Sugar Journal

Improved Two and a Half Boiling System
Aleman, G.  1977.  The essential difference of the improved Two and a Half Boiling System to the original system, the A-2 sugar is washed in the centrifugals up to the point necessary to fulfill the degree of quality required by the new market. Of course, this washing would raise the purity of the A-2 molasses and consequently the purity…
Conditioning Powdered Sugar
Nahler, D.  1977.  The large surface area of the sugar, combined with the high solubility of sucrose in water, strongly affects its storage properties. Even though the packaging materials contain a moisture-barrier layer, powdered sugar still hardens or forms lumps. A method was desired to detect initiation of lumping in the laboratory, to permit…
Analytical Differentiation Cane and Beet Sugar
Bricout, J. and Fontes, J.C.  1977.  It has been determined that sucrose from sugarbeets contains less carbon 13 than that from sugarcane. This results from the fact that the methods of photosynthesis are different in the two plants. It was determined that numerous users desire to know which of the two plants provides the sugar…
Trash in Mechanical and Manual Harvesting of Sugarcane
Tambosco, N., Teixeira, J.P.B., et.al.  1978.  At Usina da Barra the trash content of sugarcane from 4 combine harvesters (Claas Libertadora 1400, Massey-Ferguson 201 – Cane Commander, Toft Robot 300 and Santal 115) operating in normal field conditions throughout the harvesting season, was determined and also the trash…
The Lotus Roll  A New Concept in Milling
Bouvet, J.  1978.  The conventional mill roll, with its cast iron shell, has served the industry well but, like any other piece of equipment, it has its limitations. The purpose of the Lotus Roll is to extend these limits to boundaries which will enable the miller to process more cane at a higher level of performance, with his existing…