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First Continuous Centrifugal in Operation in the Philippines
Gemperle, F.R.  1961.  Central Pilar became the first central in the Philippines to replace its old high-grade centrifugals with a battery of three fully automatic centrifugals. The simplicity of the operation meant a great saving for Central Pilar due to replacement of seven operators per shift by only one operator…
Filtration of Sugarcane Mud Filtrate Through the FAS-FLO Filter at Victorias Milling Company
De Luzuriaga, E.R.  1961.  To cope with the problems of recirculating the rotary vacuum filtrate, various methods of secondary treatment and use of new filter equipment have been presented. Filtration of Sugarcane Mud Filtrate Through the FAS-FLO Filter at Victorias Milling Company.…
Microorganism Control in Cane Sugar Mill
Appling, J.W.  1962.  A satisfactory degree of microorganism control during the grinding of sugarcane has been demonstrated in various sugar mills of the Western Hemisphere. The bactericide employed in this work was an organic-sulfur type containing active ingredients, disodium cyanodithiomidocarbonate, potassium N-methyldithiocarbamate…
Automatic Cane Feeder Control at Victorias Milling Co., Inc.
Gamboa, E.F.  1962.  The idea was conceived in utilizing the movement of the “Floating Feed Roller” of the first mill to regulate the feeding cane into the crusher. The problems involved and equipment required for such a controller, a brief description of the existing equipment and mode of operation using manual…
A Statistical Approach for Determination of Final Molasses Exhaustion Index from its Chemical Composition
Guillermo, R.J.  1962.  The chemical analyses data from 34 weekly composite samples of VMC final molasses were subjected to statistical analyses for a possible exhaustion index. Correlation analyses of true purity and the non-sucrose components revealed that of the latter…