia for creativity in implementing new technologies to solve issues in Colombian agriculture.

With the assistance of InSpire, which manufactures metal panels for harnessing and utilizing solar energy, we integrated alternative systems and transformed a necessity into a simple and effective solution. Thus, we created the first solar-powered dryer for herbs and spices without the expense and delicacy of conventional solar panels.

This dryer utilizes solar energy as a heat source, with biomass serving as an alternative source where only electric power is required for the fan.

Sunlight is directed onto the panel, which features openings through which air is drawn and heated within the panel by solar energy. This heated air is then directed through ducts to the heat exchanger, passing through 14 trays that can accommodate various types of herbs or spices.

In instances of low sunlight, the dryer can continue its process using natural gas or biomass.

The panel or roof is tiltable, allowing easy orientation towards the sun, and also serves as a protective covering for the product.

The trays receiving the product are made of stainless steel, a critical material for products intended for human consumption.

The system includes humidity measurement and sensors for continuous monitoring of the entire process.

The arrangement and quantity of trays enable selection of the appropriate dehydration level for each type of herb or spice, considering significant differences in moisture content. This results in a more refined, faster, and higher-quality product.

SAVE MONEY THROUGHOUT YOUR LIFE WITH INSPIRE'S SOLAR COLLECTORS.

JM ESTRADA S.A. partners with ATAS International Inc. to offer the most efficient InSpire™ line of SOLAR COLLECTORS.

By preheating outside air and using it to complement hot air in coffee dryers with InSpire™ SOLAR COLLECTORS, energy consumption is significantly reduced.

SOLAR COLLECTORS have been successfully used in many countries to dry coffee, grains, tea, tomatoes, corn, cocoa, and other agricultural products.

The InSpire™ system can be designed to be installed in two ways: as a non-structural panel for walls or as a module. As a wall system, InSpire™ can be installed on any existing wall or roof. As a module, InSpire™ can be installed on the floor or roof.

Please inform us of the needs of your farm or building, and we will help you design the most energy-efficient solution for your drying or heating process.

The InSpire™ line is the best investment a coffee company can make to save money on energy during the drying process.

It has been proven that payback periods for many industries can range from 3.5 to 7 years. After that payback period, energy savings are ENTIRELY yours… for decades!

InSpire™ utilizes free solar energy to extract air heated by the sun.

• Green Technology
• Lower energy consumption.
• Reduces the use of gas, coal, husks, and costly fuels.
• Uses solar energy, a free energy source.
• Zero emissions, eco-friendly equipment.
• The investment is returnable after a short period.

 
For more information: In Colombia, Central America, Puerto Rico, and Hawaii, please contact JM ESTRADA S.A.

For other markets: ATAS International Inc. Tel: +1 610 395 8446 export@atas.com - www.atas.com

ECOMILL-CENICAFÉ offers ecological technology for coffee washing during natural fermentation.

With ECOMILL-CENICAFÉ technology, water consumption is REDUCED from 20 L/kg of dry parchment coffee (DPC) to values between 0.3 and 0.5 L/kg of DPC, and pollution generated in the process is reduced by more than 90%, by mixing pulp and mucilage.

With ECOMILL®, over 98% of the mucilage present in pulped coffee is removed, resulting in coffee of high physical and sensory quality.

ECOMILL® utilizes much of the existing infrastructure in processing centers, such as dry receiving hoppers, pulpers, screens, screw conveyors for pulp transportation, and tanks.

A complete ECOMILL® module consists of the following elements:

• Pulper, one or more depending on the equipment's capacity, operated without water.
• Pulp conveyor, without water.
• Conveyor for depulped coffee to fermentation tanks, without water.
• Fermentation tank, one or more depending on the equipment's capacity, with a hopper.
• Mechanical conveyor of coffee with mucilage at the "washing" point.
• Mechanical upward flow washer and radial discharge of honeys.
• Metal structure to support the module's components.
• Coffee dosing at the "washing" point.
• Dispensers that deliver the required flow of coffee at the "washing" point.
• Each dispenser consists of a hopper, a screw conveyor, and a pressure relief column, which significantly reduces mechanical damage to the coffee.
• All parts of the dispenser are constructed of stainless steel.
• The screw conveyor housing can be opened for thorough cleaning.

ECOMILL	Length	Width	Height
500	160	160	160
1,500	170	170	200
3,000	190	190	200

Each module has devices to ensure water flow. The ECOMILL® 500 module has a single water inlet. In the ECOMILL® 1500 and 3000 units, two and three water inlets, respectively, regulate the required flow using quick-closing valves, one for each water inlet.

Equipment	Capacity Kg of washed Coffee	h Water Flow Liters	min Power HP
ECOMILL 500	435 - 495	1,6 - 1,8	1,6
ECOMILL 1500	1.507 - 1.565	5,5 - 6,5	3,6
ECOMILL 3000	2600 - 2815	11,5 - 12,5	4,0

Equipment	Water Consumption Liters	Kg of dry Coffee Energy Consumption kWh	kg of dry Coffee Mechanical Damage %
ECOMILL 500	0,32 - 0,37	3,4	0,1 - 0,34
ECOMILL 1500	0,40 - 0,43	2,6	0,1 - 0,56
ECOMILL 3000	0,49 - 0,53	1,48 (6,6)*	0,0 - 1,10

 Manufactured by JM ESTRADA S.A. under license from CENICAFÉ

Drying for high-altitude specialty coffees with high honey content can now be processed from harvesting to milling with ZERO water consumption. This innovative system created by JM ESTRADA is revolutionary. In just two steps, you get a special coffee with great aroma and flavor, without polluting the water, air, or land of your farm.

There is no need for water at all to direct or wash the beans, nor large pipe systems or infrastructure. The freshly harvested cherry coffee is introduced directly into the feeder hopper of the dryer.

The freshly harvested cherry coffee is dehydrated, a process that removes the moisture from the beans while preserving greater flavor and all aromas. In this process, no ash, coal, or gas is burned, emissions are ZERO, no pollution. The dryer has a dehumidification system that injects hot air produced by high friction, evaporating the moisture and removing it once condensed without mechanical contamination to a container. This byproduct can be ideal for making energizing drinks and other beverages.

The drying system is carried out in 3 stages, meaning that at the end of the first drying stage, new cherry coffee can be reintroduced, thus making a continuous process. At the end of the third stage, we obtain a dry coffee bean with its husk and without honey.

We then pass the dried product to the whole cherry coffee huller. Here the process is quick and simple. The dry cherry coffee beans are introduced into the hopper of the huller, which feeds the hulling system in steps. The separation of the husk from the bean is carried out by the huller using a turbo feed of compressed air, obtaining a clean bean with great flavor and aroma, ready for packaging, sorting, and roasting.

The byproduct (the husk) comes out completely dry without honey, does not attract insects or pests, and can also be used for tea infusions or as fertilizer.

A unique system, 100% green technology from JM ESTRADA, where in just two steps, you go from the fruit to the hulled coffee, with zero water consumption, without burning ash, coal, or gas, and without obtaining residues or contaminants.

Remember:

• You don't use water.
• You don't burn ash, coal, or gas.
• You don't get waste or contaminants.
• You save money and keep the land, air, and water of your farm 100% clean and pure.

Advantages:

• No more money spent on purchasing cisco, coal, or gas.
• Savings on labor costs.
• Economies on equipment and civil works.
• Reduction in processes and mechanical damage to coffee.
• Obtain completely dry and ecological compost.
• A clean process.
• High-quality specialty coffee.
• More aroma, more flavor, and better price.

The coffee roaster features a PLC, an automatic roasting controller, with nine different cycles that provide perfect roasting. By simply selecting the desired cycle on the touchscreen, the machine prepares itself by activating the gas and preheating the roasting chamber according to the chosen cycle. Once ready, it automatically introduces the coffee from the feeding hopper and proceeds with its roasting. Upon completion, it directs the roasted coffee to the cooling basin where it is cooled, halting the roasting process, and then deposits it into the outlet for packaging.

The roaster is constructed from stainless steel and includes a receiving hopper, roasting chamber, controllers, solenoid valves, decontamination system, cooling chamber, hopper for receiving roasted coffee, PLC with touchscreen and tactile controls. It can process approximately 44.09 pounds per hour of coffee per cycle.

This food-grade stainless steel dryer, comprised of three compartments, each located one below the other and separated by a perforated mesh.

Each compartment can accommodate 176.37 lbs of wet cocoa beans, totaling 529.11 lbs for the entire dryer.

The drying process is powered by natural gas and a fan that circulates hot air through the dryer, evaporating moisture from the beans. This process operates in continuous drying cycles.

The drying is uniform, quick, and clean, without contaminating the product or exposing it to ground conditions or insects as traditionally done. Weather conditions are no longer a concern; you can achieve perfect and fast drying at any time, thereby avoiding product loss.

This dryer utilizes solar energy as the primary source of heat and biomass as an alternative source, where only electric energy is used for the fan.

Sunlight is directed directly onto the panel, which has openings through which air is drawn into the panel and heated by the solar energy effect. Then, this heated air is directed through the ducts and to the heat exchanger, to pass through the 14 trays that can be filled with different types of herbs or spices.

When sunlight is low, the dryer can continue its process using natural gas or biomass.

The panel or roof is tiltable, allowing easy orientation toward the sun, and also serves as protection for the product.

The trays receiving the product are made of stainless steel, a fundamental material for human consumption products.

It features a measurement system for relative humidity and sensors for permanent control of the entire process.

The arrangement of the trays and their quantity allows selecting the appropriate level for the dehydration of each type of aromatic herb or spice, as there are significant differences in moisture content in each. This results in a more selected, faster, and higher-quality product.

"¿Quién se le mide?" is the contest that Antioquia, the most educated, has launched to test the creative and innovative potential of the people of Antioquia through the solution of everyday problems in different sectors and regions of the department that aspire to be solved for the benefit of a territory or a community.

The contest aims to turn problems into challenges whose solution must be functional, guarantee implementation, lead to the development of products with higher added value, improve productive processes, create new innovative ventures, and improve the social conditions of the population.

"¿Quién se le mide?" is aimed at university researchers, technical and technological high school students, university research interns, technical, technological, and technological development centers, companies, and students in grades 10 and 11. It also aims to develop the methodology of open innovation, which recognizes that the origin of the most innovative and useful solutions does not necessarily come from a small group of experts developing them, but rather can be generated anywhere, by any individual or organization, or can be developed and selected by the communities themselves, through collaborative work.

We received the "¿Quién se le mide?" award from the Government of Antioquia, in which we obtained first place for creativity in solutions with new technologies to existing problems in Colombian agriculture. Our recognition was triple since we participated in three categories, and in all of them, we received the first-place award.

Once again, the experience, creativity, and support of JM ESTRADA company in tailor-made solutions for agriculture are confirmed.

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