Pacific Gas and Electric magazine . \ ol llic ;iii.\s iic > ml- wiirclxiiiM; laiiiuily :i(i,(IIIU Ions. ItitcriiirvUrw slidws loiw In slonigc inid cenlriruBal macliines ilireclly iiiulei-nealh which revolve at Ibe rate of 1000revolutions per miiuile. The eeiilrifUKalsIhrow olV the liciiior Ibal surrounds llie eryslals as lliey are droppedfrom Die pan, leavinK Ibe siiK«r in thecenlrifugals in granuhiled form, bill slilleonlaining a certain ainoiml of llie cenlriruKaU. Ibe sii«iir is 78 Pacific Service Magazine. Views of the interior
Pacific Gas and Electric magazine . \ ol llic ;iii.\s iic > ml- wiirclxiiiM; laiiiuily :i(i,(IIIU Ions. ItitcriiirvUrw slidws loiw In slonigc inid cenlriruBal macliines ilireclly iiiulei-nealh which revolve at Ibe rate of 1000revolutions per miiuile. The eeiilrifUKalsIhrow olV the liciiior Ibal surrounds llie eryslals as lliey are droppedfrom Die pan, leavinK Ibe siiK«r in thecenlrifugals in granuhiled form, bill slilleonlaining a certain ainoiml of llie cenlriruKaU. Ibe sii«iir is 78 Pacific Service Magazine. Views of the interior of the sugar factory. Reading downward, these are: Boiler room; auxiliary pump room; centrifugal station; new vacuum pan, capacity fifty tons of sugar every two hours. Pacific Service jVIag.\zine 79 sent through large revolving drums,through which is drawn a strong cur-rent of very hot air which takes out thelast of the moisture in the sugar, deliver-ing the dry grains to the packing roomwith not more than three one-hundredthsof one per cent of moisture. In thepacking-room, the sugar is sent overscreening devices which eliminate anylumps that may have been formed in thecentrifugals, also eliminating any dustthat may have ac-cumulated after thesugar is dried, and,at the same time,sort the grains ac- ;cording to size tomeet the market de-mand. These grainsare then packed invarious kinds andsizes of containers,from 2-lb. cottonbags and 2-lb. car-tons to 100-lb. bagsand 350-lb. barrels. The small packagemachines for puttingup the 2-lb., 5-lb., 10-Ib. and 25-lb. pack-
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