Sugar is received at terminals by road or rail, or in some cases by both road and rail; sugar is carried in specially made boxes, containing five to six tons, constructed of plywood in steel frame; each terminal receives sugar from several mills, and sugar is paid for on weight and quality; rail vehicles can be discharged at rate of 20/hr (450 tph), and road vehicles at 25/hr (600 tph); storage buildings are of 150 ft span with concrete floors and side walls which are 17 ft high; from walls steel roof rises at about angle of repose of sugar, and in apex is belt conveyor to distribute sugar along length of building. (29960)
Bulk handling of raw sugar in Queensland
Aust Chem Eng
Australian Chemical Engineering ; 9 , n 8 ; p 15-17
1968
3 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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