ProwlerOnline, Plymouth/Chrysler Prowler Discussion Forum
Off Topic
Making Sugar ... (Page 2)
UBBFriend: Email This Page to Someone!
profile | register | preferences | faq | search
|
|
ProwlerOnline, Plymouth/Chrysler Prowler Discussion Forum
Off Topic
Making Sugar ... (Page 2)
profile | register | preferences | faq | search
|
| This topic is 2 pages long: 1 2 This topic was originally posted in this forum: Tires, Rims Discusssion |
| Author | Topic: Making Sugar ... |
|
Laddie Roussel Prowler Junkie Posts: 3463 |
posted 12-13-2002 03:56 PM
On Thursday my Dad and I took a trip to tour a Sugar Mill in Belle Rose, LA. We vistied Westfield and toured Lula. This was near No Problem Raceway. Something I've always wanted to do. Very interesting and kinda like making sausage (once you see the process you may want to avoid sugar or sausage). The Lula mill processes 9,000 tons of sugarcane each day (that's a lot of lbs when you consider 2,000 lbs equals one ton). They are currently getting 180 lbs of raw brown sugar from one ton of incoming sugarcane. Here's some pics and little information. Pic 730. Cane truck delivering load of chopped cane direct from the fields.
Pic 736. Washed sugarcane being dumped on conveyor belt and feeding the next stations in process. There are some magnets to catch any metal. Nothing to catch anything that may have been chopped up when the cane was cut and was not metal.
Pic 738. Fresh squeezed sugarcane (mud & all) in holding tank before delivery to 1st boiling pot.
Pic 741. Bagasse (dried up pulp) after squeezing process. This is used as fuel to burn in six furnaces which power the plant.
more pics to be follow ... ------------------ |
|
Laddie Roussel Prowler Junkie Posts: 3463 |
posted 12-13-2002 04:01 PM
Pic 742. 1st boiling station. Temps up to 212 degrees.
Pic 744. Filters which extract mud from the boiling liquid. Chemicals are added to make the mud drop to the bottom of tanks. Pic 746. 2nd boiling station. Temps up to 230 degrees. Sampled some syrup at this station and it was good.
Pic 751. Molasses being poured into the machine. |
|
Laddie Roussel Prowler Junkie Posts: 3463 |
posted 12-13-2002 04:05 PM
Pic 750. The spinning separates the sugar by pushing it to the sides of the drum. The liquid molasses is siphoned off the bottom and goes to storage tanks in back of mill. The molasses is sold to feed companies to mix with cattle and animal feed. Once the spinning is done, the sugar is scrapped off the sides and dropped onto an auger below tanks.
Pic 752. Final Raw Sugar being moved to holding tank. Sampled some raw brown sugar from the auger and didn't taste quite as sweet as white sugar. However, it was very good.
Pic 732. Warehouse where pure raw sugar is stored for delivery to sugar refinery (where it is turned into white sugar). |
|
Randy Cobb Prowler Junkie Posts: 4070 |
posted 12-13-2002 05:20 PM
Interesting Laddie. Thanks for sharing. ------------------ |
|
Gary C Prowler Junkie Posts: 12017 |
posted 12-13-2002 05:21 PM
Diddo, very kewl,,, |
|
prowlerbabe Prowler Junkie Posts: 1046 |
posted 12-13-2002 06:22 PM
Laddie, what a cool trip! Makes me awfully glad I use Sweet N Low.  |
|
Todd Cameron unregistered Posts: 1046 |
posted 12-13-2002 09:35 PM
People forget... plants are allowed a small percentage of bug parts in all processed foods... nothing like some good protien. ------------------ |
| This topic is 2 pages long: 1 2 All times are CT (US) | This is an ARCHIVED topic. You may not reply to it! |
All material contained herein, Copyright 2000 - 2012 ProwlerOnline.com
Powered by Infopop www.infopop.com © 2000
E-Innovations, LP
Ultimate Bulletin Board 5.45c
