High-capacity heaters, multi-compartment clarifiers, and rotary vacuum filters keep our juice clean and ready for evaporation.
Juice from the milling tandem is stored in a 1,602 cubic-foot (11,980 gallon) liming tank before moving through two 2,500 sq. ft. heaters and two additional 5,000 sq. ft. heaters.
Clarification relies on a 24-foot Dorr multifeed clarifier, a 30-foot Graver clarifier, and a 26-foot Rapi-Dorr installed for the 2002 crop. Each unit uses upgraded drawdown boxes and mud pumps to boost capacity and uptime.
Solids removal is finished by a bank of rotary vacuum filters—10 × 16, 10 × 18, and 12 × 16-foot Eimco units. Bagacillo sourced from the steam plant carriers supports consistent cake formation before disposal.