| Job Title |
Sugar Boiler |
| Job Description |
Controls Vacuum Pan Sugar Boilers To Concentrate Sugar Liquor
And Grow Sugar Crystals To Specified Size: Starts Vacuum Pump,
And Opens Valves To Admit Specified Amounts Of Liquor And Steam
Into Vacuum Pan, And Water Into Condenser Unit. Observes Boiling
Of Liquor Through Sight Glasses. Adjusts Valves To Maintain
Specified Temperatures And Pressures And Obtain Supersaturated
Solution Without Carmelizing Sugar. Opens Valve To Shock
Solution With Panseed (powdered Sugar) And Start Formation Of
Sugar Crystals. Obtains Samples Of Solution, Using Proofstick,
And Observes Grain Size Under Microscope To Determine When
Crystals Have Grown To Specified Size. Opens Pan-feed Valve To
Control Growth Of Crystals. Samples Solution To Ensure That
Sugar Crystals Remain At Specified Sizes As Pan Fills. Closes
Pan-feed Valve When Pan Is Filled And Continues Boiling Until
Solution Reaches Specified Concentration Of Sugar-crystals And
Massecuite. Turns Valves To Stop Boiling And To Break Vacuum
Seal On Pan. Turns Valve To Dump Sugar Into Mixing Tank Or
Crystallizer. Washes And Steams Pan After Dumping Strike To
Remove Sugar Remaining On Coils Or Calandria. Records Strike On
Station Log. May Be Designated According To Type Of Liquor
Boiled As Soft-sugar Boiler (sugar & Conf.); White-sugar Boiler
(sugar & Conf.); Or According To Stage In Process As
High-raw-sugar Boiler (sugar & Conf.); Remelt-sugar Boiler
(sugar & Conf.).
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