Continuously operable sugar centrifugal

A continuously operable sugar centrifuge for separating sugar massecuites into crystalline sugar and into syrup portions of differing quality comprising:

• centrifugal basket means of upwardly flaring generally frusto-conical configuration comprising shell means and screening means;
• housing means, said centrifugal basket means being mounted for rotation about a vertical axis within said housing means, said housing means comprising a plurality of separate compartments for separately receiving syrup portions of differing quality through said basket means, and at least a first common collecting chamber for green syrup and a second common collecting chamber for high green syrup;
• adjustable valve means coupled between at least one of said compartments and said first and second common collecting chambers for alternatively connecting said compartment to either the first or second collecting chambers according to the quality of syrup received in the compartment;
• said shell means comprising a plurality of discharge openings associated with respective compartments;
• and a plurality of annular seal means arranged around the basket means dividing the basket means into a plurality of zones or sections associated with the respective compartments and discharge openings.