SRI Jigger Tubes – Increase Sugar Vacuum Pan Efficiency & Productivity.
ActionLaser supported research undertaken by SRI to develop the SRI Jigger Tube. The elegance of the design is its simplicity. SRI found the jigger tube aperture size below which, when the vacuum is broken at end of batch, the surface tension of the massecuite prevents it from back-flowing into the Jigger Tubes.
SRI and ActionLaser officially launched SRI Jigger Tubes to the global sugar industry at the 2007 ISSCT meeting in Durban, South Africa.
Jigger Tubes increase massecuite circulation in Batch and Continuous Sugar Vacuum Pans. Benefits include:
Less fine grain.
Increased massecuite brix.
Shorter batch pan cycle times.
Longer periods between boilouts.
SRI Jigger Tubes have been installed in:
Australia.
India.
South Africa.
Argentina.
Brazil.
The SRI Jigger Tubes System significantly improves the operation of sugar mill natural circulation vacuum pans.
At the heart of the system is the SRI Jigger Tube, a stainless steel tube laser drilled with about 100,000 small holes per metre of tube length. The very small hole size allows noxious gases and/or vapour to be released from the tube without the return of massecuite or molasses through the holes.
The SRI Jigger Tubes are placed under the calandria, in a pattern and position to provide maximum enhancement of massecuite circulation. In the most energy efficient arrangement noxious gases from the calandria are used as the jigger gas. Alternatively, process steam can be used.
The SRI Jigger Tubes System can be installed as a replacement for existing jigger systems. The SRI system will boost pan circulation by providing better distribution of the jigger feed and will reduce the possibility of erosion of the bottom tube plate and calandria tubes.
Jigger pipe installed under the calandria in a horizontal continuous pan.
The SRI Jigger Tubes System significantly improves the operation of sugar mill natural circulation vacuum pans.
At the heart of the system is the SRI Jigger Tube, a stainless steel tube laser drilled with about 100,000 small holes per metre of tube length. The very small hole size allows noxious gases and/or vapour to be released from the tube without the return of massecuite or molasses through the holes.
The SRI Jigger Tubes are placed under the calandria, in a pattern and position to provide maximum enhancement of massecuite circulation. In the most energy efficient arrangement noxious gases from the calandria are used as the jigger gas. Alternatively, process steam can be used.
The SRI Jigger Tubes System can be installed as a replacement for existing jigger systems. The SRI system will boost pan circulation by providing better distribution of the jigger feed and will reduce the possibility of erosion of the bottom tube plate and calandria tubes.
Photo on right: Jigger pipe installed under the calandria in a horizontal continuous pan.
Jigger Tubes
SRI Jigger Tubes – Increase Sugar Vacuum Pan Efficiency & Productivity.
ActionLaser supported research undertaken by SRI to develop the SRI Jigger Tube. The elegance of the design is its simplicity. SRI found the jigger tube aperture size below which, when the vacuum is broken at end of batch, the surface tension of the massecuite prevents it from back-flowing into the Jigger Tubes.
SRI and ActionLaser officially launched SRI Jigger Tubes to the global sugar industry at the 2007 ISSCT meeting in Durban, South Africa.
Jigger Tubes increase massecuite circulation in Batch and Continuous Sugar Vacuum Pans. Benefits include:
SRI Jigger Tubes have been installed in:
At the heart of the system is the SRI Jigger Tube, a stainless steel tube laser drilled with about 100,000 small holes per metre of tube length. The very small hole size allows noxious gases and/or vapour to be released from the tube without the return of massecuite or molasses through the holes.
The SRI Jigger Tubes are placed under the calandria, in a pattern and position to provide maximum enhancement of massecuite circulation. In the most energy efficient arrangement noxious gases from the calandria are used as the jigger gas. Alternatively, process steam can be used.
The SRI Jigger Tubes System can be installed as a replacement for existing jigger systems. The SRI system will boost pan circulation by providing better distribution of the jigger feed and will reduce the possibility of erosion of the bottom tube plate and calandria tubes.
Photo on right: Jigger pipe installed under the calandria in a horizontal continuous pan.