MODULE 05 - SUGAR MANUFACTURING

Specific Objective
To give participants a global view of the process, explaining the importance of their activities in the productive chain to them, and strengthening the sector's operational knowledge of every stage in the manufacturing process.

Program Content

• Introduction;
• Historical development of sugar cane;
• Sugar cane;
• Harvesting and transport;
• Cane reception sector;
• Grinding preparation sector;
• Juice extraction from ground cane sector;
• Sugar cane juice extraction by the diffusion method sector;
• Juice treatment sector;
• Importance of temperature control;
• Liming sector;
• Sulfiting sector;
• Precautions and techniques when adding phosphoric acid and other whitening agents;
• Flashing - its importance and how it works;
• Decanting sector;
• Filtration sector;
• Evaporation sector;
• Conventional sugar manufacturing process;
• Centrifuging sector;
• Drying sector;
• Storage sector.

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