The relatively high turnover over the past few years of shift supervisors and operators in the production departments of Mackay Sugar factories has led to a lack of technical knowledge. Mackay Sugar Limited (MSL) has identified from internal assessments that about 50%...
In 1991, Marian Mill was upgraded to handle cane from its historical cane area and that of Cattle Creek, moving from 450 tch to a nominal 700 tch. The secondary juice heater system was expanded to provide seven parallel heaters. These heaters are all situated very low...
A partial hopper evacuation system was evaluated on Pleystowe Mill No.2 boiler in the 2006 season. With positive results, a full hopper evacuation system was retrofitted to Pleystowe Mill’s No.2 boiler in time for the 2007 crush season. Results in the 2007...
