The manufacture of starch from potatoes and cassava . Cross section of starch factory. Fig. 17.—Plans for starch factory for Irish potatoes or cassava: 1, boiler; 2, engine; 3, root washer;4. grater; 5, grater tank; 6, pump from grater tank to sieve; 7, cylinder sieve; 8, shaking sieve;9, starch settling tanks; 10, stirring tanks; 11, milk tanks; 12, milk pump; 13, centrifugal tank;14, centrifugal; 15, starch elevator; 16, drying rooms; 17, pulp tank; 18, outside settling tanks;19, water from washer; 20, overflow to irrigation; (w, fresh water pump). 44 of space is secured and the most conveni
The manufacture of starch from potatoes and cassava . Cross section of starch factory. Fig. 17.—Plans for starch factory for Irish potatoes or cassava: 1, boiler; 2, engine; 3, root washer;4. grater; 5, grater tank; 6, pump from grater tank to sieve; 7, cylinder sieve; 8, shaking sieve;9, starch settling tanks; 10, stirring tanks; 11, milk tanks; 12, milk pump; 13, centrifugal tank;14, centrifugal; 15, starch elevator; 16, drying rooms; 17, pulp tank; 18, outside settling tanks;19, water from washer; 20, overflow to irrigation; (w, fresh water pump). 44 of space is secured and the most convenient method of handling- theproduct can be instituted. In point of fact, however, many of thepotato-starch factories have been placed in buildings which wereoriginally intended for other purposes, so that the convenience ofarrangement which is shown in the above plan is not always found. Mr. B. Remitters, of De Land, Fla., who has prepared this plan hasmade many valuable suggestions in regard to the industry of manu-facturing starch from cassava. According to the information which
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