Method for preconditioning lumps of sugar
AssigneeMachines Chambon
InventorLouis G. Corse
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Abstract
This method is provided for preconditioning lumps of sugar obtained from humidified and agglomerated caster sugar, before these lumps are dried. The sugar lumps are heated, after moulding, by means of an infra-red heating. The lumps are heated for a very short, but sufficient period of time for a cloud of steam-saturated atmosphere to be constituted around each lump, this cloud forming a barrier against the infra-red radiation and avoiding the rapid drying of the lump, and for the temperature attained by this lump on entering the oven to be higher than the dew point.
Claims6
A method for the preconditioning of moulded sugar lumps obtained from humidified and agglomerated caster sugar before the lumps are dried in a drying oven to avoid any thermal shock being applied to the lumps utilizing infra-red radiation upon entry thereof into the oven after moulding, comprising:
- heating the sugar lumps after moulding and prior to their insertion into a drying oven for a very short period of time, but a sufficient period of time to form a cloud of steam-saturated atmosphere around each lump;
- the steam-saturated atmospheric cloud forming a barrier against the infra-red radiation and avoiding the rapid drying of the lump;
- and,
- carrying out said heating so that the temperature attained upon entering the oven after moulding is higher than the dew point.
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