Sugar News

An Evaluation of the Recently Installed Fully Automatic Recycling Centrifugals at Victorias
Gamboa, E.F.  1960.  A battery of eight fully automatic, recycling centrifugals was put in operation to handle all the A and B massecuites at Victorias. Some of the significant advantages of these machines over the old belt driven ones were noted such as savings in labor, greater…

The Use of Granular Activated Carbon in Decolorizing Cane Sugar Liquors
Hiltgen, A.X.  1961.  The paper is a review of the history of Pittsburg Activated Granular Carbons in the refining of dextrose and cane sugar. The actual purification, reactivation and conveying steps are presented with estimates given on the operating and installation costs for decolorizing cane sugar…

The Fully Automatic Recycling Sugar Centrifugal
Widen, S.  1961.  This article present a modern batch machine, the ASEAN-Landsverk fully automatic recycling centrifugal and if arranged for Ward-Leonard drive gives the operator the possibility to choose the speed and spinning time that is correct for the massecuite being treated. The Fully Automatic Recycling Sugar Centrifugal…

Sugarcane Wax Extraction at Biscom
Garrucho, S.S. and Guillen-Escalante, N.  1961.  This article presents the potential production of sugarcane wax and its uses. Its large scale production will bolster the sugar industry. Sugarcane Wax Extraction at Biscom. Sugar News 37:607-610.

Mode of Operation and Application of Continuous Centrifugals in the Sugar Industry
Braunschweig, W.D.  1961.  This paper presents the basic types of continuous centrifugals and some comparative values from continuous operation. Advantages of these continuous centrifugals are briefly summarized however, these machines also suffer from one disadvantage and in an objective…