Lighting of the food industries / Information compiled by . Fig. 14.—Night view of wrapping room in an up-to-date chocolate factory. Anaverage intensity of five foot-candles is furnished on the working plane, by an admir-ably supplied system of totally indirect lighting comprising 300-watt units on 16-footcenters. applied general illumination with intensities ranging from 4 to 6foot-candles. (See Figs. 13, 14 and 15). Others w^ere found tobe using haphazard applications of bare lamps on drop cords andthese apparently are still in the majority. 8 For a detailed description of cho


Lighting of the food industries / Information compiled by . Fig. 14.—Night view of wrapping room in an up-to-date chocolate factory. Anaverage intensity of five foot-candles is furnished on the working plane, by an admir-ably supplied system of totally indirect lighting comprising 300-watt units on 16-footcenters. applied general illumination with intensities ranging from 4 to 6foot-candles. (See Figs. 13, 14 and 15). Others w^ere found tobe using haphazard applications of bare lamps on drop cords andthese apparently are still in the majority. 8 For a detailed description of chocolate manufacture see Cocoa and Chocolate byR. Whymper, Publishers. J. A. Churchill, 7 Great Marlborough St., , England, 32 LIGHTING OF THE FOOD INDUSTRIES There are no difficult problems involved in the lighting of thesefactories and general illumination properly applied is usuallyfound well suited to all ^ Tig. 15—Night view illustrating the application of general Ji?htin? to (he illumina-tton of chocolate grinding machines. Seventy five-watt Mazda C lamps n feet abovethe floor .n deep bowl reflectors on ,o-foot centers produce a well diffused intensityof SIX foot-candles. ^ The following tabulation indicates the recommended practicefor the lighting of chocolate and candy factories: ProT operation Type of illumination ing Chocolate Cleaning and sorting Husking, sieving and winnow Milling Fat extraction Crushing, sifting, mixing and refining Kneading and moulding Setting WrappingCandyMixingCooking Moulding and dippingWrapping GeneralGeneralGeneralGeneralGeneralGeneralGeneralGeneral General GeneralC<..._ralGeneral Intensity ft-c. 4-8 4-84-84-84-84-84-85-10 4-84-8 5-10 5-10 01^ THE I^OOD INDUSTRIES Z^ Fruit Packing.—As compared with the intricacies of manufac-ture encountered in many of the food industries, fruit packingis of extreme simpUcity. The fruit, upon being harv


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