Materials, Steam and Color Balance in the Refinery
Reyes, N.B. and Robillo, A.F. 1997. Cost reduction through effective applications of material, steam and color balance is presented. Calculations were illustrated using the design criteria of the equipment of machineries. The calculations on the attainable standard parameters such as brix, temperature, color, color…
Materials Testing and Calibration for the Local Metals and Allied Engineering Industry
Fudolig, A.M. and Rufino, R.R. 1997. The need of testing and calibration services of the local metals and allied engineering industry is becoming important in the specter of globalization of trade and standardization. The services offered by the Metals Industry Research and…
Low Grade Operations Improvement at St. James Sugar Coop., Inc.
Garcia, M.A. 1997. Successful exhaustion of sucrose from the final molasses is one of the prime objectives of boiling house operations. Regular monitoring of true and target purities of final molasses by the LSU-ASI and SMRI exhaustion formulas showed the success achieved at St. James Sugars in this area.…
Improving the Life of Intermediate Conveying Chains in the Cane Sugar Industry
Bogard, S. 1997. Intermediate conveying chains, which are used to convey crushed cane between rolling mills are high maintenance items for many sugar mills around the world because they are subject to both corrosion and severe abrasion. Hard chrome plating of chain pins and bushings is an…
Implementation of Mechanical Loading of Sugarcane at URSUMCO
Cabati, R. 1997. URSUMCO plans to further increase its sugar hectarage from 1000 to 1500, which will require even more labor for harvesting and loading. In anticipation to problem of increasing labor cost and labor shortages, URSUMCO embarked on a mechanization program, incorporating mechanical loaders into…