Mackay Sugar limited routinely carries out pan vessel inspections and non-destructive thickness testing as part of a pan’s life cycle management system. This paper details the previous thickness testing regime and how, due to inconsistent readings and recording,...
In the 2008 season, a new pre-evaporator vessel, called PE1A, was installed at the Racecourse Mill as a precursor to the introduction of cogeneration at the factory. PE1A and the existing pre-evaporator, called PE-north, were designed as steam-efficiency measures to...
On 3 June 2020, pan No.9 at Farleigh Mill imploded, causing the top cone of the pan to collapse into the pan body and come to rest on the calandria. The incident occurred during steam trials when boiling water under vacuum conditions. Severe damage was caused to the...
