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B. SMITH has described (J. Inst. Elec. Eng., 89, Pt. 2, No. 10 ; Aug., 1942) the application of electricity in the treatment of sugar beet through all the stages to the ultimate production of pure sugar. Although many factories in Great Britain have applied electricity in the bestmanner possible within their limited expenditure, yet both in the factory and in the laboratory there still remains much room for further improvement. For example, individual drives could be installed in many places where at present one large unit and line shafting now exist, and pro-vided they are suitably interlocked-especially where elevators and conveyors work in conjunction-would prove a great advantage. Again, the sugar house should be equipped with the best type of sugar-spinning centrifugals. Much has been done by the manufacturers in conjunction with theusers to improve this class of machinery.
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Electricity in a Beet-Sugar Factory. Nature 150, 344 (1942). https://doi.org/10.1038/150344b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/150344b0